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2012 seminar schedule
Friday, June 1: Maria Moroni, PhD, Research Associate (Henry M. Jackson Foundation), Radiation Countermeasures Program, AFRRI: Efficacy of G-CSF administration and identification of an accelerated bone marrow syndrome in a minipig model of ARS. Related information: Hematological changes as prognostic indicators of survival: Similarities between Gottingen minipigs, humans, and other large animal models. PLoS ONE, 6: e25210, 2011. Hematopoietic radiation syndrome in the Gottingen minipig. Radiat Res., 176:89–101, 2011 Vascular access port implantation and serial blood sampling in a Gottingen minipig (Sus scrofa domestica) model of acute radiation injury. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci., 50:65–72, 2011. Friday, May 18: Xinyue Lu, MD, PhD, Research Scientist (Henry M. Jackson Foundation), Radiation Countermeasures Program, AFRRI: Radioprotective effect of 17-DMAG in mice. Related Information: Inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase protects human T cells from chemical hypoxia-induced apoptosis. Mol Pharmcol. 73:738–747, 2008. Geldanmaycin inhibits hemorrhage-induced increases in caspase-3 activity: A role of inducible nitric oxide synthase. Am J Physiol. 103:1045–1055, 2007. Functional compensation for adipose differentiation-related protein (ADFP) by Tip47 in an ADFP null embryonic cell line. J Biol Chem. 281:34341–34348, 2006. Friday, May 11: Zheng Wang, PhD, Research Biologist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC: Transcriptomic analysis reveals adaptation of the black yeast to the low dose of ionizing radiation. Related information: Draft genome sequence of the shrimp pathogen Vibrio harveyi CAIM 1792. J Bacteriol. 194:2104, 2012. Identification of non-coding RNAs in environmental vibrios. Microbiology 156:2452–2458, 2010. Comparative genomic analyses identify the Vibrio havehi genome sequenced strains BAA-1116 and HY01 as Vibrio campbellii. Environ Microbiol Rep. 2:81–89, 2010. Friday, April 27: Kushal Chakraborty, PhD, Staff Investigator (Henry M. Jackson Foundation), Radiation Countermeasures Program, AFRRI: Combined effect of GT3 and simvastatin on radiation induced hematopoietic injury. Related information: The major chemical-detoxifying system of UDP-glucuronosyltransferases requires regulated phosphorylation supported by protein kinase C. J Biol Chem. 283:23048–23061, 2008. The role of nitric oxide in aspirin induced thrombolysis in vitro and the purification of aspirin activated nitric oxide synthase from human blood platelets. Am J Hematol. 82: 986–995, 2007. Restoration by aspirin of impaired plasma maspin level in human breast cancer. Acta Oncologica 45:184–187, 2006. Friday, April 20: Gregory L. King, PhD, Research Physiologist, Radiation Countermeasures Program, AFRRI: Acute response to space radiation: Prodromal syndrome in ferrets. Related information: 5-HT3 receptor antagonists ameliorate emesis in the ferret evoked by neutron or proton radiation. Aviat Space Environ Med. 70:485–492, 1999. Plasticity of autonomic control of emesis in irradiated ferrets. Am J Physiol. 265: R1092–R1099, 1993. Characterization of radiation-induced emesis in the ferret. Radiat Res. 114:599–612, 1988. Friday, April 13: Risaku Fukumoto, PhD, Research Associate, Henry M. Jackson Foundation (Radiation Combined Injury Program, AFRRI): Ciprofloxacin: Not just an antimicrobial. Related information: Geldanamycin analog 17-DMAG limits apoptosis in human peripheral blood cells by inhibition of p53 activation and its interaction with heat-shock protein 90 kDa after exposure to ionizing radiation. Radiat Res. 176:333–345, 2011. In vivo genetic mutations define predominant functions of the human T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Virus p12I protein. Blood, 113:3726–3734, 2009. Inhibition of TCR signal transduction and viral expression by the linker for activation of T cells-interacting p12I protein of HTLV-1. J. Virol., 81:9088–9099, 2007. HTLV-1-encoded p30^II is a post-transcriptional negative regulator of viral replication. Nat Med., 10:197-201, 2004 Friday, April 6: Cam T. Ha, PhD, Research Scientist, Henry M. Jackson Foundation (Radiation Countermeasures Program, AFRRI): Genistein inhibits radiation-induced inflammation and protects mouse hematopoietic tissue. Related information: Human pregnancy specific beta-1-glycoprotein 1 (PSG1) has a potential role in placental vascular morphogenesis. Biol Reproduction 83:7–35, 2010. Murine pregnancy-specific glycoprotein 23 induces the proangiogenic factors transforming growth factor beta 1 and vascular endothelial growth factor A in cells types involved in vascular remodeling in pregnancy. Biol Reprod. 79:1054–1061, 2008. N-glycosylation is required for binding of murine pregnancy-specific glycoproteins 17 and 19 to the receptor CD9. Am J Reprod Immunol. 59:251–258, 2008. Friday, March 30: Thomas B. Elliott, PhD, Research Microbiologist, Combined Injury Program, AFRRI: Procalcitonin as a biomarker to detect radiation-induced sepsis in mice and to monitor therapy. Related information: Real-time telemetric monitoring in whole-body 60Co gamma-photon irradiated rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). J Med Primatol. 