Preclinical Imaging Department Project Manager, PhD Maxwell Miner - UTU Research Portal

Maxwell Miner
Preclinical Imaging Department Project Manager, PhD

- Senior Researcher,
Turku PET Centre (Independent units)

PET Basic Operations

maxwell.miner@utu.fi

: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3192-5722

Folate receptor β-targeted Positron emission tomography imaging of activated macrophages in experimental myocardial infarction (2026)
- Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
Iqbal, Imran; Liljenbäck, Heidi; Putri, Andriana; Ståhle, Mia; Virta, Jenni; Atencio Herre, Erika; Miner, Maxwell W. G.; Anand, Arman; Suni, Aino; Nammas, Wail; Kytö, Ville; Mansour, Hasan Mansour A.; Cleveland, Nathan A.; Li, Xiang-Guo; Srinivasarao Madduri, Madduri; Low, Philip S.; Knuuti, Juhani; Roivainen, Anne; Saraste, Antti
Biomolecular tracking by FIRESCAPE reveals distinct modes of clearance, damage induction and cellular uptake for extracellular histone H3 (2025) Josephson Brian; Poh Adeline W. J.; Demyanenko Yana; Yates Abi. G.; Ford Joseph; Giltrap Andrew M.; Auchynnikava Tatsiana; Tan Kel Vin; Dunstan Isobel K.; Liu Weibing; Cribbs Adam P.; Wang Chen-Yi; Philpott Martin; Able Sarah; Sap Jeroen B. I.; Bedwell Alice; Aarnio Richard; Dickens Alex M.; Helin Jatta S.; Kovacs Luciana; Rajala Noora A.; Miner Maxwell W. G.; Oppermann Udo; Vallis Katherine A.; McGowan Daniel R.; Airaksinen Anu J.; Gouverneur Veronique; Mohammed Shabaz; Anthony Daniel C.; Davis Benjamin G.
Comparing Two Folate Receptor β-Targeted Tracers in a Rat Model of Experimental Autoimmune Myocarditis (2025)
- ACS pharmacology & translational science
Atencio Herre, Erika; Li, Xiang-Guo; Liljenbäck, Heidi; Palani, Senthil; Andriana, Putri; Jahandideh, Arghavan; Virta, Jenni; Iqbal, Imran; Dillemuth, Pyry; Kunnas, Jonne; Miner, Maxwell W.G.; Rajander, Johan; Mansour A Mansour, Hasan; Cleveland, Nathan A.; Srinivasarao, Madduri; Low, Philip S.; Knuuti, Juhani; Saraste, Antti; Roivainen, Anne
Isostere 18F-protein post-translational editing enables dynamic tracking of neurodegeneration biomarkers (2025) Yang Nan; Poh Adeline W. J.; Giltrap Andrew M.; Isenegger Patrick G.; Sap Jeroen B. I.; Ford Joseph; Auchynnikava Tatsiana; Tan Kel Vin; Able Sarah; Levin Nikita; Davy Matthew; Josephson Brian; Yu Yue; Miner Maxwell W. G.; Helin Jatta S.; Kovacs Luciana; Aarnio Richard; Rajala Noora A.; Tredwell Matthew; Mohammed Shabaz; Baldwin Andrew J.; Dickens Alex M.; Vallis Katherine A.; Kuhle Jens; McGowan Daniel R.; Airaksinen Anu J.; Anthony Daniel C.; Leppert David; Gouverneur Veronique; Davis Benjamin G.
Rapid cleavage of 6-[18F]fluoronicotinic acid prosthetic group governs BT12 glioblastoma xenograft uptake: implications for radiolabeling design of biomolecules (2025)
- EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and ChemistryFrontiers in Oncology
Dillemuth, Pyry; Ayo, Abiodun; Zhuang, Xiaoqing; Lövdahl, Petter; Liljenbäck, Heidi; Kärnä, Salli; Auchynnikava, Tatsiana; Kunnas, Jonne; Ponkamo, Jesse; Miner, Maxwell W. G.; Rajander, Johan; Rosenholm, Jessica M.; Roivainen, Anne; Airaksinen, Anu J.; Laakkonen, Pirjo; Li, Xiang-Guo
Single-cell to pre-clinical evaluation of Trem2, Folr2, and Slc7a7 as macrophage-associated biomarkers for atherosclerosis (2025)
- Cardiovascular ResearchJournal of Neuroinflammation
Örd, Tiit; Palani, Senthil; Giroud Gerbetant, Judith; Bodoy, Susanna; Lönnberg, Tapio; Niskanen, Henri; Ravindran, Aarthi; Holappa, Lari; Chemaly, Melody; Taipale, Mari; Õunap, Kadri; Haikonen, Retu; Talukdar, Husain; Sukhavasi, Katyayani; Liljenbäck, Heidi; Virta, Jenni; Ruotsalainen, Anna-Kaisa; Pierrot-Blanchet, Clara; Miner, Maxwell W. G.; Moisio, Olli; Rajala, Noora; Li, Xiang-Guo; Low, Philip S.; Saraste, Antti; Heinäniemi, Merja; Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo; Björkegren, Johan L. M.; Hedin, Ulf; Matic, Ljubica; Yvan-Charvet, Laurent; Palacin, Manuel; Roivainen, Anne; Kaikkonen, Minna U.
Evaluation of 18F FOL a PET tracer targeting folate receptor beta in a rat model of myocardial infarction (2024)
- European Heart JournalMolecular Imaging and Biology
Iqbal I; Liljenback H L; Andriana P A; Stahle M S; Virta J V; Herre E A H; Miner M W M; Anand A A; Kyto V K; Li X G L; Low P S L; Srinivasarao M S; Knuuti J K; Roivainen A R; Saraste A S
