16th International Congress of Radiation Research (ICRR) 2019

16th International Congress of Radiation Research (ICRR) 2019 is organized by Conference Partners International (CPI) and will be held from Aug 25 - 29, 2019 at Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester, England, United Kingdom.

Description:
Radiation is a highly-developed field with an output that is applicable in many sub-disciplines of the life sciences. The Association of Radiation Research wishes to invite you to their sixteenth annual congress. The association wishes to gather leading-experts in the broad-field of radiation research to collaborate and network this August in Manchester.

Themes:
Basic Mechanisms
Basic research evaluating/modelling the impact and cellular response to radiation.

Includes: Biological mechanisms responding to ionising radiation, including DNA repair and signalling, chromatin architecture/epigenetics, non-coding RNA, intercellular signalling (bystander responses) and radiation-induced signatures. Radiation chemistry and physics, including modelling. High LET/proton damage. Responses in neurons and stem cells. Radiation sensitive syndromes.

Translational Research
Pre-clinical research aimed at improving the use of radiation for therapy and diagnosis.

Includes: Targeting DNA damage responses and hypoxia. Genomic determinants of radiosensitivity. Pre-clinical normal tissue radiobiology and consideration of distinct properties of cancer cells (e.g. metabolism and cancer stem cells). Pre-clinical studies of combined treatment modalities including immunotherapy. Nanotechnology and the use of microbeams.

Radiotherapy
Research interfacing at a clinical level.

Includes: Analysis and prediction of tumour and normal tissue responses to radiotherapy, including second cancer induction and benefit of fractionation. Molecular imaging, encompassing hypoxia. Clinical applications of particle therapy, radiation modifiers, precision radiotherapy and stem cell therapy. Modelling and theranostics. Interplay between radiotherapy and immunotherapy.

Health Effects and Ecology
Research of direct relevance to human health and our environment encompassing low dose/ dose-rate exposures.

Includes: Radiation induced carcinogenesis and non-cancer effects, and impacts on stem cells, transgenerational effects, inflammation and immune system.  Space research and neuroscience. Ecology and environmental impacts. Psychological and societal effects, and mitigation.

DNA repairs and the response to damage signalling, high LET/protons, chemistry, microbeams, hypoxia, immune system responses and the consequences for immunotherapy, human tissue damage, therapy involving particles, Molecular imaging, radiation protection, biomarkers, epidemiology and ecology.

For each topic there will be a chair and a sub-committee of under 10 members will be assembled to advise on the programme on that topic. Each sub-committee will have a representative from the United States, Japan, and Europe. Our aim is to insure diverse representation from all countries included in the IARR.

There will be 14 sessions across 4 days of the congress, with presentations and workshops from postdoctoral and tenured researchers alike. Expect presentations from Prof. Rob Bristow of the University of Manchester, Dr. Nori Nakumura of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation, and Prof. Amato Giaccia of the University of Oxford. Prof. Dudley Goodhead, Dr. Eleanor Blakely, and Prof. Penny Jeggo will also be presented with the IARR Henry S. Kaplan Distinguished Scientist Award, the ICRU Twentieth Gray Medal, ARR Weiss Medal respectively for their contributions to science.

Time: 9:00 am - 2:30 pm