Colloquia & Seminars

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At approximately one month intervals during the academic year the Center for Radiological Research is pleased to welcome accomplished specialists from around the world to present formal seminars and/or spend time discussing ongoing research. These seminars are attended by Center and RARAF professional staff, senior technical staff and graduate students, as well as doctors and scientists from other departments of the College of Physicians & Surgeons interested in collaborative research. Attention has focused on recent findings and future plans, with special emphasis on the interdisciplinary nature of our research effort. Presently Dr. Lubomir B. Smilenov is organizing these sessions and scheduling the speakers.

SEMINARS  2008
Date
Time
Title
Lecturer
Location
Host/Contact
Thur.,
Dec. 18

COLLOQUIUM
10:00 am - 12:00 pm

CRR Library
VC 11-242

Dr. Lubomir Smilenov

From human cancer genetics to mouse modeling for pancreatic cancer Dr. Gloria Su
Department of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery

Sub-micron Ion Beam at RARAF Dr. Gerhard Randers-Pehrson
CRR

Role of Rad9 in Prostate Cancer
Professor Howard Lieberman
CRR

Mon.,
Dec. 15

12:00pm

Deconstructing Imprinted Mouse X-chromosome Inactivation

Sundeep Kalantry, PhD, Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, School of Medicine

CRR Library
VC 11-242
Dr. David J. Brenner

Wed.,
Oct. 15

12:00pm

DNA Stress Pathways and Mammary Carcinogenesis

Toru Ouchi, PhD, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

CRR Library
VC 11-242
Dr. David J. Brenner
Wed.,
Oct. 8

COLLOQUIUM
10:00 am - 12:00 pm

CRR Library
VC 11-242

Dr. Lubomir Smilenov

Advances in Image-Guided Radiotherapy Prof. Clifford Chao
Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology

Study of radiation induced bystander effects in vivo using the gpt delta transgenic mouse model Yunfei Chai
CRR

Small Animal Microbeam Facility At RARAF
Dr. Antonella Bertucci
CRR

Thu.,
July 10

2:00pm

Mentoring for Faculty Success

Anne L. Taylor, M.D. Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Medical Center

CRR Library
VC 11-242
Dr. Howard Lieberman
Wed.,
June 25

COLLOQUIUM
10:00 am - 12:00 pm

CRR Library
VC 11-242

Dr. Lubomir Smilenov

Non-cancer Effects of Space Radiation on 3D Vessel Models Dr. Peter Grabham
CRR

A day in the life of a RABIT: the Rapid Automated Biodosimetry Imaging Tool Dr. Guy Garty
CRR

The Ying and the Yang of Low Dose Radiobiology
Professor Tom Hei
CRR

Tue.,
June 10

12:30pm

The use of proteomic profiling to assess individual susceptibility to radiation-induced cognitive impairment

Dr. Richard Britten, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Eastern Virginia Medical School

CRR Library
VC 11-242
Dr. Lubomir Smilenov

Wed.,
May 21

11:00am

Cytokinesis-Block and Buccal Micronucleus Cytome Assay

Dr. Michael Fenech, Ph.D., Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

CRR Library
VC 11-242
Dr. David Brenner
Wed.,
May 7

COLLOQUIUM
10:00 am - 12:00 pm

CRR Library
VC 11-242

Dr. Lubomir Smilenov

Biomarkers of oxidative stress, DNA repair and methylation in studies of breast and liver cancer risk Professor Regina Santella
Department of Environmental Health Sciences

Exfoliative oral cell based cytogenetic biodosimetry for ionizing radiation exposure Dr. Angela J. Yoon
College of Dental Medicine

Multiphoton Microscopy on a Microbeam Endstation
Dr. Alan Bigelow
CRR

Tue.,
Apr. 29

12:00pm

Regulation of IGF-1-sCLU and Implications for Warburg Theory, Aging, and Cancer

Dr. David A. Boothman, Ph.D., Professor in Oncology, Pharmacology and Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

CRR Library
VC 11-242
Dr. Tom K. Hei
Fri.,
Jan. 18

COLLOQUIUM
10:00 am - 11:45 am (Break: 11:00-11:15 am)

CRR Library
VC 11-242

Dr. A.S. Balajee

10:00 -10:30 am

Risk of leukemia after protracted exposure to low doses of ionizing radiation: Scientific research and lessons learned twenty-one years after Chernobyl Dr. Lydia B. Zablotska Department of Epidemiology