39:399–407, 2010. Wound trauma increases radiation-induced mortality by activation of iNOS pathway and elevation of cytokine concentrations and bacterial infection. Radiat Res. 173:319–332, 2010. Combined injury: Factors with potential to impact radiation dose assessments. Health Phys. 98:145–152, 2010. Friday, March 16: Mark H. Whitnall, PhD, Program Advisor, Radiation Countermeasures Program, AFRRI: Gottingen minipig model of acute radiation syndrome (ARS). Related information: Vascular access port implantation and serial blood sampling in a Gottingen minipig (Sus scrofa domestica) model of acute radiation injury. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 5:65–72, 2011. Hematopoietic radiation syndrome in the Gottingen minipig. Radiat Res. 176:89–101, 2011. Hematological changes as prognostic indicators of survival: Similarities between Gottingen minipigs, humans, and other large animal models. PLoS ONE 6: e25210. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0025210, 2011. Friday, March 9: Lynnette Cary, PhD, Staff Scientist (Henry M. Jackson Foundation), Radiation Countermeasures Program, AFRRI: Endothelial cell regulation of hematopoietic cells after radiation injury. Related information: Wound trauma increases radiation-induced mortality by activation of iNOS pathway and elevation of cytokine concentrations and bacterial infection. Radiat Res. 173:319–332, 2010. COX-2 inhibitors are contraindicated for treatment of combined injury. Radiat Res. 172:686–697, 2009. Epidermal growth factor receptor pathway substrate 8 (Eps8) is over expressed in human pituitary tumors: Role in proliferation and survival. Endocrinology 150:2064–2071, 2009. Friday, March 2: Michael R. Landauer, PhD, Research Toxicologist, AFRRI: Isoflavone-induced radiation protection: Current status. Related information: Captopril modulates HIF-1α and erythropoietin responses in a murine model of total body irradiation. Expt Hematol. 39:293–304, 2011. Timing of captopril administration determines radiation protection or radiation sensitization in a murine model of total body irradiation. Expt Hematol. 38: 270–281, 2010. History and development of radiation-protective agents. Intl J Radiat Biol. 85:539–573, 2009. Friday, February 24: William F. Blakely, PhD, Program Advisor, Biological Dosimetry, AFRRI: Update on translational biodosimetry research activities. Related information: Optimization of calyculin A-induced premature chromosome condensation assay for chromosome aberration studies. Cytometry , 79:1016–1022, 2011. Q(γ-H2AX), an analysis method for partial-body radiation exposure using γ-H2AX in nonhuman primate lymphocytes. Radiat Meas. 46:877–881, 2011. The use of gamma-H2AX as a biodosimeter for total-body radiation exposure in non-human primates. PLoS One 5:e15544, 2010. Friday, February 17: Joel Lowy, PhD, Principal Investigator, AFRRI: Responses of innate immune system cells to combined exposure to radiation and PAMPs. Friday, February 10: Natalia I. Ossetrova, PhD, Research Biologist, Biological Dosimetry Program, AFRRI: Further evaluation of combined proteomic and hematological approach for biodosimetry applications. Related information: Multiple parameter radiation injury assessment using a nonhuman primate radiation model—biodosimetry applications. Health Physics J. 98:153–159, 2010. Combined approach of hematological biomarkers and plasma protein SAA for improvement of radiation dose assessment in triage biodosimetry applications. 2010. Health Physics J 98: 204–208, 2010. Multiple blood-proteins approach for early-response exposure assessment using an in vivo murine radiation model. Intl J Rad Biol. 85:837–850, 2009. Friday, February 3: MAJ Eric D. Lombardini, VMD, Chief, Division of Comparative Pathology, Veterinary Sciences Department, AFRRI: Tissue collection for histopathology in various laboratory species. Related information: Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma in the right auricle of an adult, male Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta). J Med Primatol. 39:315–317, 2010. Effect of resuscitation with 21% oxygen and 100% oxygen on NMDA receptor binding characteristics following asphyxia in newborn piglets. Neurochem Res. 32:1322–1328, 2007. Response to carbon dioxide by the infective larvae of three species of parasitic nematodes. Parasitol Int. 51:53–62, 2002. Friday, January 13: Juliann G. Kiang, PhD, Senior Principal Investigator, Combined Injury Program, AFRRI: Ciprofloxacin as a drug to treat radiation combined injury. Related information: Geldanamycin analog 17-DMAG limits apoptosis in human peripheral blood cells by inhibition of p53 activation and its interaction with heat shock protein 90 kDa after ionizing radiation. Radiat Res., 176:333–345, 2011. Radiation combined injury: DNA damage, apoptosis, and autophagy. Adapt Med., 2:1–10, 2010. Wound trauma increases radiation-induced mortality by increasing iNOS, cytokine concentrations, and bacterial infections. Radiate Res., 173:319–332, 2010. Friday, January 20: Nikolai Gorbunov, PhD, Henry M. Jackson Foundation (Combined Injury Program, AFRRI), Bethesda, MD: Response of mouse mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) to challenge with Escherichia coli: A proposed defense role of MSCs in the tissue barriers. Related information: Response of crypt paneth cells in the small intestine following total-body gamma-irradiation. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol. 23:971–983, 2010. Radiation combined injury: DNA damage, apoptosis, and autophagy. Adaptive Medicine 2:1–10, 2010. Cardioprotection by adaptation to ischemia augments autophagy in association with BAG-1 protein. J Cell Mol Med 13:373–387, 2010.
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