Webcast – FLASH MECHANISMS: Biology of FLASH-RT in Vivo

FLASH MECHANISMS: BIOLOGY OF FLASH-RT IN VIVO

Some things are too important not to share, which is why we are giving free access to selected sessions from the FRPT 2021 Virtual Conference to everyone interested in FLASH and Particle Therapy.

We hope you enjoy this lecture chaired by Karen Kirby and Mike Merchant and we look forward to seeing you at the FRPT 2022 Conference!

Speaker:

Pierre G. Montay-Gruel

Iridium Netwerk Radiobiology Group Team Leader

M.Sc. in cancer and radiobiology from University Paris XI and alumni of Ecole Normale Supérieure Ph.D. on brain and glioblastoma response to FLASH-RT in CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland. Postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Irvine, supported by the Swiss National Foundation for Science. Since 2021, group leader of the radiobiology team in GZA. Hospital and Iridium Netwerk, Antwerp Belgium. Main research focus is ultra-high dose rate FLASH radiation therapy and innovative approaches in radiation therapy. Our group focuses on fundamental research to decipher the mechanisms involved in the FLASH effect along with preclinical studies aiming at translating FLASH-RT to the clinics in Antwerp. Our studies involve in vitro and in vivo models to study normal tissue and tumor (breast, skin...) response to ionizing radiation, from the molecular mechanisms to the functional endpoints.

Pierre G. Montay-Gruel

Iridium Netwerk Radiobiology Group Team Leader

Chairs:

Michael Merchant

University of Manchester, Precise group

Dr Mike Merchant is a senior lecturer in Proton Therapy Physics in the PRECISE group (Proton Research at the Christie and Division of Cancer Sciences) at the Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester.

Michael Merchant

University of Manchester, Precise group

Karen J. Kirkby

University of Manchester and The Christie, UK

Professor Karen Kirkby leads research in PBT and FLASH between University of Manchester and The Christie. Her group numbers ~40 people. She also leads https://protonsinspire.eu/. Karen has a research grant portfolio of over £28M from a range of funders, charities and industry. She has over 200 publications, including Nature. Karen writes for popular science magazines and is engaged in outreach.