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Contact: Elisabeth Bodenstein - Beamline Scientist elisabeth.bodenstein@oncoray.de
Jörg Pawelke - Core Facility Manager joerg.pawelke@oncoray.de
An innovative proton facility is at the heart of the OncoRay research building. While cancer patients are being treated in the clinical part, scientists can concurrently conduct research in the experimental area of the University Proton Therapy Dresden. There, researchers have the opportunity to use two horizontal beamlines. A pencil beam scanning nozzle beamline can be used to carry out irradiations under clinical conditions or the static pencil beam delivery can be used for experiments with an extended range of beam parameters far beyond clinical use.
The experimental area is well equipped with measurement tools, established setups and modern technical infrastructure to perform experiments in various fields of research. OncoRay researchers from different disciplines work together with a specialised beamline scientist on projects in physics, biology, and engineering to address the practical needs of preclinical translational research in radiation oncology. Successful experiments in the past have included detector calibration and characterisation, radiobiological cell experiments, image-guided small animal irradiation, space radiation research, radiation resistance testing of electronics and many others. In collaboration with the team of Stefan Bartzsch (HZM) a minibeam setup was developed which completes the range of valuable equipment. All interested parties are welcome to share their research ideas and add to the list of versatile experiments.
