New Facilities for the Laboratory Animal Platform of EAH-SYSU: Small-animal PET/CT and MR Systems to Be Deployed Soon

The Health and Medicine Public Service Center of the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone is to welcome new research instruments. The laboratory animal platform of the Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University (EAH-SYSU) is being upgraded, with small-animal PET/CT and MR systems scheduled for imminent deployment. The planned small-animal PET/CT in-vivo imaging system and small-animal MR imaging system completed equipment demonstration and review on September 24. Site construction and equipment installation will start shortly. The platform offers open services including SPF-grade barrier housing for mice and rats, rodent disease model establishment, technical support for animal experiments, and shared access to large research instruments for internal research groups of EAH-SYSU and research institutions within and beyond the Greater Bay Area. Area, and biomedical enterprises.