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Center for Radiological Research − 630 W. 168th St., New York, NY 10032 – crr.columbia.edu Center for Radiological Research Annual Report 2017 David J. Brenner Director Sally A. Amundson and Howard B. Lieberman Co-Editors CENTER FOR RADIOLOGICAL RESEARCH • ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Table of Contents CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 COLLABORATING DEPARTMENTS AND INSTITUTIONS ............................................................................................................... 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SUPPORT ............................................................................................................................................. 5 WEBSITES ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 INTRODUCTION – RARAF, 50 YEARS ON ................................................................................................................................... 6 STAFF NEWS ................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 LABORATORY COLLOQUIA AND SEMINARS ................................................................................................................................ 8 FACULTY AND STAFF .................................................................................................................................................................... 9 FACULTY AND STAFF PHOTO ..................................................................................................................................................... 10 RESEARCH REPORTS ION BEAM DEVELOPMENT Super Microbeam at RARAF Andrew Harken, Veljko Grilj, Guy Garty, Gerhard Randers-Pehrson, and David J. Brenner ............................................ 12 Microbeam at a Distance: Remote Control and Operations at the RARAF Microbeam Andrew D. Harken, Alejandro Carabe-Fernandez, Consuelo Guardiola, and Gerhard Randers-Pehrson ............................................................................................................................................. 13 DREEBIT Heavy Ion Source at RARAF Christian Siebenwirth, Andrew D. Harken, Gerhard Randers-Pehrson, and David J. Brenner ........................................... 15 Ultrahigh Dose-rate Ion Beam Irradiations Veljko Grilj, Manuela Buonanno, Brian Ponnaiya, and David J. Brenner .......................................................................... 18 High LET Ion Beam Dosimetry with Unlaminated Radiochromic Films Veljko Grilj and David J. Brenner ....................................................................................................................................... 20 Design Study of a Heavy Ion Particle Accelerator Malek Haj Tahar, David J. Brenner, and Gerhard Randers-Pehrson ................................................................................... 22 Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Reactive Species Guy Garty and David J. Brenner .......................................................................................................................................... 24 FAR-UVC STUDIES 222-nm Light Prevents MRSA Infection of Superficial Wounds in vivo Brian Ponnaiya, Manuela Buonanno, David Welch, Igor Shuryak, Gerhard Randers-Pehrson, and David J. Brenner ............................................................................................................................................................ 28 Quantification of Killing MRSA with Far-UVC Light Using an Optical Diffuser David Welch, Manuela Buonanno, Igor Shuryak, Gerhard Randers-Pehrson, Henry M. Spotnitz, and David J. Brenner ............................................................................................................................................................ 30 Efficacy of Far-UVC for Inactivation of Aerosolized Influenza Virus David Welch, Manuela Buonanno, Veljko Grilj, Igor Shuryak, Connor Crickmore, Alan W. Bigelow, Gerhard Randers-Pehrson, Gary W. Johnson, and David J. Brenner ................................................................... 32 CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR STUDIES Cytokine Storm in Human Glioblastoma Cells after Combined Treatment with Gamma-irradiation, ATM Inhibitor and Cannabidiol Vladimir N. Ivanov, Jinhua Wu, and Tom K. Hei ............................................................................................................... 36 Page⏐1 CENTER FOR RADIOLOGICAL RESEARCH • ANNUAL REPORT 2017 X-ray Irradiation has a Strong Effect on Human HSC and Progenitor Populations Engrafted in the Immunodeficient Mouse Monica Pujol Canadell and Lubomir Smilenov ................................................................................................................... 