Core facility for Campus Flemingsberg: X-RAY
Welcome to one of the core facilities at ANA Futura: X-ray machine for Irradiation of biological material.
Two CIX2 X-ray cabinets from Xstrahl have been acquired. One is localised at Campus Solna and one at Campus Flemingsberg. They are 220kV self-contained cabinet irradiators.
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.
Booking and fees
- Open for external users?
Yes
- User fee?
A user fee will be applied for using the X-ray irradiators.
- Education mandatory before access to equipment?
Yes. It is a legal requirement that you have attended one course on "Introduction to radiation protection" prior to start using the X-ray irradiators and also a new web course focused on the “Xstrahl X-ray irradiators”. In addition, you need to attend an onsite introduction to the irradiators.
You should have participated in the " Introduction to radiation protection" course/session no longer than five years ago. Please provide a certificate when contacting the experts for access.
If your certificate is older than five years or if you have not participated in such a course previously, you must register for one. See further details for registration below.
If you have attended an equivalent course, you need to provide a certificate and sign up for an onsite introduction to get access to the X-ray irradiator. See contact details below.
Registration for the "Introduction to radiation protection" and “Xstrahl X-ray irradiators” courses
The courses are offered online through the Nano Learning platform. Please register your interest in attending the courses by sending an email to Sofia Skyttner.
Registration for the Onsite Introduction
Please register your interest in attending the introduction by sending an email to Adamantia Fragkopoulou.
- How to book the equipment
At this moment please book the irradiators as recommended here: https://staff.ki.se/how-to-book-internal-meeting-rooms-in-outlook. You have to invite the irradiator as an attendee in your request. You find it under "All equipment" in the Outlook address book (ANA Futura X-ray cabinet 31106).
- Please contact Adamantia Fragkopoulou if you face any problems with the bookings. As soon as possible a central booking system will be implemented for the X-ray irradiators at Karolinska Institutet. More information will come when available.
Responsible department for the equipment
Department for Laboratory Medicine is responsible for the equipment.
Address
ANA Futura, Alfred Nobels Allé 8, Flemingsberg
3rd floor