Program 2013

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Conference Language:
The official conference language will be English. It is well established that simultaneous English-German translation will be provided.

 

 

 

CHANGE: The programm will end at 03:45 pm on Thursday, 16 May 2013

 

PS: plenary session - overviews of the current state of key topics

SP. scientific presentations - presentation of new findings or information in a condensed form

 

KEY TOPICS

1. Fukushima

2. Radiation risk perception of the public

3. Radiation emergency medical preparedness and response

4. National, international and global radiation accident management

5. External exposure assessment

6. Decontamination measures and monitoring

7. Biological dosimetry and EPR

8. Radiation health effects and medical countermeasures

9. Effects of low dose ionizing radiation

10. Radiation epidemiology

11. Radiation protection

12. Radiation biology/radiation physics

13. Non-ionizing radiation

 

CONFIRMED SPEECHES

 

Fukushima

An accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in 2011
Makoto Akashi
Research Center for Radiation Emergency Medicine, National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), Chiba, Japan

Comparison of performance of three different dosimetric systems used by US Armed Forces in aftermath of Fukushima Daiichi reactor accident
Alexander Romanyukha
US Navy, USA

Distribution of Artificial Radionuclides in Animals Associated with the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident
Manabu Fukumoto
Institute of Development, Aging & Cancer, Tohoku University, Japan

Recovery and Resilience after a Nuclear Power Plant or Radiological/Nuclear Disaster: A Medical-Decision Model for Managing an Effective, Timely, and Balanced Response
Norman Coleman
Radiation Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Institute of Health (NIH), USA

 

Radiation Risk Perception and Communication

Ionizing radiation: risk perception, risk communication
Walter Ruegg
Switzerland

Dirty bomb event in urban environment – radiation exposure of public and emergency personnel
Florentin Lange
former at GRS - Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit mbH, Cologne, Germany

 

Decontamination Measures and Monitoring

Radiation monitoring of larger numbers of people via Radiation Monitoring Units
Nicholas Thompson
Health Protection Agency, UK

Combined drug and surgery treatment of Plutonium contaminated wounds: indications obtained using a rodent model
Nina Griffith
Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), France

 

Radiation Emergency Medical Preparedness and Response

Integrating Evidence-basis into National Preparedness for Medical Response to a Nuclear Detonation
John Koerner
US Department of Health and Human Services, USA

BARDA Development of Medical Countermeasures Against Radiological and Nuclear Threats
Ronald Manning
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, USA

MULTIBIODOSE: multi-disciplinary biodosimetric tools to manage high scale radiological casualties - results and conclusions
Andrzej Wojcik
Stockholm University, Sweden

RENEB – Realizing the European Network of Biological Dosimetry
Ulrike Kulka
Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Germany

Advances in a Framework to Compare and Integrate Biodosimetry Methods for Planning Triage
Ann Barry Flood
Dept. of Radiology, Community & Family Med., and The Dartmouth Institute of Health Policy and Clinical Practice, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, NH, USA, USA

Rapid clinical triage of radiation injured patients using standard blood cell counts within 3 days after whole body radiation exposure
Matthias Port
Hannover Medical School, Germany

Development of CLT-008, a universal myeloid progenitor cell therapeutic for the treatment of neutropenia after exposure to radiation
Holger Karsunky
Cellerant Therapeutics, USA

Improvement of Radiation Emergency Medical Response System of Korea
Minsu Cho
National Radiation Emergency Medical Center in Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, Republic of Korea

 

National, International and Global Radiation Accident Management

Improvements in Medical Care and Treatment of Irradiated Individuals in Switzerland
Daniel Storch
Federal Office of Public Health, Switzerland

Software architecture of the BOOSTER comprehensive approach to crisis management in case of dirty bomb attacks
Tim O.Müller
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Radiation exposure case management after incorporation of radioactive materials.
Guennadi Goulko
Institute for Radiobiology affiliated to the University of Ulm, Germany

Improving of public involvement in European nuclear preparedness and safety
Aleksandra Fucic
Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Croatia

 

External Exposure Assessment

External dose assessment in a radiological mass casualty scenario using OSL on mobile phones
Clemens Woda
Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Germany

 

Non-ionizing Radiation

Fibrillation risk of Taser weapons
Norbert Leitgeb
Graz University of Technology, Austria

 

Effects of low dose ionizing radiation

Low dose radiobiology
Michael Atkinson
Institute of Radiation Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Germany

Low dose ionizing radiation effects - effects of thoron inhalation
Cherupally K.K. Nair
Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, India

Human Lymphocytes Responses to Low and High Doses of 131I
Antonia Cebulska-Wasilewska
Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Polen

 

Radiation Epidemiology

Malignant neoplasms incidence among residents of Ozersk, Russia
Irina Martinenko
Southern Urals Biophysics Institute, Russian Federation

Biological indication and dosimetry of chronic exposure
Tamara Azizova
Southern Urals Biophysics Institute (SUBI), Russian Federation

Gene expression analysis in Mayak workers with occupational prolonged exposure
Michael Abend
Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology affiliated to the University of Ulm, Germany

Chronic radiation syndrome (CRS) in residents of the Techa riverside villages
Alexander Akleyev
Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine, Russian Federation

 

Radiation Health Effects and Countermeasures

Medical countermeasures for radiation injury, where we are and where`s the way ahead
Viktor Meineke
Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology affiliated to the University of Ulm, Germany

HemaMaxTM Development as a Frontline Single Dose Radiation Medical Countermeasure
Timothy Gallaher
Neumedicines, Inc., USA

Overview of Use of G-CSF in the Treatment of Acute Radiation Injury
Glen Reeves
Applied Research Associates (ARA), Inc., USA

The efficacy of G-CSF to mitigate survival following LD50/60 total body irradiation (TBI) is dependent upon the timing of its initiation
Ann Farese
University of Maryland, USA

The influence of G-CSF administration on the absolute neutrophil: lymphocyte count (ANC: ALC) ratio in nonhuman primates (NHP) following exposure to total- (T) or partial-body irradiation (PBI)
Thomas MacVittie
University of Maryland, School of Medicine, USA

A Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor Analog for Protection and Mitigation Against Acute Radiation Syndromes
Paul Okunieff
University of Florida, USA

Sensitivity and specificity of medical tests recommended by IAEA publications for early diagnosis of acute radiation syndrome in a radiation accident
Valeriy Krasnyuk
Federal Medical Biophysical Center of Russia, Russian Federation

Acute Radiation Syndrome management: towards new strategies to mitigate hematopoietic and non hematopoietic toxicity
Michel Drouet
French Military Biomedical Research Institute (IRBA), France

Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) therapy for the regeneration of radio-induced proctitis
Marc Benderitter
Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), France

An Amino Acid Mixture Mitigates Irradiation Induced Gastrointestinal Toxicity
Sadasivan Vidyasagar
University of Florida, USA

Evaluation of Citrulline as a Biomarker for Radiation-Induced Gut Damage
Jace Jones
University of Maryland, USA

Downwinder's Syndrome; Implications for the Public and Healthcare, then and now
Sylvia Baack
Department of Veterans Affairs-Healthcare, USA

Database SEARCH: Radiation induced skin reactions and gastrointestinal signs and symptom as prognostic factors of the acute radiation syndrome
Harald Dörr
Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology affiliated to the University of Ulm, Germany

Stem cell technologies in treatment of radiation burns
K.V. Kotenko
State Research Center Burnasyan Federal Medical Biological Centre of the FMBA of Russia, Russian Federation

Gene therapy: a new approach to mitigate Cutaneous Radiation Syndrome
Diane Riccobono
French Military Biomedical Research Institute (IRBA), France

Development and refinement of murine model (s) of radiation pneumonitis/ fibrosis to link with non-human primate and human pulmonary responses to radiation
Zeljko Vujaskovic
University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA

Use of Clara Cell Specific Protein as a Biomarker of Late Radiation-Induced Lung Effects
Jaqueline Williams
University of Rochester Medical Center, USA

Inhibition of activation of signal transduction and increases in cytokine and sepsis limits ionizing radiation combined injury
Juliann Kiang
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI), USA

Preclinical development of a bridging therapy for radiation casualties
Vijay Singh
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI), USA

 

Biological Dosimetry and EPR

Development Challenges for Radiation Biodosimetry: U.S. Department of Defense/AFRRI Subject Matter Experts Perspectives
William Blakely
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFFRI), USA

Protein Biomarkers for Enhancement of Radiation Dose and Injury Assessment in Animal Models
Natalia Ossetrova
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI), USA

Development of a model for the coordinated use of biodosimetry methods after a nuclear incident
Julie M. Sullivan
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, USA

Validation of semi - automatic scoring of dicentric chromosomes after simulation of 3 different irradiation scenarios
Horst Romm
Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Germany

Cytokinesis-Block MicroNucleus assay by manual and automated scoring: calibration curves and dose prediction
Stefania DeSanctis
Army Medical and Veterinary Research Center, Italy

Dose Estimation For Dicentric Chromosome Assay And Cytokinesis – Block Micronucleus Assay: Comparison between Manual and Automated Scoring in Triage Mode
Andreas DeAmicis
Army Medical and Veterinary Research Center, Italy

Cell-free urine and serum miRNAs as sensitive radiation biodosimeters
Naduparambil Jacob
The Ohio State University Medical Center, USA

DNA damage as indicator of external and internal radiation exposure
Harry Scherthan
Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology affiliated to the University of Ulm, Germany

Correlation of nuclear abnormalities in myeloid cells with estimated whole body dose of radiation received during the Y-12 criticality accident
Ronald E. Goans
Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

Assessment of total- and partial-body irradiation in a baboon model: a kinetic multiparameter study of chromosomal aberrations, biological and clinical parameters
Francis Herodin
French Military Biomedical Research Institute (IRBA), France

Launching a Cytogenetic Biodosimetry Laboratory for the Assessment of Accidental Radiation Exposure in Saudi Arabia
Ghazi Alsbeih
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Saudi Arabien

EPR Dosimetry for Triage of Large-Scale Radiation Events
Harold Swartz
Geisel School of Medicine at Darmouth College, USA

EPR retrospective dosimetry with fingernails: report on first application cases
Francois Trompier
Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), France

 

Radiation Protection

The military use of magnesium/thorium alloys and radiation protection of workers
Andreas Schirmer
Northern Military District Administration - Radiation Measuring Laboratory, Munster, Germany

Radiation protection in a mixed contaminant context, risk assessment methodologies
Ivica Prlic
Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Croatia

Radiation risks of potential cancer following the CT diagnostic radiation exposure
Valerii Kashcheev
Medical Radiological Research Center of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (MRRC), Russian Federation

Pharmacological strategies for the development of radiomitigators
Gabor Tigyi
University of Tennessee, USA

Oxidative lipodomics of mitochondrial responses to radiation and design of new radioprotectors/radiomitigators
Valerian Kagan
University of Pittsburgh, USA

Radioprotective Effectiveness of BASIC PENTACYSTEINE analogs on Radiation-induced Skin Damage
Fuad Fares
University of Haifa, Israel

 

Radiation Biology / Radiation Physics

Emerging issues in radiobiology and cancer research – the impact of non-targeted effects
Carmel Mothersill
McMaster University, Canada

Use of archival material to study miRNAs
Gayle Woloschak
Northwestern University, USA

Radiation-induced alterations in the proteome and miRNAome of the endothelial cells
Arundhathi Sriharshan
Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Germany

Local high-dose cardiac irradiation induces disturbed energy metabolism associated with impaired PPAR alpha activity in C57BL/6 mice
Omid Azimzadeh
Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Germany

Age-related increases in inflammatory cytokines are exacerbated in aged murine survivors of acute total body irradiation exposed in early adulthood
Hui Lin Chua
Indiana University School of Medicine, USA

 

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