Presentations of the Second MELODI Workshop


Monday, 18/10/10          Tuesday, 19/10/10           Wednesday 20/10/10


MONDAY, 18/10/10

Opening Session

Welcome Address by the Organizers
Jacques Repussard, IRSN/France, Gilles Bloch, CEA/France
Welcome Address by the MELODI Governing Board
Wolfgang Weiss, BfS/Germany
Welcome Address by the European Commission
Octavio Quintana Trias, EC; represented by André Jouve
Welcome Address by the WHO
Maria del Rozario Perez , WHO
Toxicology of the 21st century
Melvin E Andersen, the Hamner Institutes for Health sciences/USA
Genetic Approaches in Radiation-Induced Cancer
Marc Lathrop, CEA/France
Challenges of Low Dose Exposure in Medical Uses of Ionising Radiation
Klaus Rüdiger Trott, Andrea Ottolenghi, Vere Smyth, University Degli Studi, Pavia/Italy

Open Plenary Session 1: Non Cancer Effects

Lens Opacities
Jochen Graw, Helmholtz Center Munich/Germany
The Epidemiology and Radiobiology of Cardiovascular Diseases
Marc Little, National Cancer Institute (NCI)/USA
Low Dose Effects of Toxic Metal Compounds
Andrea Hartwig, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology/Germany
Effects of Low Dose in Immune System
Benoît Favier, CEA/France

Open Plenary Session 2: Individual Radiation Sensitivity for Cancer

The Impact of DNA Damage on Human Health
Jan H.J. Hoeijmakers, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam/the Netherlands
Individual Sensitivity for Radiation-Induced Cancer
Janet Hall, Institut Curie, Inserm/France
Genetic Susceptibility of Radiation-Related Thyroid Cancer
Fumihiko Matsuda, Kyoto University/Japan
Individual Susceptibility and Clinical Reality
Jacques Balosso, CHU Grenoble/France

Open Plenary Session 3: Effects of Radiation Quality

Innovative Ultrafast Radiation Sources: Towards the Real-Time Nanodosimetry
Yann Gauduel, ENS/Inserm, France
Non-Targeted Dose Response Models and Space Travel
Francis A. Cucinotta, NASA/USA
Risk Associated to Uranium Exposure
Irina Canu, IRSN/France
Radiation Qualities in Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy at NIRS/HIMAC
Shunsuke Yonai, NIRS/Japan

TUESDAY, 19/10/10

Open Working Group Sessions (OWGS)

OWGS 1 Risks Associated to Uses of Ionizing Radiation for Medical Applications, Including Diagnosis and Therapy Procedures
Chair: François Paris, Inserm/France
OWGS 2 Biomarkers of Radiosensitivity
Chair: Penny Jeggo, University of Sussex/UK
OWGS 3 Biological Effects Resulting from an Internal Contamination with Low Dose of Radionuclides (Cancer and Non-Cancer Effects)
Chair: Isabelle Dublineau, IRSN/France
OWGS 4 Cell-Interactions Mediating Radiation Responses and Carcinogenesis
Chair: Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff, New York Langone Medical Center/USA
OWGS 5 Stem Cells, Tissue Turnover and Low Doses
Franz Oesch, Mainz University/Germany; Chair: Ohtsura Niwa, BioMedics Japan Inc./Japan
OWGS 6 Brain/Neuronal Cell - Radiation Effects
Chair: Per Eriksson, Uppsala University/Sweden

WEDNESDAY, 20/10/10

Reporting and Plenary Discussion Session

Risks Associated to Uses of Ionizing Radiation for Medical Applications, Including Diagnosis and Therapy Procedures
François Paris, Inserm/France
Biomarkers or Radiosensitivity
Penny Jeggo, University of Sussex/UK
Biological Effects Resulting from an Internal Contamination with Low Dose of Radionuclides (Cancer and Non-Cancer Effects)
Isabelle Dublineau, IRSN/France
Cell-Interactions Mediating Radiation Responses and Carcinogenesis
Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff, New York Langone Medical Center/USA
Stem Cells, Tissue Turnover and Low Doses
Ohtsura Niwa, BioMedics Japan Inc./Japan
Brain/Neuronal Cell - Radiation Effects
Per Eriksson, Uppsala University/Sweden

Strategic Research Agenda - Plenary Session

Report from the MELODI SRA Expert Group
Dietrich Averbeck, David Lloyd, Peter O'Neill
Conclusion
Wolfgang Weiss, BfS/Germany

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