Genomic Maintenance and Repair

Krempler, Andrea¹, Deckbar, Dorothee¹, Tchouandong, Leopoldine¹, Walker, Sarah², Jeggo, Penny², Lobrich, Markus^*,1, ¹ Biophysics Department, Homburg, Saar, Germany² Genome Damage and Stability Centre, East Sussex, BN, UK
(MS001) ATM-dependent double-strand break repair and checkpoint functions co-operate to maintain chromosomal stability after ionizing irradiation.

Lu, Hua-Rui¹, Wang, Ya¹, ¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center of Jefferson Medical College, philadelphia, PA, USA
(MS002) CHK1 interacts with PARP1 to respond to ionizing radiation-induced DNA damage.

Datta, Kamal^*,1, Neumann, Ronald¹, Winters, Thomas¹, ¹ Nuclear Medicine Department/ Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD
(MS003) Upstream lesions are a more severe impediment to non-homologous end joining than blocked 3′-ends.

Zhang, Ying^*,1, Lim, Chang¹, Williams, Eli¹, Zhou, Junqing¹, Zhang, Qinming¹, Fox, Michael¹, Bailey, Susan ¹, Liber, Howard¹, ¹ Department of Environmental and Radiological Science, Ft. Collins, CO, USA
(MS004) NBS1 knockdown increases telomere association and radiation mutagenesis in human cells.

Uematsu, Naoya^*,1, Yajima, Hirohiko^*,1, Chen, Benjamin¹, Chen, David¹, ¹ Division of Molecular Radiation Biology, Department of Dadiation Oncology, Dallas, TX, US
(MS005) Live cell imaging of DNA-PK activation and localization at DSB sites induced by microbeam-laser irradiation.

Koturbash, Igor¹, Pogribny, Igor², Stevenson, Sandie¹, Kovalchuk, Olga^*,1, ¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Lethbridge, AB, Canada² Division of Biochemical Toxicology, Jefferson, AR, USA
(MS006) Chronic low dose radiation exposure profoundly alters DNA and histone methylation in murine thymus.

Han, Jianxun^*,1, Hendzel, Michael^{1, 2}, Turner, Joan^{1, 2}, ¹ Department of Oncology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada² Division of Experimental Oncology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
(MS007) Extensive and asynchronous H2AX phosphorylation after ionizing irradiation.