JBL VIII: Oct. 2005

8th Annual JBL Symposium

“Molecular and Cellular Responses to Toxic Agents and Radiation Injury”

October 28-29, 2005

 

Friday, October 28, 2005

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

Drs. John B. Little and Bruce Demple 

Harvard School of Public Health

John B. Little Award Lecture given by Dr. Susan S. Wallace

University of Vermont 

“Repair and Biological Consequences of Free Radical DNA Damage: Meandering Through the Maze” 

 

SESSION I: RESPONSES TO STRESS (I)

DISCUSSION LEADER: Albert J. Fornace, Jr.

Harvard School of Public Health

Dr. Frederick Alt

Children’s Hospital, Boston

“Role of the DNA Double Strand Break Response in Suppression of Chromosomal Translocations and Cancer”

Dr. Joshua Hamilton

Dartmouth Medical School 

“Use of Genomics to Examine Low Dose Effect of Environmental Agents”

Dr. William Greenlee

CIIT Centers for Health Research

“Studies on Dioxin Actions Elucidate a Molecular Switch Controlling Epithelial Cell Proliferation and Differentiation”

Dr. Francis Cucinotta

NASA Johnson Space Center 

“Space Radiation Biology and Missions to the Moon and Mars”

Saturday, October 29, 2005

SESSION II: RESPONSES TO STRESS (II)

DISCUSSION LEADER: Dr. William A. Toscano

University of Minnesota School of Public Health

Dr. Judah Folkman

Harvard Medical School 

“Role of Angiogenesis in the Radiation Response”

Dr. Jeff Trent

Translational Genomics Research Institute

“Towards Systems Medicine: Applications in Biodefense”

Dr. Leona Samson

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

“Complex Responses to Damaging Agents”

Dr. Richard Kolodner

Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research

Identification of Pathways that Prevent Genome Instability”

 

SESSION III: RADIATION RISK AND POLICY 

DISCUSSION LEADER: Dr. S. James Adelstein

Harvard Medical School 

Dr. Andrei Gudkov

Lerner Research Institute

“Radioprotection by Pharmacological Modulation of p53 and NF-kB Pathways”

Dr. David J. Brenner

Columbia University Medical Center 

“Can Radiological Examinations Cause Cancer?”

Dr. Richard Monson

Harvard School of Public Health

“Overview of BEIR VII: Report on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation”

Dr. James Walsh

Kennedy School of Government

“Radiological Terrorism: Risk, Consequences, and Policy”