🌟 Trailblazer of the Month This month, we’re delighted to feature Jin Hui Teh as our latest Positron Pulse Trailblazer. Jin Hui’s story captures the fast-paced and creative nature of PET chemistry, where new ideas can quickly move from radiolabelling to meaningful research applications.

🌟 Trailblazer of the Month Simon Zientek 🌟 This month, we’re delighted to feature Simon Zientek as our latest Positron Pulse Trailblazer His story reflects what makes PET chemistry so exciting synthesis, radiolabelling, automation and the potential for real-world impact #PETChemistry #Radiochemistry

The UK PET Chemistry Network logo idea competition🎨 We are looking for creative concepts, not final designs — sketches, rough digital ideas, or hand-drawn entries are all welcome. 🏆 Prize: free registration to this year’s Oxford annual meeting, Deadline: 14 August 2026 Entries: tim.morgan@ed.ac.uk

PNI is back! And heading to Cambridge! Save the date for the 6th Symposium on Preclinical Nuclear Imaging, taking place on 2 November 2026 at the CRUK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge. More details on the programme and registration will be announced soon.

Great to highlight how the #PeterHorlock Skills Training & Development Award supports hands-on training for PET technical specialists Valeria Burianova @isovaleral.bsky.social recently visited the PETRPU at #WBIC, University of Cambridge, gaining valuable insight into GMP workflows and Synthra units

✨ Our May Trailblazer is here! This month we’re delighted to feature Salla Lahdenpohja, Associate Director of Radiochemistry at Perceptive in London. 🥼 Take a look at her profile to learn more about her journey in PET chemistry. #Trailblazers #UKPETChem #PositronPulse #PETChemistry #Radiochemistry

🚨 Call for Abstracts is now open! UK PET Chemistry Meeting 2026 | OxIME 📍 Oxford 📅 16 September 2026 Deadline: 26 June 2026 Submit: oxime@chem.ox.ac.uk #UKPETChem #PETChemistry #Radiochemistry researchcyclotron.web.ox.ac.uk/event/uk-pet...

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Issue 4 of Positron Pulse is out now! In this issue, we visit @kings-bmeis.bsky.social King’s College London, feature an interview with Professor Tony Gee, and round up the latest news from the UK PET chemistry community. shorturl.at/n0bK6 #PositronPulse #UKPETChem #PETChemistry #Radiochemistry

✨ Our April Trailblazer is here! We’re featuring Sergio Dall’Angelo @sdallangelo.bsky.social , Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen. ☢️ His work spans peptides, small molecules & PET radiotracers. 🥼 Read more ↓ #Trailblazers #UKPETChem #PETChemistry #Radiochemistry #MolecularImaging

✨ Our March Trailblazer is here! We’re featuring George Firth, CRUK RadNet City of London Research Fellow,King’s College London. 🥼 Read his profile to learn more! #Trailblazers #UKPETChem #PositronPulse #PETChemistry #Radiochemistry #MolecularImaging

February Trailblazer: Mike Fairclough (OxIME, University of Oxford). Radiolabelling innovation, interdisciplinary PET science, and looking ahead to expanded ¹¹C use with total-body PET. Have a read of his profile 👇 #UKPETChem #Radiochemistry #PositronPulse #Trailblazers #UKPETChemNewsletter

Have a community announcement, UK-based equipment you’d like to borrow/lend, or a UK role to advertise? Email UKPETChemistry-Newsletter@outlook.com or message us on LinkedIn, to be featured in the next Positron Pulse newsletter. Our next issue will be with you very soon! #UKPETChem #PositronPulse

✨ Our Trailblazers series continues with Austin Craig, Radiopharmacy Site Manager at Alliance Medical Ireland. 🔗 Discover his Trailblazers profile #UKPETChem #Trailblazers #PETChemistry #Radiochemistry #PositronPulse #AllianceMedical #DiagnosticImaging #HealthcareIreland

📢 Funding opportunity for the PET community The Peter Horlock Skills Training and Development Award 2025/26 supports UK-based PET radiochemistry technical staff with up to £3,000 for training, travel and conferences. #UKPETChem #PositronPulse #PETChemistry #Radiochemistry #TechStaff #SkillsTraining

📣 UK PET Chemistry 2026 Meeting 📍 University of Oxford / Merton College 📅 16 September 2026 A focused meeting for the UK PET radiochemistry and molecular imaging community. More information to follow. #UKPETChem #PositronPulse #Radiochemistry #PETImaging #MolecularImaging

📣 Call for publication highlights! We’re putting together the next Positron Pulse and would love to feature your 2025 PET chemistry/radiochemistry papers. DM us your citation so we can include it in the newsletter and on our socials 💛 #PositronPulse #UKPETChem #Radiochemistry #MolecularImaging

🎉 Celebrating our UK PET Chemistry 2025 winners! 🏆 Best Poster: Gavin Brown | 🥈 RU: Holly McErlain ⚡ Best Lightning Talk: Holly McErlain | 🥈 RU: Sebastiano Ortalli 🔬 Best Scientific Talk: Joseph Ford | 🥈 RU: Jennifer Young Thanks to everyone who contributed! #UKPETChem #PositronPulse

What a fantastic day! 🎓 On 9 Sept 2025, the UK PET Chemistry Meeting; co-organised by the UKPETChem Local Organising Committee and #SINAPSE at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social brought researchers, clinicians & industry together. Share your highlights with #UKPETChem #PositronPulse! #PETChemistry

Positron Pulse - Issue 3 is out! A UK PET Chemistry field digest with highlights, centre news, and upcoming meetings. 👉 shorturl.at/A23Lj Tag #UKPETChem #PositronPulse and mention @positronpulse.bsky.social so we can reshare.

UK PET Chemistry Meeting is nearly here—Tuesday, 9 Sept, Glasgow. Join students, ECRs and industry for a one-day exchange of PET chemistry ideas and collaborations. Keynote: Prof Jason Lewis. 📍Sir Charles Wilson Building, University of Glasgow Don’t forget to tag us and use #UKPETChem #PositronPulse

🚨 Applications are open for the Peter Horlock Award 2025/26 Up to £3,000 for UK-based PET radiochemistry technical staff to support training, visits & conferences. No fixed deadline www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/grants/peter... #UKPETChem #Radiochemistry #Training #FundingOpportunity

🚨 Still time to register! 🚨 Join us in Glasgow for the UK PET Chemistry Meeting 2025 📅9 September 2025 📍Glasgow 💰Standard: £80 Students & ECRs: £30.00 🗓 Deadline: 19 August 2025 lnkd.in/esAfCXky 🔗 Register now: shorturl.at/h4RF2 #UKPETChem #PosironPulse

📢 Radiopharmacy Technician – Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is recruiting for a Radiopharmacy Technician (Band 4–5, uplift upon completion of training). 🗓 Closing date: 21 August 2025 📍 Oxford, UK www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jo... #UKPETChem #PositronPulse

🌟 Funding opportunity: Royal Society Partnership Grants 🗓️ Deadline: 2nd December 2025 👉 Learn more: royalsociety.org/grants/partn... #UKPETChem #PositronPuls #STEMEducation #RoyalSociety

Partnership Grants | Royal Society

Grants for UK schools and colleges to work in partnership with a STEM professional from academia or industry to run investigative STEM projects.

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🚨 Final call! This is the last week to apply for the Peter Horlock Travel Bursary, which supports technical staff in attending the UK PET Chemistry Meeting in Glasgow on 9 September 2025. Deadline: 12:00 (noon) | 31 July 2025) www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/grants/peter...

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Peter Horlock UK PET Chemistry 2025 Travel Bursary

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