SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | FREE RADICALS |
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: Sergei Lymar (Brookhaven National Lab) |
7:45 pm - 8:25 pm | Steve Mezyk (California State University at Long Beach) "The Radical Roadtrip: Understanding Nitrosamine Carcinogenesis one DOE Laboratory at a Time" |
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
8:40 pm - 9:15 pm | Paul Percival (TRIUMF and Simon Fraser University) "Organic Free Radicals in Superheated Water" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ELECTRON ATTACHMENT AND DETACHMENT |
9:00 am - 9:05 am | Discussion Leader: John Miller (Brookhaven National Lab) |
9:05 am - 9:45 am | Mark Johnson (Yale University) "Radiation chemistry in the cluster regime: Using vibrational spectroscopy to understand molecular-level speciation of reactive intermediates" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break / Group Photo |
10:35 am - 11:15 am | Ben Schwartz (University of California at Los Angeles) "Liquid THF, the solvated electron sponge: The role of naturally occurring solvent cavities in electron ejection following charge-transfer-to-solvent excitation of atomic anions" |
11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Paul Scheier (Leopold-Franzens-Universitaet Innsbruk) "Free electron attachment to molecules in the gas phase and embedded in superfluid He droplets" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 1 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | POLYMERS |
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Discussion Leader: Piotr Ulanski (Technical University of Lodz) |
7:35 pm - 8:15 pm | Radoslaw Wach (Technical University of Lodz) "Radiation induced crosslinking of polysaccharides: Is it possible?" |
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Mohamad Al-Sheikhly (University of Maryland) "Synthesis and Modification of Functional Polymer Nano-hydrogels Using Pulsed Electron Beams" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | EXTRATERRESTRIAL CHEMISTRY |
9:00 am - 9:05 am | Discussion Leader: Greg Kimmel (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) |
9:05 am - 9:45 am | Marla Moore (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) "Understanding the formation and destruction of molecules in cosmic ices: A laboratory approach" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 12:30 pm | DNA DAMAGE AND REPAIR |
10:30 am - 10:35 am | Discussion Leader: Bill Bernhard (University of Rochester) |
10:35 am - 11:15 am | Michael Weinfeld (Cross Cancer Institute) "DNA-protein and protein-protein interactions during DNA strand-break repair" |
11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Jamie Milligan (University of California at San Diego) "Repair of DNA damage by amino acids" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 2 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | YOUNG INVESTIGATOR SESSION |
| Discussion Leader: Thom Orlando (Georgia Tech University) |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Art Bragg (UCLA) "Electron-attachment dynamics of atomic species in solution beyond the diffusion limit: Ultrafast photoinduced formation of electron-cation tight-contact pairs in liquid THF" |
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion |
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm | Patrick Hare (Notre Dame Radiation Lab) "Hydrated Electron Extinction Coefficient in Sub- and Supercritical Water" |
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Sujata Shinde (University of Aukland) "Redox properties of the guanyl radical formed in duplex DNA in aqueous solution" |
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Sylwia Ptasinska (The Open University) "Processes induced by Low Energy Electron-DNA Interactions" |
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | Sandrine LaCombe (University of Paris-Sud) "Radio-sensitisation in living cells loaded with heavy atoms - Application to hadrontherapy" |
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Kevin Hand (NASA JPL) "Laboratory investigations of radiolytic chemistry driven by high-energy electron bombardment on the surface of Jupiter's moon, Europa" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | WATER PHOTOPHYSICS |
9:00 am - 9:05 am | Discussion Leader: Stanislas Pommeret (CEA - Saclay) |
9:05 am - 9:45 am | Daniel Chipman (Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory) "Excited States of Water and Hydroxyl Radical" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:15 am | Steve Bradforth (University of Southern California) "Unravelling the ultrafast processes initiated by radiation in pure water" |
11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Pavel Jungwirth (Prague Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry) "Computer simulations of ultrafast dynamics following photoionization in
water" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 3 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CELL DAMAGE |
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Discussion Leader: Melanie Spotheim-Maurizot (CNRS-Orleans) |
7:35 pm - 8:20 pm | Deborah Keszenman (Brookhaven National Lab) "Clustered DNA damage induced by heavy ions" |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Katsumi Kobayashi (Photon Factory, IMSS, KEK) "Cellular response to radiation depends upon the irradiated area in the cell" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | NUCLEAR POWER |
9:00 am - 9:05 am | Discussion Leader: Yosuke Katsumura (University of Tokyo) |
9:05 am - 9:45 am | Craig Stuart (AECL Chalk River) "Applying water radiolysis advances to improve reactor chemistry" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:15 am | Howard Sims (NEXIA Solutions) "From nuclear reactors to waste - is radiation chemistry important?" |
11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Bruce Mincher (Idaho National Engineering Laboratory) "The gamma-radiolysis of ligands used in nuclear solvent extraction" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 4 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | X-RAY STUDIES |
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Discussion Leader: Elspeth Garman (Oxford University) |
7:35 pm - 8:15 pm | Lin X. Chen (Northwestern University and Argonne National Lab) "Tracking electrons and atoms during photochemical reactions by X-ray transient absorption spectroscopy" |
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Edward Snell (Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute) "Are X-rays damaging to Structural Biology? A case study with Xylose Isomerase" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |