Bradley Osborne

Contact

b.osborne18@imperial.ac.uk

Research

"Developing new gallium-68 lipophilic cations for imaging apoptosis and the mitochondria" Mitochondria have a fundamental role in a range of biological processes, including cell death. Mitochondrial dysfunction results in a change in lipophilic cation uptake which can be related to different disease states. At present there is no PET equivalent to the gold-standard SPECT radiotracer for myocardial imaging, [99mTc]Tc-sestamibi.

My research aims at developing lipophilic and cationic gallium-68 radiotracers for mitochondrial imaging and evaluating these tracers ex-vivo and in-vivo.

Personal

I graduated in 2018 from the University of Hull with an MChem in Chemistry. My final year project, under the supervision of Prof. Steve Archibald, focused on the pharmacokinetic modification of radiotracers. I am very passionate about football, especially the team I support West Ham United (The Hammers). I also enjoy running and travelling.