Rotstein Lab

Welcome! We’re a University of Ottawa research lab at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. We’re working on making imaging agents to study and diagnose diseases by understanding their molecular mechanisms.

Recent News

December 20 - Uzair led a real team effort for cardiac neuroimaging with mFBG. Read all about it at European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

December 17 - Lab holiday party! Happy holidays everyone!

December 10 - Check out Braeden's carbon-11 method for labeling amino acids in Can J Chem!

November 27 - Big congrats to our newest PhD student Emily for passing her transfer exam! 

November 15 - Abhishek presents his photocatalysis research at QOMSBOC in Quebec City!

October 16 - Congratulations to Faiz, our new USRO student!

September 12 - We welcome Justin and Neal into the lab as volunteers this year!

August 12 - Ezana, Puskar, and Ryan present at the UOHI Summer Student Research Day!

June 17-18 - We're thrilled to host the Chemistry of Molecular Imaging symposium at CSC 2025 in Ottawa (co-organized with Adam Shuhendler)! Abhishek, Emily, and Hunter present their research and we catch up with peers new and old at an unforgetable mixer.

June 10 - Congratulations to Megan, Ariel, Braeden, Faduma, Hunter, and Ezana on their convocations! #proudPI

June 2 - Abhishek and Emily attend the Next Generation in Nuclear Medicine workshop hosted by McMaster University and King's College London.

May 13 - Ben presents new carbon-11 methods at ISRS 2025 in Queensland!

April 29 - Ben gives a talk at University of Alberta. Thanks to Dr. Wuest for hosting!

April 7 - Hunter and Ezana present their honours projects in the Faculty of Science and Ryan presents his rotation project in TMM. Undergrads making things happen!

April 4 - Congrats to Megan on defending his MSc! Megan is off to McGill this fall to start her PhD!

March 27 - Congratulations to Braeden on his successful PhD defense!! One of the lab OGs, Braeden is off to Harvard for his NSERC PDF starting this summer!

March 26 - Congratulations to Faduma on defending her MSc! You did it!

March 6 - Ben gives a talk at McMaster University. Thanks to Prof. Inkster for hosting!

December 13 - Ben presents our research at CMIE-CNIC's Symposium on Medical Isotopes.

December 10 - Congratulations to Ariel Buchler on defending his PhD thesis!! The second PhD from our group is off in January to start a postdoctoral fellowship at BC Cancer Agency, funded by Michael Smith Health Research BC!