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Tara Mastren

@MastrenLabUtah

Assistant Professor in Nuclear Engineering and Hiking Enthusiast

 Salt Lake City, UT
themastrenlab.com
Joined October 2019
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Big news: Dr. Supathorn “Supy” Phongikaroon will join @UUtah this August as the new Director of the Utah Nuclear Engineering Program! A national leader in nuclear research + education, he’s ready to take UNEP to new heights. 🚀 👇 civil.utah.edu/2025/05/11/dr…
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Join us at iSRS 2025 in the beautiful Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, from May 11-15! Connect with leading experts and pioneers in the field. We’re offering travel awards for students to support the next generation of scientists. srsweb.org/isrs2025-dates
Key topics include: new radiolabelling concepts, innovative radioisotope productions, avenues in targeted radiotherapies (betas, alphas, Augier), preclinical and first-in-human applications, ML/AI.

ALT Key topics include: new radiolabelling concepts, innovative radioisotope productions, avenues in targeted radiotherapies (betas, alphas, Augier), preclinical and first-in-human applications, ML/AI.

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A huge congratulations to Professor Suzy Lapi on winning the 2024 Welch Award!!! @LapiSuzanne @SNM_MI
Image from Jason Lewis Radiochem MSK (@LewisLabMSKCC)
Image from Jason Lewis Radiochem MSK (@LewisLabMSKCC)
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Certain cancer treatments & medical imaging tech relies on specific isotopes. But these isotopes are unstable. With @Livermore_Lab & @INL, @UUtah scientists are studying the reactions that create these isotopes to capture them in their most useful states: price.utah.edu/2023/11/06/nu…
Connor Holiski (a white man in a blue fleece jacket and lab gloves and goggles), Tara Mastren (a white woman wearing a lab coat and lab goggles), and Aidan Bender (a white man in a lab coat, gloves and goggles) in a nuclear medicine laboratory. Bender is pipetting a substance into a test tube that Holiski is holding.

ALT Connor Holiski (a white man in a blue fleece jacket and lab gloves and goggles), Tara Mastren (a white woman wearing a lab coat and lab goggles), and Aidan Bender (a white man in a lab coat, gloves and goggles) in a nuclear medicine laboratory. Bender is pipetting a substance into a test tube that Holiski is holding.

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The Boros Lab@BorosLab8 Dec 2023
We welcome Aidan Bender from @MastrenLabUtah ! Aidan is visiting @BorosLab as part of the HIPPO program (Horizon-Broadening Isotope Production Pipeline Opportunities) and already working on his project (as can be seen below). @e_boros @UWMadisonChem
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SNMMI@SNM_MI14 Sep 2023
Listen to the latest SNMMI Podcast as Dr. Stephen A. Graves and Dr. Andrei Iagaru discuss the opportunities, threats, challenges, trends, and lessons learned regarding radiopharmaceutical therapy with moderator Dr. Phillip J. Koo: ow.ly/vXRa50PLjnE
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LIGIT@UCLA@LIGITUCLA123 May 2023
Molecular imaging fam @LapiSuzanne 1st postdoc @LIGITUCLA1 with 1st grad student @MastrenLabUtah reunion #ISRS2023
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WE DID IT
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Come join us tomorrow for our panel on Facilitating Advances in Nuclear and Radiochemistry through Computational Science @AmerChemSociety Spring 23, 3/27 Indiana Convention Center 231, 2pm #nuclear #ACS2023 @DeborahPenchoff @ACSNUCL
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I had an early but successful morning testing our continuous flow, in-situ Szilard-Chalmers column in the thermal irradiator at the University of Utah's TRIGA reactor. We have exciting research going on at the @MastrenLabUtah!
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University of Utah@UUtah9 Jan 2023
A @BYU-led study w/contributions from @UofUGG says the Great Salt Lake will be gone in 5 years w/out a dramatic cut in water consumption. Over the last 3 years, the GSL has received less than 1/3 its normal stream flow b/c so much water has been diverted. washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
Great Salt Lake on track to disappear in five years, scientists warn

Great Salt Lake on track to disappear in five years, scientists warn

Unsustainable water use is pushing the lake toward collapse, researchers say, imperiling ecosystems and exposing millions of people to toxic dust from the dry lakebed.

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I had a great time @LosAlamosNatLab for our HIPPO (Horizon-Broadening Isotope Production Pipeline Opportunities) meeting! It was exciting to share my research in-person with some great colleagues. #chemtwitter #RealTimeChem #radchem
Image from Connor Holiski, Ph.D. (@choliski)
Image from Connor Holiski, Ph.D. (@choliski)
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Idaho National Lab@INL15 Jul 2022
#Nuclear power is currently the single largest #carbonFree electricity source in the U.S. ⚛️ It's also in a position as a stabilizing long-term component for carbon emission reduction & supports actions to maintain #netZero emissions ➡️ fal.cn/3qh6F #research #energy
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Demand for @ORNL-produced actinium-225 is high, because this #isotope is in #clinicaltrials for several #medical #treatments, including for different types of #cancers. Learn more about #actinium from this episode of @periodicvideos : youtube.com/watch?v=rKm0ShaJ…
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Looking to learn more about cyclotron isotope production, recruit future leaders or network with experts? Just one week left to submit abstracts for the Workshop on Targetry and Target Chemistry! Hope to see you all in beautiful Whistler, BC. wttc18.triumf.ca/
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Suzanne Lapi@LapiSuzanne8 Feb 2022
Abstract submission for the Workshop on Targetry and Target Chemistry (WTTC) is now open! So excited to see everyone in Vancouver this summer. @triumflab wttc18.triumf.ca/index.html
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Ralf Sudowe@RSudowe7 Feb 2022
This definitely made my day today! One radon drink coming up!
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#WorldCancerDay: @ORNL produces #Actinium-225, used for #TargetedAlphaTherapy for certain #cancers. TAT releases high-energy particles that interrupt DNA processes, keeping cancer cells from replicating, or even killing them. science.osti.gov/Isotope-Res…
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DOE's @LosAlamosNatLab is taking action to get more Indigenous women in physics. Their new mentorship program with @FLCDurango will build a new pipeline to increase access and ensure support for women in this field. Get the details: bit.ly/3DYkHDp #STEMRising
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LIGIT@UCLA@LIGITUCLA122 Nov 2021
We are looking for postdoctoral researchers interested in cancer and fibrosis research! Apply today and join #LIGITUCLA recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF0708…
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