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7th International Conference on Radiation Damage in Biomolecular Systems 30 June - 4 July 2010
Madrid, Spain Presentation
International
RADAM conference, “Radiation Damage in Biomolecular Systems”, is an annual
meeting with the main purpose of
facilitating active communication between the different scientific and
technological communities concerned on the study of basic interactions of
electrons, photons, ions, and more recently positrons, with biologically
relevant molecules as well as their possible applications in radiotherapy,
radio-diagnostic and radiation protection.
The main objective of this consortium is to get an accurate knowledge
of basic interaction mechanisms to determine energy deposition and different
types of radiation effects at the molecular level. This knowledge of elementary processes is a
necessary step to introduce technical improvements of diagnostics and
therapies based on radiation uses.
The
earliest RADAM
conferences (from
2004 to 2007) were celebrated within the framework of the COST Action
programme. Due to the success of this action, participants continued the
meetings once finished the European collaboration, becoming a
multidisciplinary forum of discussion and integration of main advances in the
field. It is also a suitable place for launching new collaborations and
specific projects. In 2008 and 2009 RADAM meetings were held in Debrecen and
Frankfurt, respectively, and they facilitate new proposals on ion
radiotherapy and nanodosinetry to be submitted to European funding
programmes. In this opportunity, in addition of continuing these two recent
research lines, a new consortium on the study of basic positron interactions
and their applications in biomedicine and material sciences will be proposed.
Increasing uses of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) for early tumour and
metastasis diagnosis is demanding a deep knowledge of interaction mechanisms
of positrons with biological materials (water, hydrocarbons and tissue e equivalent materials) from
their initial emission by radioactive sources to their final annihilation in
the medium (positronium formation, direct ionization, scattering, etc…).
Supporting this
initiative, together with the invitation of relevant scientist in the field
of radiation interactions (photon, electrons, ions) and their biomedical
applications, an additional effort will be paid to attract specialists in the
study of basic positron interactions in biomolecular systems. G. García Gómez-Tejedor (CSIC & UNED, Spain) A. Williart Torres (UNED, Spain) M. Fuss (CSIC, Spain) Scientific Committee
Contact person: Ana García
Sanz
Telphone: +34 91 5616800 Ext 3216 Serrano 113-bis, 28006
Madrid, Spain E-mail: ana@imaff.cfmac.csic.es
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