10:30-11:00 am

Some evidence on the role of miRNA in radiation response Dr. Lubomir Smilenov
Department of Radiation Oncology, CRR

11:15-11:45 am

Role of histone H2AX in genomic integrity: DSB repair and more
Dr. Adayabalam S. Balajee Department of Radiation Oncology, CRR

Thu.,
Jan. 17

12:00-1:15pm

DNA damage checkpoints and tumorigenesis

Dr. Junjie Chen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine

Pharmacology Library, Black Bldg., 7-724 Dr. Tom K. Hei

 

SEMINARS  2007
Date
Time
Title
Lecturer
Location
Host/Contact

Tue.,
Nov. 27

12:00 pm

Telomeres and DNA double-strand break: Ever the twain shall meet?

Dr. Susan M. Bailey, Ph.D., Colorado State University

CRR Library,
VC 11-242
Dr. David Brenner

Fri.,
Oct. 5

12:00 pm

Werner Syndrome and Other Human Premature Aging Conditions Are Deficient In DNA Repair

Dr. Vilhelm A. Bohr, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc. Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology National Institutes of Health National Institute on Aging Gerontology Research Center, Baltimore, MD

Humphreys Auditorium, VC-14, Room 240 Dr. A.S. Balajee

Mon.,
May 21

12:00 pm

gpt Delta Transgenic Mouse for In Vivo genotoxicity assays: Molecular Characterization of Mutants Induced by Environmental Mutagens

Dr. Kenichi Masumura, Division of Genetics and Mutagenesis, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan

CRR Library,
VC 11-242
Dr. Lubomir Smilenov
Dr. Tom K. Hei
Thu.,
June 14

COLLOQUIUM
10:00 am - 11:55 am (Break: 11:10-11:20 am)

CRR Library
VC 11-242

Dr. A.S. Balajee

10:00 -10:35 am

An integrated approach for applying gene expression profiling to radiation biodosimetry Dr. Sally Amundson, CRR

10:35-11:10 am

Proximal Symphalangism: The past and the present as seen by an interested clinical pediatric radiologist Dr. Walter E. Berdon
Department of Radiology

11:20-11:55 am

Radiation Oncology in Developing Countries: Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Tanzania
Dr. Peter B. Schiff Department of Radiation Oncology
Mon.,
Mar. 12

COLLOQUIUM
10:15 am - 12:10 pm (Break: 11:30-11:40 am)

CRR Library
VC 11-242

Dr. A.S. Balajee

10:15 -10:45 am

PTEN as a new guardian of genome Dr. Yuxin Yin , CRR

10:45-11:30 am

Defects in energy homeostasis in Leigh syndrome French Canadian variant through PGC-1alpha/LRP130 complex Dr. Marcus Cooper Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

11:40-12:10 pm

Sodium arsenite treatment accelerates TRAIL- mediated apoptosis in melanoma cells
Dr. Vladimir Ivanov, CRR

 

SEMINARS  2006
Date
Time
Title
Lecturer
Location
Host/Contact

Tue.,
Jan. 3

12:00 pm

Patterns of gene expression during maintenance of replicative senescence in human diploid fibroblasts

Shanaz Adi Ghandhi, Ph.D., City University of New York New York, NY

CRR Library,
VC 11-242
Dr. Sally Amundson

Fri.,
Jan. 6

2:00 pm

Multi-Color FISH
Research & Clinical Applications

Ilse Chudoba, PhD
MetaSystems Corporation

CRR Library,
VC 11-242
Dr. David J. Brenner

Wed.,
Feb. 15

12:00 pm

The role of glucose transport and metabolism in tumor microenvironment

Dr. Rachel Airley, Instructor, Chanin Cnacer Institute, Albert Einsten School of Medicine, Bronx, NY

CRR Library,
VC 11-242
Dr. Tom K. Hei
Tue.,
Feb. 28

COLLOQUIUM
10:00 am - 12:10 pm
(Break: 11:20-11:30 am)

CRR Library,
VC 11-242

Dr. Tom K. Hei

10:00 -10:40 am

Multiphoton Microscopy Design for a Microbeam Endstation Dr. Alan Bigelow, CRR

10:40-11:20 am

Cancer Terminator Viruses: A Potential Approach for Treating Primary and Metastatic Cancers Dr. Paul Fisher, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Departments of Pathology, Neurosurgery and Urology

