Low Dose Radiation Research Program
In studies on a human skin tissue model, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory used a systems biology approach to show that an ionizing radiation dose mimicking that received during a CT scan is sufficient to alter genes in two cell layers. The epidermis is the outer skin layer, and the dermis is beneath it.
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How better to find out what effect ionizing radiation has on human skin than by using the real thing? Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory did that by performing a quantitative mass spectrometry study on a reconstituted human skin tissue model to identify areas affected by ionizing radiation exposure.
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UPDATE: Investigators' Workshop Postponed
The annual Low Dose Radiation Research Program Investigators' Workshop typically held in April or May has been postponed until next year. Please keep checking the website for updates.
Hlatky to Receive Leadership Award from International Society
Dr. Lynn Hlatky, DOE Low Dose researcher and Director of the Center of Cancer Systems Biology at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, MA, has been selected by the International Dose-Response Society as this year's recipient of the Outstanding Leadership Award in the field of dose response. This annual award of excellence recognizes a scientist who has "contributed to a deeper understanding of the relationships between dose and response."
Created in 2005, the International Dose-Response Society is dedicated to the study of dose-response in the low dose zone. Dr. Hlatky's award will be presented at the upcoming 11th Annual International Conference: "Dose-Response: Implications for Toxicology, Medicine, and Risk Assessment" in April 2012 in Amherst, MA.
Dr. Antone "Tony" Brooks
Congratulations to radiation biologist Dr. Antone "Tony" Brooks, a consultant to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Low Dose Radiation Research Program, on his selection to give the 36th Lauriston S. Taylor Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP). Brooks is former chief scientist for the U.S. Department of Energy's Low Dose Radiation Research Program. His lecture, titled "From the Field to the Laboratory and Back: The What Ifs, Wows, and Who Cares of Radiation Biology," will be a featured presentation at the meeting, which will be held March 12 and 13, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda, Bethesda, Maryland. Learn More...
