30th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Photobiology

Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac
Quebec City, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 13-17, 2002

Schedule (as of 6/14/02)

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SUNDAY, JULY 14
7:00-9:00am
Place D'Armes/
Jacques Cartier
   Continental Breakfast/Exhibits/Poster Viewing I
8:00-8:50am
Salle de Bal

Photobiology School Lecture I
The Digital Photobiology Compendium: The Future of Teaching and Learning
Dennis Valenzeno, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

   
9:00am-12:00pm
Frontenac

A1 Interaction of Climate Change and Ozone Depletion
Chair: Drusilla Hufford, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC

   
9:00am
Effects of Human Activity on Atmospheric Ozone and the Transmission of Ultraviolet Radiation
M. McElroy, Harvard University,Cambridge MA
9:30am
Interaction of Climate Change with Ozone Depletion, and Implications for
D. Wuebbles, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
10:00am
Modelling the Impacts of UV Radiation on Microbial Communities in Antarctic Coastal Waters
1M. Nunez, 2A. Davidson, 1University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia, 2Australian Antarctic Division, Tasmania, Australia
10:15am
Break
10:30am
New Measures of Photoprotection
M. Kripke, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX
11:00am
Confounding Influences of Aerosols and Clouds on Surface UV Radiation
S. Madronich, National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder CO
11:30am
Responses of World Governments Under the Montreal Protocol
D. Hufford, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
   
9:00am-12:00pm
Salle de Bal
B1 Death Mechanisms Associated with PDT: Apoptosis
Chair: David Kessel, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI and Nancy Oleinick, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
 
This symposium supported in part by QLT, Inc
   
 9:00am
Sub-cellular targets for PDT
D. Kessel, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit MI
9:25am
Determinants of Bcl-2 Photosensitivity and Possible Role in PDT-induced Cell Death
N. Oleinick, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland OH
9:50am
Lysosomal Photodamage and Bid-initiated Apoptosis
J. Reiners, J. Caruso, D. Kessel, Wayne State University, Detroit MI
10:20am
Break
10:50am
Singlet Oxygen Initiated Pro-and Anti-Apoptotic Processes at the Plasma Membrane
I. Kochevar, S. Zhuang, I. Kochevar, Wellman Laboratories of Photomedicine, Boston MA
11:20am
Deciphering Endoplasmic Reticulum and Mitochondria Specific Pathways of Apoptosis by Selective Targeting of Bcl-2
D. Andrews, McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario Canada
11:50am
A Role of Sphinganine in Apoptosis of Photosensitized Jurkat Cells
1B. Wispriyono, 2E. Schmelz, 3H. Pelayo, 4D.Separovic, 1Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Detroit, MI, 2Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI
 
9:00am-12:00pm
Laval
C1 Photoproduct Formation and Distribution, Repair and Mutagenesis
Chairs: Regen Drouin, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada and Evelyne Sage, Institut Curie, Orsay, France
   
Jointly sponsored by the National Cancer Institute of Canada, Fonds de la Recherche en Sante du Quebec
   
9:00am
UV-B and UV-A Induced Formation of Photoproducts within Cellular DNA: Direct and Photosensitized Effects
J. Cadet, T. Douki, J. Pouget, J.Ravanat, Laboratoire des Lesions des Acides Nucleiques, Grenoble, France
9:25am
Profiles and Products of Photosensitized DNA Damage
R. Davies, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
9:50am
DNA damage Induced by UVA Radiation: Role in Solar Mutagenesis
1E. Sage, 2P. Rochette, 1A. Reynaud-Angelin, 2R.Drouin, 1Institut Curie, Orsay, France, 2CHUQ Hopital St François d'Assise, Quebec, Canada
10:15am
Break
10:45am
Mechanistic Study of Photoproduct Bypass by Polymerase Eta.
1L. Sun, 1H. Hwang, 2Z. Wang, 3E.Kool, 1J. Taylor
1Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 3Stanford University, Stanford, CA
11:10am
DNA Repair in RNA Polymerase I Transcribed Genes
1A. Conconi, 1V. Bespalov, 1D. Fahy, 1M.Smerdon
1Washington University, Pullman, WA
11:35am
Mutations Induced by UV and Sunlight
G. Pfeifer, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
   
9:00am-12:00pm
Bellevue
D1 Circadian Photoreception and Transduction
Chair: Ignacio Provencio, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD and Fred Davis, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
   
This symposium is sponsored in part by Enlightened Technology, Inc.
   
