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From Cancer Biology to Photon and Carbon Ion Radiation Therapy - A Joint Symposium of the Japan National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Colorado State University and the University of Colorado


Date: May 27 and 28, 2010
Venue: Colorado State Ballroom
Hilton Fort Collins
425 West Prospect Rd.
Fort Collins, CO80526, USA
Organizers: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (CSU)
University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA (CU)
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan(NIRS)
Program: Click here  (PDF)   (JPG)  
Registration: Free. Attendees, please register by sending an email by May 13 to matsuura@rams.colostate.edu
Secretariat
& Inquiries
Max Matsuura
Director, International Business & Strategic Development
Center for Environmental Medicine, Colorado State University
680 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO80523-1680, USA
e-mail: matsuura@rams.colostate.edu
Tel: +1-970-491-8635 Fax: +1-970-481-5830
Education and International Cooperation Section
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
e-mail: kokusai@nirs.go.jp
Tel: +81-43-206-3025 Fax: +81-43-206-4061
Leaflet (PDF)

PROGRAM

Day 1: May 27, 2010
8:30Welcome and Opening Remarks
Introduction Jac Nickoloff (CSU)
Welcome to CSUTony Frank, President of CSU
Greetings Yoshiharu Yonekura, President of NIRS
Greetings Kazuaki Kubo, Consul General of Japan at Denver
8:50Overview
Introduction to CSULance Perryman (Dean, CSU)
Introduction to NIRSHirohiko Tsujii (Executive Director, NIRS)
Session 1: High and Low LET Radiation from Physics to Cells   Chair: TBA
9:10Keynote "Address":
The Evolution of Charged Particle "Research"
Eleanor Blakely (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory)
10:00High LET Radiation Physics and DosimetryTom Borak (CSU)
10:20Characteristics of Carbon BeamsNaruhiro Matsufuji (NIRS)
10:40Coffee Break
11:00HiCEP Transcriptome AnalysisAkira Fujimori (NIRS)
11:20Radiation Effects on TelomeresSusan Bailey (CSU)
11:40Cellular DNA Damage RepairTakamitsu Kato (CSU)
12:00Mouse/Rat Tumor ModelsDan Gustafson (CSU)
12:15Discussion
12:30Lunch
Session 2: Clinical Cancer Biology                     Chair: TBA
13:30Keynote "Address":
Carbon Ion Radiotherapy
Tadashi Kamada (NIRS)
14:20Cancer ImagingTakako Furukawa (NIRS)
14:40 Regulation of Cell Repopulation after "Radiotherapy"Chuan-Yuan Li (CU)
15:00Coffee Break
15:20Canine OsteosarcomaBill Hanneman (CSU)
15:40Chordoma Ryuichi Okayasu (NIRS)
16:00Head and Neck Cancer Stem CellsXiao-Jing WangˇĘCU)
16:20Direct Human to Mouse Tumor ModelsAntonio Jimeno (CU)
16:40Discussion
Day 2: May 28, 2010
Session 3: Challenges and Opportunities with Cell and Animal Models
                                                                         Chair: TBA
8:30Keynote "Address":
Mouse Genome Instability and Cancer
John Schimenti (Cornell University)
9:20DNA Damage and Replication Fork RestartJac Nickoloff (CSU)
9:40NHEJ-deficient Human Cell LinesMakoto Onoda (NIRS)
10:00Coffee Break
10:20iPS CellsRyoko Araki (NIRS)
10:40Medical Physics in Large Animal ModelsFred Harmon (CSU)
11:00Summary of Symposium - Discussion
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