conference programme
Monday 9th June 2025
| Time | Session | Area |
| 08:00 - 09:10 | Registration and Arrival Refreshments | Bar Area/Conservatory |
| 09:10 - 09:30 | Introduction and Welcome by Ruth Edge & Zara Hodgson | Derwent Suite |
| 09:30 - 11:00 | Session 1 - Space Session Chair: Fred Currell Invited Speaker Andrew Coates - Space weather effects in the solar system (30 minutes) Proffered Talks Adrija Bhowmick - Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Thermal Cycling Effects on Lunar Construction Materials (20 minutes) Andy Smith - Creation of a ‘Virtual-Moon’ in the laboratory – an important step in enabling humanity’s return to our satellite world (20 minutes) Jonathan Cousins - Mechanical and Chemical Evolution of Potential Lunar Construction Materials Under Simulated Lunar Conditions (20 minutes) | Derwent Suite |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Refreshments | Derwent Suite/Conservatory |
| 11:20 - 12:50 | Session 2 - Radio Protection Session Chair: Liz Ainsbury Invited Speaker Chris Jones - Future Challenges and Solutions in Defence Radiation Protection (30 minutes) Proffered Talks Rhona Anderson - Genetic and Cytogenetic Family Trio study of British nuclear test veterans (20 minutes) Carmel Mothersill - Approaches to the development of biomarkers for low dose radiation exposure (20 minutes) Jude Ferrier - Experimental actinide nano-chemistry for the future interim storage of the civil UK plutonium inventory (20 minutes) | Derwent Suite |
| 12:50 - 13:00 | Sponsor Talk - Screen Europe (Platinum Sponsor) | Derwent Suite |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Buffet Lunch & Poster Session | Derwent Suite/Falls Brasserie |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | AGM | Boardroom |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Session 3 - Nuclear/Radiation Chemistry & Physics Session Chair: Steve Hepworth Invited Speaker Mats Jonnson - How ionizing radiation affects the integrity of deep geological repositories for spent nuclear fuel (30 minutes) Proffered Talks Krasimir Maslarov - Investigating PVDF radiolysis in aqueous environment (20 minutes) Vasily Sorokin - Dosimetric and radiobiological characterisation of a 28 MeV proton beam delivered by the MC-40 cyclotron (20 minutes) Marcus Webb - A New Simulation Toolkit for Radiation Chemistry (MIRaCLE) (20 minutes) | Derwent Suite |
| 15:30 - 15:50 | Refreshments | Derwent Suite/Conservatory |
| 15:50 - 17:20 | Session 4 - Radiation Biology/DNA Damage Repair Session Chair: Niall Byrne Invited Speaker Joanne Lysaght - Radiotherapy as an effective immunomodulator to enhance response rates to immune checkpoint inhibition (30 minutes) Proffered Talks Lydia Mcquoid - Impact of novel gold nanoparticle formulations on indirect effects of radiation (15 minutes) Morgan Rycroft - Radiosensitization through CDK12 Inhibition (15 minutes) Tongchuan Wang - Metabolic effect induced by mannose and related metabolic gene mediated radiosensitisation of HPV negative head and neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (15 minutes) Fred Currell - Fast-ion irradiation for rapid vaccine manufacture, getting ready for the next pandemic! (15 minutes) | Derwent Suite |
| 17:20 - 18:30 | Drinks Reception & Poster Session | Derwent Suite |
Tuesday 10th June 2025
| Time | Session | Area | ||
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration and Arrival Refreshments | Bar Area/Conservatory | ||
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Session 5 - Medical Isotopes Session Chair: Adriana Ceruso Invited Speaker Stephen Archibald - TBC (30 minutes) Proffered Talks Dipak Babar - Production of Radioactive Nanoparticles of ⁴⁴Sc and ⁴³Sc: Pioneering the Future of Medicine (20 minutes) Olatunde Michael Oni - Investigation of the cell chemical definition (20 minutes) Volkan Yasakci - Radioisotopic-Blended Copper Nanoparticles: Target Development, Separation and Synthesis (20 minutes) | Derwent Suite | ||
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Refreshments | Derwent Suite/Conservatory | ||
| 10:50 - 12:20 | Session 6 - BIR - Radiotherapy Session Chair: Mike Kirby Invited Speaker Peter Hoskin - Reirradiation: Myths and Reality (30 minutes) Proffered Talks Liz Harron - Practical Approaches to Reirradiation (20 minutes) Kristina Small - SoRTEd: Science of Radiotherapy Education - Improving Patient Understanding and Confidence in Radiotherapy (20 minutes) Jane Shortall - The implementation of Gaussian Process Regression to Inform Voxel-Based Analysis when Dealing with Sparse and Irregular Time-series Longitudinal Data (20 minutes) | Derwent Suite | ||
| 12:20 - 12:30 | Sponsor Talk - RPS (Platinum Sponsor and Sponsor of DCF Tour) | Derwent Suite | ||
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Sit-down Lunch | Falls Brasserie | ||
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Travel to DCF | |||
| 14:30 - 16:30 | Tour of DCF | |||
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Travel back to Keswick/Lodore Falls | |||
| 19:00 - Late | Conference Dinner | Derwent Suite | ||
| 22:00 | Transport to Keswick/Borrowdale Hotel | |||
Wednesday 11th June 2025
| Time | Session | Area |
| 08:30 - 09:30 | Registration and Arrival Refreshments | Bar Area/Conservatory |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Weiss Medal Winner - Anthony Chalmers | Derwent Suite |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Refreshments | Derwent Suite/Conservatory |
| 10:50 - 12:20 | Session 7 - Clinical/Translational Session Chair: Asma Sarwar Invited Speaker Navita Somaiah - TBC (30 minutes) Proffered Talks Emily Jessop - Establishing LGR5 expression levels in Head and Neck Cancer to explore the clinical potential of LGR5-directed therapeutics (20 minutes) Milaan Patel - Supersonic Gas Curtain Ionization Profile Monitor: A Non-Invasive beam diagnostics for FLASH Proton Therapy (20 minutes) Chris Talbot - Treatment time and circadian genotype interact to alter the severity of radiotherapy side-effects in prostate cancer patients (20 minutes) | Derwent Suite |
| 12:20 - 12:30 | Closing remarks | Derwent Suite |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | AGM | Derwent Suite |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Sit-down Lunch and depart | Falls Brasserie |