You can download pdf files for the talks given on the Early Researcher Tutorial Workshop day (Tuesday 19th June).
Click on the title of the talk to open the pdf file in a new window.
|
Tuesday 19th June |
|
08:30-09:00 |
Registration
|
|
|
Early Researcher Tutorial Workshop
Coordinators: Jimena Gorfinkiel, Open University, UK
Isabella Baccarelli, CASPUR, IT |
Venue: Houston Lecture Theatre |
09:00-09:10
|
Introduction |
Jimena Gorfinkiel |
| |
Tutorial 1: Working Group 3 - Radiation in physiological environments |
09:10-10:00
|
Radiation Damage in Biological Systems |
Aidan Meade
Dublin |
| |
Tutorial 2: Working Group 5 - Track structure in cells |
10:00-11:00
|
Damage structure along ion tracks in cell nuclei |
Andreas Hauptner
Munich |
11:00-11:30
|
Tea/Coffee |
|
| |
Tutorial 3: Working Group 2 - Ions and biomolecular interactions |
11:30-12:00
|
Experiments 1: Ion sources and collisions with isolated biomolecules |
Sam Eden
Lyon |
12:00-12:30
|
Experiments 2: Ion irradiation of large biomolecules and clusters |
Adam Hunniford
Belfast |
12:30-14:00
|
Lunch |
|
| |
Tutorial 4: Working Group 1 - Electron and biomolecular interactions |
14:30-15:00
|
Theory: Electron-driven molecular processes induced in biological stystems by ionizing sources |
I. Baccarelli
Rome |
15:00-15:30
|
Experiments: Inelastic electron interactions with biomolecules: from gas phase to complex systems |
S. Denifl
Innsbruck |
15:00-15:30
|
Tea/Coffee |
|
| |
Tutorial 5: Working Group 4 - Theoretical developments for radiation damage |
15:30-16:30
|
Quantum chemical and dynamical tools for solving photochemical problems |
Ines Corral Perez
Berlin |
16:30-
|
Summary |
|
|
Wednesday 20th June |
|
08:30-09:00 |
Registration
|
Venue: Front Hall |
09:00-10:30 |
Session 1
WG3-A: Radiation in physiological environments
Chair: Nigel Mason, Open University, UK |
Venue: Houston Lecture Theatre |
| 09:00-09:40 |
Mechanisms of Adaptive Radiation Responses in Mammals at Chernobyl |
Ron Chesser
Texas Tech University, USA |
| 09:40-10:05 |
Risks & potential damage from Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation used for Phototherapy |
Neil O’Hare
St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland |
| 10:05-10:30 |
The use of X-ray and particle microbeam techniques for investigating DNA damage in cells |
Melvyn Folkard
Grey Cancer Institute, UK |
10:30-11:00
|
Tea/Coffee break |
|
11:00-12:30 |
Session 2
WG1-A: Electrons and biomolecular interactions
Chair: Ron Chesser, Texas Tech University, USA |
Venue: Houston Lecture Theatre |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Synchrotron radiation studies of biomolecules |
Kevin Prince
Elletra, Italy |
| 11:30-12:00 |
Theoretical calculations of parameters characterising electron impact with biomolecules |
Dr.Peter Papp
Comenius University, Slovakia |
| 12:00-12:30 |
Prethermal radiation events in aqueous environments: the teneous borderline between direct
and indirect molecular damages |
Yann-A. Gauduel
CNRS, France |
12:30-13:30
|
Lunch |
|
13:30-15:00 |
Session 3
WG2-A: Ions and biomolecular interactions
Chair: Paulo Limao-Vieira, New University of Lisbon, Portugal |
Venue: Houston Lecture Theatre |
| 13:30-14:10 |
Hyperthermal Ions Damage to DNA Components |
Michaels Huels
University of Sherbrooke, Canada |
| 14:10-14:35 |
Ion processing of astrophysical ices |
Maria Elisabetta Palumbo
Catania Astrophysical Observatory, Italy |
| 14:35-15:00 |
Energetics of ion induced fragmentation of DNA building blocks |
Fresia Alvarado
University of Groningen, Netherlands |
15:00-15:30
|
Tea/Coffee break |
|
15:30-17:00 |
Session 4
WG4-A: Theoretical developments for radiation damage
Chair: Herwig Paretzke, GSF-Institut für Strahlenschutz Neuherberg, Germany |
Venue: Houston Lecture Theatre |
| 15:30-16:00 |
Recent applications of the QM/MM method in photochemistry and photobiology |
Adalgisa Sinicropi
University of Siena, Italy |
| 16:00-16:25 |
Photochemistry and photophysics of DNA nucleobases |
Lluis Blancafort
Institut de Química Computational, Girona, Spain |
| 16:25-16:45 |
Theoretical studies of electron-molecule collisions |
Jimena Gorfinkiel
The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK |
| 16:45-17:05 |
Renner-Teller/Jahn Teller intersections along the collinear axes of polyatomic molecules |
Ágnes Vibók
Department of Theoretical Physics, Debrecen, Hungary |
17:05-20:00
|
Break |
|
| 20:00-22:00 |
Poster Session and Welcome Reception |
Venue: College Hall and Board Room |
| |
|
|
|
Thursday 21st June |
