International Conference on Radiation Biologywith

8th Annual Meeting of the Indian Society of Radiation Biology (ISRB)

and

5th LOWRAD (Low Radiation) International Conference on Low Dose Radiation Effects on

Human Health and EnvironmentNovember 20-22, 2006

Organized by:Institute of Medical Sciences

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Website : www.bhu.ac.in, www.isrb-india.com E-mail: isrbbhu@yahoo.com,

Postal Correspondence : Prof. Y. B. Tripathi, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University,

Varanasi-221005, IndiaImportant Date

Registration & Abstract– 15 October, 2006Late Registration : 1st November , 2006

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Organizing committee, we take this opportunity to invite you to participate in the International Conference on Radiation Biology with 8th

Annual Meeting of the Indian Society of Radiation Biology (ISRB) and 5th

LOWRAD (Low Radiation) International Conference on Low Dose Radiation Effects on Human Health and Environment on November 20-22, 2006 to be held at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

Radiation and radioactivity have been the integral part of society since origin of life. In addition to background radiation, the health consequences of accidental / occupational radiation exposure has been a matter of concern to public as well as to nuclear workers. With increasing applications of radiation/radio-nuclide based diagnosis and therapeutic strategies, living beings are deriving benefit of new techniques and they are faced with at the constant risk of low level radiation exposure.

Considering the relevance of radiation effects on environment and human health especially radiation risk assessment and in improvement of cancer radiotherapy, it is imperative to focus for the deeper insight of molecular mechanism of radiation effects on cellular and animal systems. Although radiotherapy is a treatment of choice with curative/palliative intent in the management of various malignancies, but it is associated with radio-resistance, chemo-resistance and unwanted side effects. This needs an urgent intervention of holistic approach, including life style, diet and drug, which are best available in Ayurveda, an Indian system of Medicine. Several Nutraceuticals have been demonstrated to have radioprotective properties with lower toxicity and side effects, which has also reduced the huge financial burden of the patient. The rationale of application of these agents used as “add-on therapy” or as “complete replacement of existing modern therapy”, needs to be evaluated, based on modern scientific perspectives.

This International Conference is an effort to provide a forum to discuss the frontier research areas in low and high dose radiation biology and to bring resource persons from different fields of radiation sciences and medicine at one platform. Besides, this is first golden opportunity to organize a joint meeting of ISRB and WONUC in India, which will provide immense opportunity for closer interactions between the leading experts in the emerging areas of radiation sciences.

We are sure that the ancient cultural heritage of art, dance and music of Varanasi and surrounding would further sweeten the scientific flavor of the Conference. As cultural exchange, a tour to Sarnath, the place of Lord Buddha, visit to the lanes and Ghats of Varanasi, full of traditional culture of Kashi, have been organized, which will add to the pleasure of the participants and their accompanies. The participants will also enjoy visiting the outlets of hand-woven Banarasi Silk Sarees and woolen carpets. We hope that participants in this grand event would have a memorable journey scientifically and culturally. We are looking forward to see you in Varanasi in November, 2006.            Prof. Yamini Bhusan TripathiConvenerDepartment of Medicinal ChemistryInstitute of Medical SciencesBanaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India E-mail : yaminiok@yahoo.com, yamini@bhu.ac.inTel. : (O)91-542-2307547, (H) 2366577FAX : 91-542-2368174, 2366566

Dr. K.P. Mishra President Indian Society of Radiation Biology andVice President, WONUC, India &Chairman, 5th Low Rad ConferenceHead Radiation Biology and Health Sciences Division Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)Mumbai 400 085, India Tel.: + 91-22-25595047/25505210Email: mishra_kaushala@rediffmail.com

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chief PatronProf. Panjab Singh, Vice Chancellor, BHU, Varanasi

PatronsDr. R Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor, Government of India

Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, AEC, MumbaiDr. S Banarjee Director, BARC, Mumbai

Dr. W Selvamurti, Joint Director, DRDO, DelhiDr. R.A. Mashelkar, DG, CSIR, DelhiDr. M.K. Bhan, Secretary, DBT, Delhi

Dr. N.K. Ganguly, Director General, ICMR, New DelhiDr. V.S. Ramamurthy, Secretary DST, New Delhi

Prof G. Singh, Director, Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, VaranasiProf S. N. Upadhyay, Director, Institute of Technology, BHU, Varanasi

Prof. S.R. Singh, Director, I.Ag. Science, BHU, VaranasiProf P. Chandra, Dean, Science Faculty, BHU, Varanasi

Prof. M. Dwivedi, Dean, Ayurveda, BHU, Varanasi

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Jha, AN UKAndré Maïsseu, FranceJ Cadet, FranceC E Mothersill, CanadaDavid M. De Marini, USA Ehud Ne'man, Israel Eric Wright, UKErlinda Natera, PhilippinesEstmond D., USAFirouz Darroudi, The NetherlandsG. Iliakis, GermanyGrant S, USAH Tanooka, JapanH Thierens, BelgiumH Völkle, Switzerland Jin Kyu Kim, KoreaJovan Jovanovich, CanadaJunko Matsubara, JapanKenji Kamiya, JapanKlaus Becker, Germany Kun-Woo Cho, KoreaMP Hande, SingaporeM Hoshi, Japan.Maria Helena, Brazil

