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NIRS International Workshop on Particle Radiation Science


Venue:

Lecture Hall, Research Bldg. for Charged Particle Therapy 2F
National Institute of Radiological Sciences
4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi
Chiba 263-0855, Japan

Access to the venue

Organizers : National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Inquiries : National Institute of Radiological Sciences
Dept. of Planning and Management
International and Research Cooperation Section
4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi
Chiba 263-8555, Japan
TEL : +81-43 (206) 3024
FAX : +81-43 (206) 4061
e-mail : kokukou@nirs.go.jp
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Pre-registration is not required.

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PROGRAM
March 26 (Wednesday)
  Opening
9:20- Welcome Address by Yoshiharu Yonekura, President of NIRS
  Particle Radiation Science in Japan Chair: K. Sakai, NIRS
9:30-10:00 Clustered DNA Damage Generated by Heavy Ion Beams: Quantitative Analysis and Consequences of Base Excision Repair H. Ide, Hiroshima Univ.
10:00-10:30 Can Radioadaptive Response Be Induced by Irradiation with Low-Dose High-LET Ion Beams? H. Matsumoto, Univ. of Fukui
10:30-11:00 Use of Ion Beams in Plant Breeding A. Tanaka, JAEA
11:00-11:20 Coffee Break (20)  
11:20-11:50 Medical Use of Heavy Ions T. Kamada, NIRS
11:50-12:30 Radiation-therapy and Metastasis T. Teshima, Osaka Univ.
12:30-14:00 Lunch (90)  
  Lectures by the Eminent Foreign Scientists Chair: H. Tsujii, NIRS
14:00-15:00 Development of Highly Specific Molecular Cancer Therapy with the Lightest Ions A. Brahme, Karolinska Institut
15:00-16:00 The Molecular Analysis of DNA Damage Repair P. Jeggo, Univ. of Sussex
16:00-16:20 Coffee Break (20)  
16:20-17:20 General Discussion  
17:30-19:00 Reception (90)  
March 27 (Thursday)
  Particle Radiation Science at NIRS  
  1. Particle Radiation: Physics and Its Applications
9:00-9:20 NIRS Activities on Dosimetry for Radiotherapy A. Fukumura  
9:20-10:00 Behavior of Therapeutic Carbon Beam: Distribution and Interaction N. Matsufuji  
10:00-10:20 Irradiation Systems for Biological Researches T. Konishi  
10:20-10:40 Particle Radiation for Space Dosimetery Y. Uchihori  
10:40-11:00 Coffee Break (20)
  2. Radiation Chemistry
11:00-12:00 Detection of Free Radicals Formed by Heavy-Ion Particle Radiations and Modification of Their Biological Effects K. Anzai, T.
Moritake, K.
Matsumoto and
K. Manda
 
12:00-13:00 Lunch (60)
  3. Biophysics and Biology
13:00-13:40 Particle Radiation Biophysics Y. Furusawa  
13:40-14:20 Heavy Ion Irradiation Affects Two Major Repair Pathways for DNA Double Strand Breaks R. Okayasu and
T. Kato
 
14:20-14:40 Coffee Break (20)
14:40-15:20 Carcinogenesis by High LET Radiation Y. Shimada  
15:20-15:45 Identification of Carbon-ion Responsive Genes in Murine Tumor Models M. Iwakawa  
  4. Cutting-edge Tool
15:45-16:25 A Next-Generation Gene Expression Profiling Method: HiCEP M. Abe  
  Closing    
16:25- Closing Remarks by Director Dr. Sentaro Takahashi
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