39 MEK Downregulation Sensitizes Human Prostate Cancer Cells to Etoposide Treatment Constantinos G. Broustas, Axel J. Duval, and Howard B. Lieberman ................................................................................ 42 RAD9 Silencing Impairs Anchorage-independent Growth through the Suppression of AGR2 Constantinos G. Broustas, Kevin M. Hopkins, Li Wang, Sunil K. Panigrahi, and Howard B. Lieberman ........................ 44 NBS1 and H2AX Complement Each Other in the DNA Damage Response Yuan-Cho Lee, Junjie Chen, and Jingsong Yuan ................................................................................................................ 46 Mitochondrial Fission Protein DRP1 Regulates Tumor Immunogenicity through PD-L1 Expression Jinhua Wu and Tom K. Hei ................................................................................................................................................. 52 POPULATION AND CLINICAL STUDIES A Dose Dependence of Accelerated Repopulation in Head and Neck Cancer: Supporting Evidence and Clinical Implications Igor Shuryak, Eric J. Hall, and David J. Brenner ................................................................................................................ 56 Association between Non-melanoma and Melanoma Skin Cancer Rates, Vitamin D and Latitude Miguel Rivas, Elisa Rojas, and Gloria M. Calaf .................................................................................................................. 58 Edith Quimby; A Pioneer in Nuclear Medicine as well as Medical Physics Eric J. Hall, David J. Brenner, and Sally A. Amundson ...................................................................................................... 65 Guidelines for Moderate Hypofractionation in Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy David J. Brenner and Eric J. Hall ........................................................................................................................................ 68 RADIATION BIODOSIMETRY VADER: a VAriable Dose rate External irRadiator for Internal Emitter and Low Dose Rate Studies Guy Garty, Yanping Xu, Lubomir Smilenov, Gary Johnson, and David J. Brenner .......................................................... 72 RABiT-II: Development of Accelerated High-throughput Micronucleus Biodosimetry Assay Mikhail Repin, Sergey Pampou, Charles Karan, David J. Brenner, and Guy Garty ........................................................... 74 Chromosomal DNA Damage in Human Lymphocytes from Humanized Mice Exposed to Neutrons and X rays Helen C. Turner, Qi Wang, Younghyun Lee, Igor Shuryak, Monica Pujol Canadell, Jay R. Perrier, Lubomir B. Smilenov, Andrew Harken, Brian Ponnaiya, Guy Garty, and David J. Brenner ............................................. 76 Combination of Imaging Flow Cytometry with High-throughput Automated Robotic Systems for Cytokinesis- block Micronucleus Assay Qi Wang, Mikhail Repin, Matthew Rodrigues, Sergey Pampou, Jay Perrier, Lindsay A. Beaton- Green, Ruth C. Wilkins, David J. Brenner, and Helen C. Turner. ....................................................................................... 78 In Vivo Blood Cell Sub-type Changes after Irradiation via Deconvolution of the Gene Expression Response using CIBERSORT Shanaz A. Ghandhi, Shad R. Morton, Nils Rudqvist, and Sally A. Amundson .................................................................. 80 Protein Markers for Radiation Exposure in in-vivo Irradiated Humanized Mouse Model Younghyun Lee, Monica Pujol Canadell, Igor Shuryak, Jay R. Perrier, Purvi Patel, Antonius Koller, Lubomir B. Smilenov, David J. Brenner, Emily I. Chen, and Helen C. Turner ...................................................................................... 82 RABiT-II DCA: Optimization of the Fluorescent-based Dicentric Chromosome Assay for High-throughput Radiation Biodosimetry Ekaterina Royba, Mikhail Repin, Sergey Pampou, Charles Karan, David J. Brenner, and Guy Garty ............................... 85 Assessment of Mouse Pulmonary Function through Whole-body Plethysmography for the Study of Radiation-induced Late Pulmonary Injury Sanjay Mukherjee, Lubomir Smilenov, Evangelia C. Laiakis, Albert J. Fornace, and Sally A. Amundson ...................................................................................................................................................................... 88 Page ⏐2 CENTER FOR RADIOLOGICAL RESEARCH • ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Comparison of Radiation Biodosimetry Studies Based on Microarray