SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 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 | Challenges in the Nuclear Power Industry |
| Discussion Leader: Clara Wren (Western University, Canada) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | David Shoesmith (Western University, Canada)
"The Radiolytic Corrosion of Nuclear Fuel Inside a Failed Waste Container"
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8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Melissa Denecke (University of Manchester, England) |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Low Energy Electron Radiolysis |
| Discussion Leader: Stephen Mezyk (California State University Long Beach, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | David Grills (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
"Mechanistic Details of CO2 Reduction Processes Revealed by Pulse Radiolysis with IR Detection" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Sylwia Ptasinska (University of Notre Dame, USA)
"Selective Bond Dissociation in Gas-Phase Molecules Induced by Low Energy Electrons"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Bernd Winter (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany)
"Proton Dynamics and Electron Scattering in Liquid Water Studied by Photoelectron Spectroscopy"
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11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Young Investigator Presentations |
| Discussion Leader: James Wishart (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Srabanti Ghosh (University of Paris-Sud, France)
"One-Dimensional Conducting Polymer Nanostructures and Hybrid Composites Synthesized in Swollen Hexagonal Mesophases for Energy Applications" |
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion |
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm | Sylvain Massey (University of Sherbrooke, Canada)
"'Oxygen Effect' on DNA Studied by Low-Energy Electron Stimulated Desorption" |
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Pierre-Olivier Lahaie (University of Sherbrooke, Canada)
"Desorption and Polymerisation Induced by Low Energy Electron (Less-Than 50 eV) Quantification in Films of DNA Building Blocks" |
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Natascia Grimaldi (Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy)
"E-Beam Crosslinked PVP-Based Nanogels as Building Blocks for the Assembly of Tumor-Target Nanodevices" |
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | Michele Dawley (Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory, USA)
"Dissociative Electron Attachment to Gas Phase N-Methylformamide" |
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Suraj Dev Prakash Dhiman (Brookhaven National Laboratroy, USA)
"Gamma and Heavy Ion Radiolysis of Ionic Liquids: A Comparative Study" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Radiolysis of Macromolecules |
| Discussion Leader: Amanda Bryant-Friedrich (University of Toledo, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Krzysztof Bobrowski (Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warsaw, Poland)
"Oxidation of Peptides Containing Sulfur Amino Acids"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Peter O'Neill (Oxford University, England)
"Radiation-Induced DNA Damage in Living Cells - Watching the Repair Proteins Come and Go in Real Time"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Amit Adhikary (Oakland University, USA)
"Effect of Base and Backbone Modifications on Radiation-Induced Damage in DNA" |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Track Structure and Modeling |
| Discussion Leader: Simon Pimblott (Manchester University, England) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Zdenka Kuncic (University of Sydney, Australia)
"Computational Radiation Biophysics: Challenges and Opportunities" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Mathieu Karamitros (Université Bordeaux, France)
"Overview and Recent Developments of the Geant4-DNA Project" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Nanoparticles and Radiation |
| Discussion Leader: Mats Jonsson (KTH, Sweden) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Hynd Remita (University of Paris-Sud, France)
"Nanomaterials Induced in Mesophases by Radiolysis: Synthesis and Applications"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Sudipta Seal (University of Central Florida, USA)
"Role of Nanotechnology in Radiation Research"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Fred J. Currell (Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland)
"Radiation Chemistry of Gold Nanoparticles in Aqueous Environments"
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11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Hadron Therapy and Protection |
| Discussion Leader: Jorge Kohanoff (Queen's University Belfast) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Karen Kirkby (University of Surry, England)
"Ion Beams and Cancer - From Bench to Bedside" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Gerard Baldacchino (CEA Saclay, France)
"Extreme Conditions of T and LET in Water Radiolysis. Implications in Nuclear Industry and Hadrontherapy" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Fast Kinetics in Radiation Chemistry |
| Discussion Leader: Andrew Cook (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Yosuke Katsumura (University of Tokyo, Japan)
"A Pulse Radiolysis Study on High Temperature Liquids"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Mehran Mostafavi (University of Paris-Sud, France)
"New Findings About the Short Lived and Powerful Oxidizing Species: H2O°+"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Kenji Takahashi (Kanasawa University, Japan)
"Excess Electron in Ionic Liquids - Kinetics, Spectra and Dynamics"
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11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Polymer and Composite Radiolysis |
| Discussion Leader: Clelia Dispenza (Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Mohamad Al-Sheikhly (University of Maryland, USA)
"Radiolytic Synthesis of Absorbent-Grafted Polymers for Extraction of Uranium from Seawater"
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8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Marie-Claude Clochard (Ecole Polytech, France)
"Ion Track Polymer Membrane, a Versatile Tool for Research and Applications" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |