Daniel Thorek, PhD

Medical School Department Radiology
Research Program Oncologic Imaging
Daniel Thorek

Researcher Background

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Radiology, Division of Radiological Chemistry and Imaging Laboratory, Washington University School of Medicine

Education

  • 2009: PhD, bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Research & Selected Publications

Research Interest

Our laboratory focuses on characterizing disease on a molecular and functional level for the precise application of targeted therapies. Noninvasive imaging and ex vivo profiling provide a basis for the development and monitoring of novel mono- and combination therapy approaches in model systems that recapitulate features of advanced disease.

Quantitative Comparison of SPECT and PET Performance for Clinical Theranostic Applications.
Authors:

Salerno I, Dunn N, White H, one or more additional authors omitted Thorek DLJ

Journal & Year:

J Nucl Med • 2026

Development of a leucine-rich repeat-containing protein 15-targeted radio-immunotheranostic approach to deplete pro-tumorigenic mechanisms and immunotherapy resistance.
Authors:

Storey CM, Altai M, Lückerath K, one or more additional authors omitted Thorek D, Ulmert D

Journal & Year:

Signal Transduct Target Ther • 2025

Optimizing peptide nucleic acid-based pretargeting for enhanced targeted radionuclide therapy.
Authors:

Altai M, Nagy Á, Granit P, one or more additional authors omitted Thorek DLJ, one or more additional authors omitted Karlström AE

Journal & Year:

J Control Release • 2025

Impact of biocontainment on small animal PET performance adapted for BSL-2/3 infectious disease imaging research.
Authors:

Salerno I, Benabdallah N, Fears A, one or more additional authors omitted Thorek DLJ

Journal & Year:

EJNMMI Res • 2025

Beyond Average: α-Particle Distribution and Dose Heterogeneity in Bone Metastatic Prostate Cancer.
Authors:

Benabdallah N, Lu P, Abou DS, one or more additional authors omitted Thorek DLJ

Journal & Year:

J Nucl Med • 2024

Molecular Imaging of ACE2 Expression in Infectious Disease and Cancer.
Authors:

Li Z, Hasson A, Daggumati L, Zhang H, Thorek DLJ

Journal & Year:

Viruses • 2023