Mark Little, UKMasami Watanabe, JapanMortazavi S.M.J., Iran Natarajan A.T., NetherlandsNomura T., JapanPhilippe Duport, CanadaPhilip Hanawalt,  USARenate Domel, AustraliaRichard Hill, Canada Ronald L. Kathren, USARajendra Mehta, USAS Sasaki, JapanSafrani G., HungarySankaranarayanan K., Netherlands Sigurdur M. Magnusson, IcelandSMR Aghamiri, IranSV Singh, USASD Shukla, USAT Sugahara, JapanTerry C Pellmar, USAVTKagiya, JapanW Au, USA William F Morgan, USAYanick Nouailhetas, BrazilZbigniew Jaworowski, Poland

NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Anwar Nasim, PakistanAK Asthana, VaranasiBSS Rao, ManipalCKK Nair, BARC, MumbaiCM Gupta, CDRI, Lucknow GC Jagetia MAHE, ManipalGK Rath AIIMS, New DelhiHD Sarma, MumbaiHS Kushwaha, BARC, Mumbai JS Adhikari, Delhi K. Dineshew, TMH, MumbaiKB Sainis, BARC, MumbaiN Huligol, MumbaiPK Goel, JaipurPN Srivastava, Gurgaon P Uma Devi, Bhopal

Ramesh Chandra, Varanasi RB Grover, BARC, MumbaiRC Chaubey, BARC, Mumbai RK Kale, JNU, New Delhi RK Sharma, INMAS, Delhi RN Sharan, NEHU, Shilong RP Tripathi, INMAS, New DelhiR Sarin, ACTREC, Navi MumbaiRamadasan KuttanSC Jain, New DelhiTN Mukharjee, BARC, MumbaiVK Kalia, BangaloreViney K. Jain, New Delhi V Vasudev, ShimogaV Muthuswamy, ICMR, Delhi

ORGANIZING COMMITTEEAK Tripathi, A Chaudhary, A Singh, Aruna Agrawal, B.N. Upadhyay, B.D. Tripathi, C.B. Jha, D.N. Pandey, H.H. Awasthi, J. K. Roy, K Patwardhan, L.C. Rai, YB Tripathi (Chairman)

Manoj Pandey, M. J. Raman, N. Murthy, P.C. Mishra, R.C. Shukla, R.P. Malik, R.S. Dubey, S.K. Singh, S.K. Pandey, S.P. Mishra, S. Pradhan, U. P. Sahi, TD Singh

REGISTRATION AND ACCOMMODATION DETAILS(Last Date: October 15, 2006)

Registration information may be sent in the enclosed proforma, along with 2 copies of abstract and the bank draft towards the charges of registration and accommodation, as per detail, given below. Kit will be provided to the registered participants on the venue.

Registration includes seminar kit, Lunch & Dinner for 3 days and Boat ride in River Ganga. Registration fee is not refundable if requested after 10-10-06.

MODE OF PAYMENT:

Bank Draft will be made in favour of “Convener, ISRB International Conference” (payable at Varanasi, India)

REGISTRATION FEE

INDIAN PARTICIPANTS

Category UP to 30/9/2006 International Participants

Delegates Rs. 2000 $ 200Students Rs. 1500 $ 150Accompanying person (Children Below 5 yrs are free)

Rs. 1500 $ 150

Member-Trade and Industry Rs. 5000 $ 350

Late registration after 1-11-06: It will be on additional cost of Rs. 500/= to each group for Indian participants and $30 for foreign nationals.

Spot registration will be on additional cost of Rs1000/= to each group for Indian participants, 2000 for industrial houses and $60 for foreign nationals.

ACCOMMODATION

For advance booking, one-day payment has to be sent along with the registration form. This will include morning breakfast and transport to the convention center. Hotel Group Hotel Name For double bed

A (Star hotels) Taj, Clarks, Radission, Meridians Rs 5000 aboveB Hindustan International Rs 2000 – 3500C Diamond, Vindhyan, Hotel India, Rs 1000 – 1500

D Hostels & guest houses Rs 400-800Publication

Abstract will be published as a special issue of Indian Journal of Radiation Research (IJRR). In addition to this, invited articles and other submissions will be published in IJRR after usual Peer Review. Details may be found by visiting the website of IJRR: www.indianjrr.org

