Conveners
(DPMB) R2-7 Bright Beams, Broad Impact: Synchrotron Innovations in Medicine and Food | Faisceaux brilliants, large impact : le synchrotron innove en médecine et alimentation (DPMB)
- Chris Rowley (Physics & Astronomy, McMaster University)
The BioMedical Imaging and Therapy (BMIT) facility is comprised of two beamlines at the Canadian Light Source – one sourced by a superconducting wiggler (BMIT-ID) and a second with a bend magnet source (BMIT-BM). A bit of the history of the beamlines, capabilities and applications will be given. The bend magnet beamline, BMIT-BM, allows both filtered white beam access as well as monochromatic...
The enzyme topoisomerase II catalyzes the passage of one DNA duplex across another, modulating chromosome supercoiling, condensation, and catenation during essential eukaryotic cell processes. In principle, microscopically these DNA topology relaxing enzymes may create or relax entanglements. In order for macroscopic scale relaxation to occur, this symmetry must somehow be broken. An...
Since the discovery of X-rays and radioactivity at the end of the 19th century, nuclear radiations, especially photons of a few hundred keV to MeV energies have found applications in various aspects of human life, such as food irradiation, medical diagnostics and therapy. However, there is still room for further research and developments to optimize the technologies for maximum benefits.
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