11:30-12:10 pm

Recent Advances in Fiber Toxicology
Dr. Tom K. Hei, CRR

Wed.,
Mar. 29

12:00 pm

Targeting the Unique Physiology of Tumors: A Promising Approach to Rational Cancer Therapy

J. Martin Brown, PhD
Prof. of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine

Irving Cancer Research Center, 1130 St. Nicholas Ave., 1st floor, room 114 Dr. Eric J. Hall

Tue.,
April 4

4:00 pm

Unraveling the Functions of DNA Helicases in Human Chromosome Instability Disorders

Dr. Robert Brosh Jr., Investigator, Unit on DNA Helicases, Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, NIA, NIH, Baltimore, MD

CRR Library,
VC 11-242
Dr. Adayabalam Balajee

Thu.,
May 25

10:30 am

Modulation of G1 checkpoint by ATM Protein Kinase

Dr. Motohiro Yamauchi, Department of Radiology & Radiation Biology, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

CRR Library,
VC 11-242
Dr. Tom K. Hei

Thu.,
May 25

12:00 pm

Radiation-Induced Chromatin Disorganization and ATM-Dependent DNA Damage Signals

Dr. Keiji Suzuki, Associate Professor of Radiation Biology, Department of Radiology & Radiation Biology, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

CRR Library,
VC 11-242
Dr. Tom K. Hei
Mon.,
Jun. 26

COLLOQUIUM
10:00 am - 12:15 pm (Break: 11:25-11:35 am)

CRR Library,
VC 11-242

Dr. Alan Bigelow

10:00 am

TGF-Beta mediated Invasion of Lung Adenocarcinoma Dr. Charles Powell, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Department of Medicine
10:45 am Betaig-h3 gene functions as tumor suppressor Dr. Genze Shao, CRR
11:05 am PTEN regulates Rad51-mediated DNA double-strand break repair Dr. Wenhong Shen, CRR

11:35 am

Deletion of Mrad9 sensitizes mouse embryonic stem cells to killing by DNA damaging agents Dr. Corinne Leloup, CRR

11:55 am

New Insight into Intrachromosomal Deletions Induced by Chrysotile in gpt delta Transgenic Mutation Assay System
Dr. An Xu, CRR

Mon.,
July 31

12:00 pm

Nanotoxicology: A Threat From Ultrafine Particles

Dr. Qamar Rahman, Head, Fiber Toxicology Division, Industrial Toxicology Research Center, Lucknow, India

CRR Library,
VC 11-242
Dr. Tom K. Hei

Tue.,
Aug. 15

11:00 am

Biological Effects of Space Radiation Environment

Dr. Man-ton Mei, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

CRR Library,
VC 11-242
Dr. Tom K. Hei
Thu.,
Sep. 21

COLLOQUIUM
10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Break: 11:10-11:20 am)

CRR Library,
VC 11-242

Dr. Tom K. Hei

10:00 am

In Memory of Basil Worgul Dr. Eric J. Hall, CRR

10:30 am

CP-31398 activates mitochondrial apoptosis signaling pathway and blocks skin cancer development Dr. Mohammad Athar, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Departments of Dermatology

11:30 am

Ultrasonic tissue-typing imaging for guiding dose esca-lation of prostate cancer radiotherapy
Dr. Tian Liu, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Department of Radiation Oncology

Mon.,
Oct. 30

12:00 pm

Searching for the True Villains of Lung and Liver Can-cer: Fingerprinting DNA Damage and Repair in the p53 Gene

Dr. Eric Tang, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo, NY

Lecture room2, Russ Berrie medical oavilion, 1150 st. Nicholas Avenue Dr. Tom K. Hei
Tue.,
Dec. 7

COLLOQUIUM
10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Break: 11:00-11:10 am)

Physiology Conference Room, VC-11-500

Dr. Adayabalam Balajee

10:00 am

Role of human Rad9 in prostate cancer Dr. Howard lieberman, CRR

10:30 am

The ATM-MRN pathway Dr. Jean Gautier, Institute of Cancer Genetics, Irving Cancer Research Center

11:10 am

Modeling human pancreatic cancer Dr. Gloria Su, Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Cancer

11:40 am

Arsenic induces mitochondrial DNA deletions, depletion of copy number and altered mitochondrial oxidative function Dr. Michael Partridge, CRR

 

SEMINARS  2005