| PROGRAM |
| March 26 (Wednesday) |
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Opening |
| 9:20- |
Welcome Address by Yoshiharu Yonekura, President of NIRS |
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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) |
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| 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) |
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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) |
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| 16:20-17:20 |
General Discussion |
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| 17:30-19:00 |
Reception (90) |
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| March 27 (Thursday) |
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Particle Radiation Science at NIRS |
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1. Particle Radiation: Physics and Its Applications |
| 9:00-9:20 |
NIRS Activities on Dosimetry for Radiotherapy |
A. Fukumura |
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| 9:20-10:00 |
Behavior of Therapeutic Carbon Beam: Distribution and Interaction |
N. Matsufuji |
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| 10:00-10:20 |
Irradiation Systems for Biological Researches |
T. Konishi |
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| 10:20-10:40 |
Particle Radiation for Space Dosimetery |
Y. Uchihori |
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| 10:40-11:00 |
Coffee Break (20) |
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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 |
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| 12:00-13:00 |
Lunch (60) |
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3. Biophysics and Biology |
| 13:00-13:40 |
Particle Radiation Biophysics |
Y. Furusawa |
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| 13:40-14:20 |
Heavy Ion Irradiation Affects Two Major Repair Pathways for DNA Double Strand Breaks |
R. Okayasu and
T. Kato |
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| 14:20-14:40 |
Coffee Break (20) |
| 14:40-15:20 |
Carcinogenesis by High LET Radiation |
Y. Shimada |
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| 15:20-15:45 |
Identification of Carbon-ion Responsive Genes in Murine Tumor Models |
M. Iwakawa |
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4. Cutting-edge Tool |
| 15:45-16:25 |
A Next-Generation Gene Expression Profiling Method: HiCEP |
M. Abe |
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Closing |
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| 16:25- |
Closing Remarks by Director Dr. Sentaro Takahashi |