Group of Professor Marc-André Fortin

Regular member

Manager training

• Ph. D., Energy and Materials Sciences, INRS-ÉMT (University of Quebec, Montreal)
• Postdoctoral position: Medical Imaging, Uppsala and Linköping University (Sweden)

Laboratory name

Biomaterials Laboratory for Medical Imaging

Affiliation Department

Department of Mining, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering

Other affiliations

• CHUQ – University Hospital Center of Quebec
• Order of Engineers of Quebec (OIQ)
• QCAM– Quebec Center for Advanced Materials

Granting organization(s)

• Quebec University Hospital Center – Laval University
• Ministry of International Relations, Francophonie, Permanent Joint Commission Quebec/Wallonia-Brussels
• Quebec Research Fund – Nature and Technologies (FRQ-NT)
• Robert-Sauvé Research Institute for Occupational Health & Safety
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Canada (NSERC)

What does the laboratory do

• Production, preparation and physicochemical characterization of metal nanoparticles and metal oxides.
• Development of multifunctional paramagnetic contrast agents for biomedical imaging: magnetic resonance (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), luminescence.
• Production of biomedical surfaces incorporating magnetic nanoparticles. Study of cellular ingestion, distribution and toxicity phenomena of metal nanoparticles in living organisms.

Expertise

• Metal and metal oxide nanoparticles
  Contrast agents