NASA Models of
Space Radiation Risks Workshop
March 6–7, 2007
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
Medical Education and Conference Center
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WORKSHOP PROGRAM
Overview of Schedule
| Tuesday, March 6 — Location: 3.112 Auditorium | ||
Introductory Session Session Chairs: Francis Cucinotta, Jerry Shay |
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| 8:30 | Francis Cucinotta | Welcome Address and Charge to the Workshop |
| 8:35 | Aloke Chatterjee | Overview of Problems in Space Radiation Risk Models |
| 9:00 | Lynn Hlatky | Theoretical Approaches to Cancer Risk Estimates |
Experimental Models of Cancer Risks Session Chairs: Noelle Metting, Michael Weil |
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| 9:25 | John Minna | Models of Lung Cancer Risks |
| 9:50 | Robert Ullrich | HZE Leukemogenesis |
| 10:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:45 | Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff | Tissue Regulation and Cancer Risks |
| 11:10 | Al Fornace | Mouse Intestinal Models |
| 11:30 | Jerry Shay | 3D Models of Human Colon Cancer |
| 11:50 | Jan Vijg | Models for Assessing Radiation Damage |
| 12:20 - 2:00 | Poster Session and Lunch — Location: 3.202 |
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Molecular Studies Session Chairs: Fiorenza Ianzini, Greg Nelson |
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| 2:00 | Errol Friedberg | DNA Damage and Repair |
| 2:30 | Peter O'Neill | DNA Repair and High LET Radiation |
| 2:50 | David Carbone | Proteomics |
| 3:20 | Coffee Break | |
Computational Approaches Session Chairs: Aloke Chatterjee, Walter Schimmerling |
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| 3:40 | Francis Cucinotta | Systems Biology and Space Radiation Effects |
| 4:00 | Phil Hahnfeldt | Tumor Progression Models |
| 4:20 | Sylvain Costes | Imaging Approaches to HZE Foci |
| 4:40 | Bruce Carnes | Models of Radiation Mortality |
| 5:00 | Group Discussion on Cancer Risk Models | |
| 5:30 | Travel to Flight Museum for Dinner Banquet | |
| 6:00–9:00 | Dinner Banquet with Special Guest Speaker Mary Ellen Weber | |
| Wednesday, March 7 — Location: 3.112 Auditorium | ||
Models of Neuronal Risks from Space Radiation Session Chairs: Amy Kronenberg, Janice Pluth |
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| 8:15 | Leah Edelstein-Keshet | In Silico Models of Alzheimer's Disease and Diabetes |
| 8:45 | Greg Nelson | CNS Effects from HZE Ions |
| 9:10 | John Fike | Experimental Studies on Neuronal-Degeneration |
| 9:25 | Bernie Rabin | Biochemical Changes from HZE Ions in the CNS |
Cellular Studies in Risk Assessment Session Chairs: Michael Cornforth, Michael Story |
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| 9:40 | Ed Azzam | Non-Targeted Effects |
| 10:00 | David Chen | Dynamics of DNA Repair Proteins at DNA Damage Sites in Living Cells |
| 10:20 | Susan Bailey | Telomeres and Instability |
| 10:40 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 | Round Table on New Approaches to Risk Models Moderators: Jerry Shay, James Joseph, Lynn Hlatky |
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| 12:30 | Adjourn | |