Welcome to the Hafeli Lab

 

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If you like our picture here from our last group picnic at Locarno Beach, then you 
might like the full size version even better. Just click on the picture!   Past Lab Group Photos

Research Interests:

• Preparation of growth factor-releasing magnetic microspheres and their testing in vivo in a diabetic leg ulcer model.
• Ongoing laboratory research and testing of different radioactive and magnetic microspheres for tumor brachytherapy.
• Synthesis of poly(L-lactic acid) derivatives to bind the radioisotopes In-111, Y-90 and Re-186/188 more quickly and with higher affinity.
• Characterization of the magnetic forces necessary for in vivo movement of magnetic microspheres.
• Toxicological tests of different particles in vitro and in vivo.
• Preparation of monosized microspheres with the help of microfluidics and nanotechnology.

• Development of novel PET and SPECT-based blood pool imaging agents.
• Synthesis of radioiodinated lipids for the quantitative investigation and imaging of lymph-going lipophilic drug delivery systems.

                                               

A particularly interesting area of research for our lab is making magnetic drug delivery happen. For more information, please check out http://www.magneticmicrosphere.com.