GENERAL RADIOISOTOPE SERVICE
Facilities
Different scientific disciplines regularly develop a great variety of experiments with the absolute requirement of radioactive isotopes. Different departments at the Faculty of Science and Technology are currently using the Service within the following contexts:
- Monitoring of metabolytes marked in the different metabolic routes of animals, plants and microorganisms.
- Study into the cell cycle and behaviour of cyclines.
- Studies into the regulation of syntheses and degradation of nucleic acids and the study of gene expression using PCR techniques (Polymerase Chain Reaction).
- Regulation of cell activation by proto-oncogenes and cytokines.
- Control of cell proliferation and death (apoptosis/necrosis).
- Determination of intracellular second messengers and the study of the different routes of cellular signalling.
- Study and characterization of membrane receptors with radioligands.
- Detection and determination of biological molecules via commercial kits that contain radioactive isotopes.
- Analysis of cyclic nucleotides by radioimmunotest (RIA).
- Measurements of enzymatic activities.