New autoradiography image analysis tool combining overlain microscopy and histology in Carimas multimodal DICOM image analysis software (2024)
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
EANM '24 Maxwell, M.W.G; Piirola, S.; Atencio Herre, E.D.; Liljenbäck, H.; Aarnio, R.K.; Ståhle, M.; Roivainen, A.
(2023) Miner Maxwell W.G.
High folate receptor expression in gliomas can be detected in vivo using folate-based positron emission tomography with high tumor-to-brain uptake ratio divulging potential future targeting possibilities (2023)
- Frontiers in immunology
Miner Maxwell W. G., Liljenbäck Heidi, Virta Jenni, Kärnä Salli, Viitanen Riikka, Elo Petri, Gardberg Maria, Teuho Jarmo, Saipa Piritta, Rajander Johan, Mansour A Mansour Hasan, Cleveland Nathan A., Low Philip S., Li Xiang-Guo, Roivainen Anne
Corrigendum: Exploiting Glutamine Consumption in Atherosclerotic Lesions by Positron Emission Tomography Tracer (2S,4R)-4-18F-Fluoroglutamine(Front. Immunol., (2022), 13, (821423), 10.3389/fimmu.2022.821423) (2022)
- Frontiers in immunology
Palani Senthil, Miner Maxwell W.G., Virta Jenni, Liljenbäck Heidi, Eskola Olli, Örd Tiit, Ravindran Aarthi, Kaikkonen Minna U., Knuuti Juhani, Li Xiang-Guo, Saraste Antti, Roivainen Anne
Exploiting Glutamine Consumption in Atherosclerotic Lesions by Positron Emission Tomography Tracer (2S,4R)-4-F-18-Fluoroglutamine (2022)
- Frontiers in immunology
Palani Senthil, Miner Maxwell W. G., Virta Jenni, Liljenbäck Heidi, Eskola Olli, Örd Tiit, Ravindran Aarthi, Kaikkonen Mnna U., Knuuti Juhani, Li Xiang-Guo, Saraste Antti, Roivainen Anne
Preclinical Evaluation of a Humanized Antibody Against Common Lymphatic Endothelial and Vascular Endothelial Receptor-1, 89Zr-Desferrioxamine-Bexmarilimab, in a Rabbit Model of Renal Fibrosis (2022)
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Moisio Olli, Virta Jenni, Yatkin Emrah, Liljenbäck Heidi, Palani Senthil, Viitanen Riikka, Miner Maxwell WG, Oikonen Vesa, Tolvanen Tuula, Vugts Danielle J, Taimen Pekka, Li Xiang-Guo, Hollmén Maija, Jalkanen Sirpa, Roivainen Anne
Radiosynthesis and biological evaluation of [18F]CooP: a brain-homing peptide for imaging glioblastomas using positron emission tomography (2022)
- Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Abstracts of the International Symposium on Radiopharmaceutical Sciences iSRS 2022 Dillemuth Pyry, Auchynnikava Tatsiana, Ayo Abiodun, Kärnä Salli, Miner Maxwell, Liljenbäck Heidi, Lopez-Picon Francisco, Roivainen Anne, Laakkonen Pirjo, Airaksinen Anu, Li Xiang-Guo
Targetting folate receptor-β expressing macrophages by 18F-labelled folate PET radiotracer in rat model of myocardial infarction (2022)
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
EANM'22 Iqbal I, Liljenbäck H, Andriana P, Ståhle M, Virta J, Herre EA, Miner MWG, Srinivasarao M, Low PS, Knuuti J, Li XG, Roivainen A, Saraste A
Comparison of: (2S,4R)-4-[F-18]Fluoroglutamine, [C-11]Methionine, and 2-Deoxy-2-[F-18]Fluoro-D-Glucose and Two Small-Animal PET/CT Systems Imaging Rat Gliomas (2021)
Miner Maxwell WG, Liljenbäck Heidi, Virta Jenni, Helin Semi, Eskola Olli, Elo Petri, Teuho Jarmo, Seppälä Kerttu, Oikonen Vesa, Yang Guangli, Kindler-Röhrborn Andrea, Minn Heikki, Li Xiang-Guo, Roivainen Anne
Efficacy and tolerability of folate-aminopterin therapy in a rat focal model of multiple sclerosis (2021)
Elo Petri, Li Xiang-Guo, Liljenbäck Heidi, Gardberg Maria, Moisio Olli, Miner Maxwell, Virta Jenni, Saraste Antti, Srinivasarao Madduri, Pugh Michael, Low Philip S., Knuuti Juhani, Jalkanen Sirpa, Airas Laura, Lu Yingjuan June, Roivainen Anne
(2S, 4R)-4-[18F]Fluoroglutamine for In vivo PET Imaging of Glioma Xenografts in Mice: an Evaluation of Multiple Pharmacokinetic Models (2020)
Maxwell WG Miner, Heidi Liljenbäck, Jenni Virta, Joni Merisaari, Vesa Oikonen, Jukka Westermarck, Xiang-Guo Li, Anne Roivainen
Radiosynthesis and preclinical evaluation of [68Ga]Ga-NOTA-folate for PET imaging of folate receptor β-positive macrophages (2020)
- Scientific Reports
Moisio O., Palani S., Virta J., Elo P., Liljenbäck H., Tolvanen T., Käkelä M., Miner M.G., Herre E.A., Marjamäki P., Örd T., Heinäniemi M., Kaikkonen M.U., Zhang F., Srinivasarao M., Knuuti J., Low P.S., Saraste A., Li X.G., Roivainen A.