Radiation Medicine Shared Resource Services

• Irradiation of cells, cell lines, and feeder cells
• Clonogenic survival studies
• Whole or partial body irradiation of normal and tumor-bearing mice or rats
• Stereotactic approaches to tumor control studies in mice/rats
• Assistance with radiobiologic data interpretation, cell survival modeling (linear quandratic: n, Do), and radiation cell survival illustration

Sample instructions

• Cells to be irradiated can be brought in tubes or dishes.
• Mice need to be brought over in covered beakers. (One-liter size covered with aluminum foil works well). No cages, please! 3-4 mice per beaker can be irradiated.
• Dose rate can be varied from .509 Gy/min. to 15.51 Gy./min.