About us

Realizing the potential of vascular corrosion casting combined with new imaging technologies in phenotyping disease models and profiling drug effects, the development of improved casting materials was essential.

Based on the extensive experience with casting of different species we developed a new polyurethanes based resin with superior chemical and physical characteristics. The simplified method produces replicas of even the finest vasculature with minimal shrinking. Casts are highly elastic and unbreakable, allowing easy dissection of tissue and organs before and after maceration. Even the smallest vessels are vividly colored facilitating the inspection of casts under the light microscope.

The new resin is resistant to common acid and basic chemical treatment, can be imaged using scanning electron microscopy, microcomputed tomography (CT) or confocal microscopy.

A diverse group of international scientists founded vasQtec in 2004 at the University of Zuerich Switzerland, with the intention of further improving polyurethane based casting resins and the associated technology of advanced vascular casting. An integral part of vasQtec's mission is to share its experience with other interested researchers at minimal cost.