TOPICS

1. Low dose radiation: Risk assessment and Cancer therapy2. Health impacts of radiation 3. Radio-adaptation and its mechanism(s) of action4. Models for radiation bio-dosimetry and biological monitoring 5. Genetic instability and Radiation induced carcinogenesis6. Free radicals, anti-oxidants and oxidative radiation response7. Cellular and molecular effects of ionizing radiation on DNA damage and

membrane damage 8. Cytogenetic and molecular markers of low dose radiation damage for

prediction of health risk 9. Radiation effects on apoptosis and cell cycle regulation10. Radioprotection and Modification of radiation injuries11. Radiation and aging12. Heavy ion and High LET radiation biology13. Radiation effect on population and risk assessment14. Use of genomic and proteomic technologies in Radiation Biology15. Ayurvedic research with potential for nuclear protection16. Nutraceuticals in radiation medicine17. Chemo preventive and radiotherapy in Cancer management18. Any other topic related to radiation biology

CALL FOR PAPERS and projection arrangements:Last Date : 15.10.06

Participants are invited to submit abstracts for Oral and Poster presentation before 15th October, 2006. Acceptance and mode of presentation shall be notified by 31st October, 2006. Each abstract should be typed in English in the given format. Official language of the seminar will be English. Multimedia, Slide Projectors and overhead projectors (OHP) will be available.

POSTER SESSION :

They are meant to complement symposium and to cover additional topics The area for the poster is 1.5 m x 1.2 m. Necessary materials for display will be provided. The posters should be readable from 2-3 metre of distance. It is advisable to organize your poster in sections, e.g. introduction,

methods, results, and conclusion.

AWARDS

ISRB has the following awards. The criteria of each can be seen in the website of the seminar. www.isrb-india.com, www.bhu.ac.in

1. M.R. Raju award : 12. Young scientists award : 3 3. Poster award : 5Life time Achievement award 1

The applications may be sent to DR KP Mishra, President ISRB at BARC, Mumbai.

Scientific Exhibition :

It will give a chance to interact directly with the scientific and commercial companiesand also to the publishers. Stall will be booked on first come first serve basis only onadvance payment.

Cultural Progrmme

Besides the scientific inputs, we have also organized a cultural program of classical music and dance. As regards to cultural exchange, a tour to Sarnath, the place of Lord Buddha and visit to the lanes and ghats of Varanasi with traditional culture of Kashi, have been organized, which will add to the pleasure of the participants and their accompanied members. The participants will also enjoy visiting the factories and outlets of hand-woven Banarasi Silk Sarees and woolen carpets. We have taken all precautions to have both, scientific and cultural exchange between East and West. There shall be special classes of Yoga during the seminar.

ADVERTISEMENT AND SPONSORSHIP

Companies and philanthropic societies are encouraged to sponsor this seminar by giving donations or advertisements and by purchasing exhibition stalls

Item Indian Rupees

Exhibition stalls 10 x 15 feets 10,000/= Advertisement Cover page (3 sides) 15,000/= eachFull page 10,000/=Half page 7,000/=¼ page 4,000/=

POST CONFERENCE TOURS

Varanasi-Sarnath-Ramnagar Rs.500/-

Lumbani-Kushinagar (2D) Rs.8000/-

Varanasi-Kathmando(3N/2D) Rs.18000/-

Ayodhya-Chitrakoot (2N) Rs. 8,000/-

VNS-KTM-POK-KTM-VNS(2N/3D) Rs.24,000/-

Bodh Gaya Rs.6000/-

Allahabad-Vindhyachal Chunar Rs.1800/-

THE VENUE :

The Varanasi, the oldest living city on the earth is situated on the bank of the Ganga River in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the abode of Lord Shiva and the center of learning and textile. It is the place, where Lord Buddha acquired the spiritual enlightenment, Sant Tulsi Das wrote the Ramcharit Manas, Adiguru Shankaracharya received the knowledge of Bramha, Charak wrote the book of Ayurvedic Medicine, and Maharishi Sushruta, the father of surgery developed various surgical procedures. Besides, Varanasi is also famous for silk sarees, carpet and culture pageantry.

The Banaras Hindu University is the largest campus university of the country, founded in 1916 by a great visionary Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya Ji. It imparts teaching in almost all the branches of Science, Technology and Humanity through 3 Institutes, 14 Faculties and 127 Departments. At present it has 1500 teachers and 18,000 students. The Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU is the only place in the world, where 3 faculties i.e. Ayurveda, Modern Medicine and Dental are simultaneously active with profound collaboration with each other in research, teaching and patient care. Indian time is 51/2 hours ahead of GMT. The Weather in Varanasi in late November will be comfortable (Temperature- 18-210 C).

Bathing Ghats on the bank of River Gangas in Varanasi

(It is a sacred river begins at Himalayas and ends in Calcutta

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ABSTRACT FORM SUBMIT BEFORE AUGUST 31ST, 2005

Name (s) of author (s) (Presenting author underlined), address TITLE After giving the Title in all capital letters, the name of authors should be given in the next line. Initials should be followed by the surname of author(s), underlining the presenting author. Department, Institution, City, Country, should be included in the third line. Except the title, all material in the abstract, should be typed in upper/lower case. The main body of the Abstract be limited to 250 words and should include: Objectives, Design, of experiment Main outcome measures, Results and Conclusions. Limitation of study, if any, may be mentioned.

The contributors are requested to write the appropriate topic, as footnote, for Classification of the Abstract.

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