XVIII PTBR National Meeting Satellite Symposium
Applications of low radiation doses in medical diagnosis and therapy
Organized by
Polish Radiation Research Society memorial to Maria Skłodowska-Curie
in collaboration with National Centre for Nuclear Research, Otwock, Poland
Programme
September 17
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:15 Opening of the Symposium (Ludwik Dobrzyński)
14:15 – 15:00 Keynote lecture: Jerry Cuttler – Application of low doses of ionizing radiation in medical therapies
15:00 – 15:40 Keynote lecture: Carmel Mothersill – Mechanisms operating after low radiation doses: an explanation for non-linearity and a new therapeutic target
15:40 – 16:10 Coffee break
16:10 – 16:50 Keynote lecture: Nicolas Foray – The radiation-induced nucleoshuttling of the ATM protein: medical applications at high and low doses
16:50 – 17:10 Dorota Słonina – Effect of low dose fractionated radiation on rytotoxicity of cisplatin and paclitaxel in cervix cancer cell cines
17:10 – 18:10 Keynote lecture: Edward Calabrese (via Internet) – Hormesis: An evolutionary based dose response model: Its biological foundations and medical and public health implications
18:10 – 18:30 Coffee break
18:30 – 19:30 Keynote lecture: Edward Calabrese (via Internet) – The historical foundations of the linear non-threshold dose response model for cancer risk assessment
19:30 – 19:50 Michael Waligorski – A post-LNT system of radiation protection – design considerations
September 18
8:30 – 9:10 Keynote lecture: Yehoshua Socol – Irradiation of arbitrary time-dependence: mathematical model of adaptive response and oscillatory behavior
9:10 – 9:50 Keynote lecture: Marek K. Janiak – Resurrection and up-date of cancer therapy by low-dose whole-body exposures to ionizing radiation
9:50 – 10:30 Keynote lecture: Wade Allison – Radiation, safety and life
10:30 – 11:00 Marek Kozicki – 3D dosimetry of low radiation doses in radiotherapy
11:00 – 12:00 Coffee / Posters (K. Fornalski et al.)
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:00 Discussion (Moderator: Yehoshua Socol)
14:00 – 14:30 Wade Allison – Summary of the Symposium
14:30 – 14:50 Closing of the Symposium (Ludwik Dobrzyński)
Venue: Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Campus of Jan Kochanowski University,
ul. Świętokrzyska 15G, 25-406 Kielce
The official language of the Symposium was English.
CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Professor Ludwik Dobrzyński (1941-2022)
Contact person: Yehoshua Socol (email: socol@jct.ac.il)
Web design: Yehoshua Socol, Jerusalem College of Technology, Israel