|
08:30-09:00 |
Registration
|
Venue: Front Hall |
09:00-10:30 |
Session 5
WG5-A: Track structure in cells
Chair: Fiona Lyng, FOCAS, DIT, Dublin, Ireland |
Venue: Houston Lecture Theatre |
| 09:00-09:30 |
Effect of oxygen on DNA damage caused by ionizing radiation - theoretical modeling approach |
Vaclav Stepan
Nuclear Physics Institute, Prague, Czech Republic |
| 09:30-10:00 |
Local changes of higher-order chromatin structure during DSB-repair |
Martin Falk
Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Brno |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Photoionization at atmospheric pressure of oligodeoxyribonucleotides: strand breaks induced
by low energy electrons and hydrogen atoms |
Aďcha Bagag
ICSN-CNRS, France |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Tea/Coffee
|
|
11:00-12:30 |
Session 6
WG1-B: Electron and biomolecular interactions
Chair: Kevin McGuigan, RCSI, Dublin, Ireland |
Venue: Houston Lecture Theatre |
| 11:00-11:30 |
VUV irradiation of DNA |
Gosia Smialek
The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK |
| 11:30-12:00 |
Electron attachment to gas phase biomolecules in superfluid helium |
Stephan Denifl
Univeristy of Innsbruck, Austria |
| 12:00-12:30 |
Electron interaction with DNA and deoxyribose analogues |
Aleksandar Milosavljevic
Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Serbia |
12:30-13:30
|
Lunch |
|
13:30-15:00 |
Session 7
WG2-B: Radiation in physiological environments
Chair: Dimitra Markovitsi Laboratoire Francis Perrin, CEA, France |
Venue: Houston Lecture Theatre |
| 13:30-13:40 |
RADAM ’08 Conference, Debrecen, Hungary |
Bela Sulik
ATOMKI, Debrecen, Hungary |
| 13:40-14:10 |
Orientation sensitivity of capture fragmentation channels: a study with small
molecules of different degree of symmetry |
Bela Sulik
ATOMKI, Debrecen, Hungary |
| 14:10-14:35 |
Low Energy Ion Induced Radiation damage to DNA and its components |
Adam Hunniford
Queen's University Belfast, UK |
| 14:35-15:00 |
Electron capture induced dissociation of peptide cations |
Kristian Střchkel
University of Aarhus, Denmark |
15:00-15:30
|
Tea/Coffee break |
|
15:30-17:00 |
Session 8
WG3-B: Radiation in physiological environments
Chair: Bob McCullough, Queen's University Belfast, UK |
Venue: Houston Lecture Theatre |
| 15:30-16:00 |
Targeting DNA in therapies: using damages to design strategies on cell sensitisation |
Claudia Lage
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 16:00-16:30 |
Polonium 210: The German Experience |
Herwig Paretzke
GSF Neuherberg, Germany |
| 16:30-17:00 |
It may not take a shillelagh to end a controversy among radiation scientists |
Brenda Laster
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel |
17:00-20:00
|
Break |
|
| 18:00-20:00 |
Management Committee Meeting |
Venue: Video Conference Room |
| 20:00-22:00 |
Management Committee Dinner |
Venue: Board Room |
| |
|
|
|
Friday 22nd June |
|
08:30-09:00 |
Registration
|
Venue: Front Hall |
08:30-10:00 |
Session 9
WG4-B: Theoretical developments for radiation damage.
Chair: Thomas Schlatholter, University of Groningen, Netherlands |
Venue: Houston Lecture Theatre |
| 08:30-09:00 |
Theoretical study of the fragmentation of small biomolecules by swift ions |
Jack Sabin
University of Florida, Gainesville, USA |
| 09:00-09:30 |
UV interactions with DNA helices |
Dimitra Markovitsi
Laboratoire Francis Perrin, CEA, France |
| 09:30-10:00 |
Photostability of DNA: ultra-fast deactivation of an excited Guanine-Cytosine base pair |
Martial Boggio-Pasqua
Imperial College, London, UK |
10:00-10:30
|
Tea/Coffee break |
|
10:30-12:00 |
Session 10
WG5-B: Track Structure in Cells
Chair: Marie-Christine Bacchus, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France |
Venue: Houston Lecture Theatre |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Interphase chromosomes: structure and radiation damage |
Sergey Andreev
Institute of Biochemical Physics, Moscow, Russia |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Models and simulations of radiation induced chromosome damage |
Andrea Ottolenghi
University of Pavia, Italy |
| 11:30-12:00 |
Biophysical modelling of DSB repair processes |
Werner Friedland
GSF Neuherberg, Germany |
| 12:00- |
Conference Tour |
|
| |
1. Walking Tour of Dublin City Centre
(Packed Lunch Provided) |
|
| |
2. Bus Tour to Brú na Bóinne Neolithic Site and Interpretive Centre
(Packed Lunch Provided) |
|
19:30-22:00 |
Conference Dinner |
Venue: College Hall and Board Room |
| |
|
|
Meeting 2007
