ANA Futura X-ray Irradiation Core facility
Welcome to the ANA Futura X-ray Irradiation Core Facility, equipped with an Xstrahl CIX2 X-ray machine for irradiation of biological material.
Background
Irradiation of biological material using a X-ray machine
The primary use of the irradiator is to irradiate cultured cells suspended in cell culture medium in 15 ml and/or 50 ml centrifugation tubes or growing in tissue culture vessels as a mono-layer (in sizes up to 175 square-centimeter cell culture bottles or different type of multiwell plates i.e. 6-well up to 384-well plates.
Equipment
X-ray irradiators for cells
Two CIX2 X-ray cabinets from Xstrahl have been acquired, one of which is located in Biomedicum, Campus Solna. The other one can be found in ANA Futura on Campus Flemingsberg. These are 220kV self-contained cabinet irradiators.
Acess
The core facility is open for researchers at KI and for external users.
Prior to access
Before accessing the core facility and prior to start using the X-ray irradiators, all users will have to have attended an Introduction to radiation protection course/session, as well as a web-based course focusing on the "Xstrahl X-ray irradiators" (mandatory).
In addition, users will need to attend an onsite introduction to the irradiators.
The introduction to radiation protection course/session must have been completed no longer than five years ago. You will need to provide a certificate for access when contacting the experts.
Please note that if your certificate is older than five years or if you have not participated in an equivalent course previously, you will need to register to the course once again. See further details for registration below.
If you have attended an equivalent course, you will need to provide a certificate and sign up for an onsite introduction, before getting access to the X-ray irradiator.
Course registration
The courses "Introduction to radiation protection" and “Xstrahl X-ray irradiators” are offered online via the Nano Learning platform.
Please register your interest in attending the courses "Introduction to radiation protection" and “Xstrahl X-ray irradiators”, by sending an email to Sofia Skyttner (sofia.skyttner@ki.se).
To register for the Onsite Introduction, send an email to Adamantia Fragkopoulou (adamantia.fragkopoulou@ki.se).
Booking and fees
Registration, course/service requests and equipment reservation for KI X-ray irradiators is to be addressed via iLab, where all fees are specified and invoiced (within iLab).
- Create your personal account in iLab
Please contact Adamantia Fragkopoulou if you face any problems with the bookings.
Meet our team
Expert user support for X-ray irradiators
Adamantia Fragkopoulou
Assistant professor, Member of the X-ray workgroup committee.Radiation protection expert
Sofia Skyttner
Security coordinator, Member of the X-ray workgroup committee.General enquiries about the X-ray irradiators
Lars Frelin
Associate Professor, Member of the infrastructure committee, Chair of the X-ray workgroup committee.Contact and visit us
The ANA Futura X-ray Irradiation Core Facility is located in ANA Futura on KI Campus Flemingsberg. The Department for Laboratory Medicine is responsible for the equipment.
Visiting address: ANA Futura, 3rd floor, Alfred Nobels Allé 8, Flemingsberg
Postal address: Karolinska Institutet, ANA Futura X-ray Irradiation Core Facility, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden