An international workshop will be held at Hiroshima Laboratory of Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), as follows.

• Title: “Filling a gap between epidemiology and biology––Biologically–based modeling of radiation–induced carcinogenesis”
• Time and Date: March 22 (9:00–17:15) / March 23 (9:00–12:15), 2018
• Venue: Auditorium, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima Access
• Objective: To invite world–leading experts in carcinogenesis modeling and radiation to share their findings and experiences and discuss current problems and future research directions toward understanding the nature of radiation-induced carcinogenesis.
• Admission: Free of charge
  
  
• Program (The 2nd version) To print program, click here
  Thursday, March 22, 2018
  • Session 1: Introduction to RERF studies
    Kotaro Ozasa (RERF)
    Eric Grant (RERF)
  • Session 2: Mechanistic modeling of carcinogenesis I (Chair: Kyoji Furukawa)
    Christian Kaiser (Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany)
    Hiroshi Haeno (Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan)
    —Lunch—
  • Session 3: Mechanistic modeling of carcinogenesis II (Chair: Michiaki Kai)
    Georg Luebeck (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA)
    Giorgios Stathopoulos (Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany)
    Noemi Castelletti (Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany)
  • Session 4: Biological modeling (Chair: Otsura Niwa and Yoshiya Shimada)
    Cristian Tomasetti (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA)
    Nori Nakamura (RERF)
    Richard Wakeford (The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK)
  Friday, March 23, 2018
  • Session 5: Young age at exposure; why is it radiosensitive? (Chair: N Nakamura and R Wakeford)
    Nori Nakamura (RERF)
    Mary-Helen Barcellos-Hoff (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
    Daisuke Iizuka (QST-National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan)
    Yoshiya Shimada (QST-National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan)

  [Contact information]
  Dr. Furukawa (person in charge)
  Department of Statistics
  Radiation Effects Research Foundation
  TEL: 082-261-3131