Physico Chemical Events

Cai, Zhongli^*,1, Cloutier, Pierre ¹, Hunting , Darel ¹, Sanche, Leon ¹, ¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiobiology, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
(MS008) DNA damage induced by low energy electrons and soft X-rays in air as a function of DNA hydration levels.

Roginskaya, Marina^*,1, Razskazovskiy, Yuriy², Bernhard, William¹, ¹ Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Rochester, NY, USA² Department of Physics, Johnson City, TN, USA
(MS009) 2'-Deoxyribonolactones are major lesions in DNA exposed to the direct effect of ionizing radiation.

Adhikary, Amitava^*,1, Pazdro, Robert ¹, Malkhasian, Aramice ^{1, 2}, Collins, Sean¹, Becker , David ^*,1, Sevilla, Michael^*,1, ¹ Department of Chemistry, Rochester, Mi, USA² Department of Chemistry, East Lansing, Mi, USA
(MS010) Photo-excitation of guanine radical cation in the near UV-VIS produces sugar radicals in DNA.

Purkayastha, Shubhadeep^*,1, Milligan, Jamie², Bernhard, William¹, ¹ Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Rochester, New York, United States² Department of Radiology, La Jolla, California, United States
(MS011) The effects of hydration on strand break formation due to direct ionization of plasmid DNA.

Hada, Megumi^{*,1, 2}, Sutherland, Betsy³, ¹ Division of Space Life Science, Houston, TX, USA² Radiation Biology, Houston, TX, USA³ Biology Department, Upton, NY, USA
(MS012) Clustered DNA damages induced by high LET ionizing radiation in T7 DNA.

Hill, Mark^*,1, Goodhead, Dudley¹, ¹ Radiation & Genome Stability Unit, Harwell, Oxfordshire, UK
(MS013) Do low energy electrons produce lesions characteristic of high-LET or low-LET radiation?

Swartz, Harold^*,1, Iwasaki, Akinori¹, Walczak, Tadeusz¹, Demidenko, Eugene¹, Salikhov, Ildar¹, Romanyukha, Alex², Schauer, David², Starewicz, Piotr³, ¹ EPR Center for the Study of Viable Systems, Hanover, NH, USA² Dept. of Radiology & Radiological Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA³ Resonance Research, Inc., Billerica, MA, USA
(MS014) Method to measure clinically significant exposures to ionizing radiation.