9:00am
Introductory Remarks
I. Provencio, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD
9:10am
A Broad Role for Melanopsin in Non-Visual Photoreception Based on Neuroanatomical Evidence in Rats
J. Gooley, C. Saper, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
9:35am
Melanopsin-containing Retinal Ganglion Cells: Architecture, Projections, and Intrinsic Photosensitivity
S. Hattar, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD
10:00am
Mechanisms for the Inhibition of Locomotor Activity
F. Davis, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
10:25am
Break
10:45am
Irradiance Detection and the Role of Non-Rod, Non-Cone Vertebrate Opsins
R. Foster, Charing Cross Hospital, London, United Kingdom
11:10am
Pineal Photoreception and Opsins
Y. Fukada, The University of Tokyo,Tokyo, Japan
11:35am
Cryptochromes Inside and Outside the Mammalian Circadian Clock
R. Van Gelder, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO
 
12:00-1:30pm
Salon Rouge
Mentoring Lunch
1:30-2:20pm
Salle de Bal
ASP Research Award
Awarded to Dr. Furuya
Presented by Dr. Pill-Soon Song
   
2:30-5:30pm
Frontenac
A2 Phototherapy and Photoprotection
Chair: Henry Lim, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
   
Jointly sponsored by Ciba, Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc., Avnetis Pharmaceuticals, Lumenis Corporation, La Roche Posay
   
2:30pm
Overview
H. Lim, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
2:40pm
UVA1 Phototherapy
H. Hönigsmann, University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna, Austria
3:05pm
Phototherapy with the 308nm Excimer Laser
1Spencer, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
3:30pm
UVA protection; basic science aspects
A. Young, St. John's Institute of Dermatology king's College, London, UK
4:00pm
UVA photoprotection:clinical aspect
D. Moyal, L'Oréal Recherche, Clichy, France
4:30pm
Novel Chemistry in Photoprotection - Benzotriazol and Hydroxyphenyltriazine
1U. Osterwalder, 2B. Herzog, 1,2D. Hueglin, 1Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Inc., Basel, Switzerland, 2Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Inc., Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany
5:00pm
Photoprotection by fabrics
1J. Laperre, 2E. Van Den Kerckhove, 3T. Gambichler, 1Centexbel, Belgium, 2Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium 3Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
   
2:30pm-5:30pm
Salle de Bal
B2 PDT: vascular and clinical effects
Chairs: Tayyaba Hasan, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA and Charles Gomer, Children's Hospital and University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
   
2:30pm
Enhancing PDT with Anti-angiogenic Therapy
1,2C. Gomer, 1A. Ferrario, 1K. von Tiehl, 1S.Wong,
1Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, 2Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA
3:00pm
Photodynamic and Antiangiogenic Therapy: Local Control and Distant Metastasis
1,2T. Hasan, 1Wellman Laboratories of Photomedicine, Boston, MA 2Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
3:30pm
The potential use of photodynamic therapy in vascular diseases
1K. Woodburn, 1AP Pharma, Inc., Redwood City, CA
4:00pm
Break
4:15pm
Evaluation of Drug Dose, Light Dose, Time Between Injection and Light Treatment, and Fluence Rate on Tumor Response and Vascular Damage after Photodynamic Therapy
1V. Fingar, 2L. Harrison, 3P. Kik, 4G.Garbo, 5T. Wieman, 1University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
4:45pm
The New Trial of PDT and PDD in the Peripheral Lung Tumors
1H. Kato, 1T. Tsuchida, 1J. Usuda, 1T. Okunaka, 1K. Furukawa, 1K. Kinoshita,
1Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
5:15pm
The Validation of Vascular Damage in the ATX-S10Na(II) induced PDT with Fluence Rate Variation and Fractionated Light Irradiation Regimes in a Normal Rat Colon Model
1,2M. Harada, 1A. MacRobert, 1J. Woodhams, 2H.Kato, 1S. Bown, 1Laser Centre University College, London, UK, 2Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
   
2:30pm-5:30pm
Laval
C2 Inducible Cellular Responses and DNA Repair
Chairs: Andrew Rainbow, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and Gerald Holmquist, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA
   
2:30pm
UV-enhanced reactivation of UV-damaged viruses and reporter genes in mammalian cells
1A. Rainbow, 1C. Caney, 1I. Boszko, 1B.McKay, 1M. Francis, 1McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
2:55pm
Assembly of the nucleotide excision repair factors in vivo
1M. Volker, 1H. Kool, 2M. Mone, 3W.Vermeulen, 3J. Hoeijmakers, 2R. van Driel, 1A. van Zeeland, 1L. Mullenders, 1Leiden University Medcal Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 3Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
3:20pm
Control of nucleotide excision repair: Comparisons between E. coli, rodent cells and human cells
1P. Hanawalt, 2J. Courcelle, 3D. Crowley, 4J.Ford, 5D. Lloyd, 1T. Nouspikel,
1Stanford University, Stanford CA, 2Mississippi State University, Mississippi, 3Mercer University, Macon, GA, 4Stanford University, Stanford CA, 5University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK
3:45pm
Break
4:15pm
Does the efficient repair of UV-induced DNA damage require the induction of p53-responsive gene products?
1,2,3B. McKay, 1C. Becerril, 1J. Spronck, 1Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, Ottawa, ON, 2University of Ottawa, Ottawa,ON 3University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
4:40pm
Inducible nucleotide excision repair of UV induced CPDs from the transcribed and non-transcribed regions of the S.cerevisiae MFA2 Gene
1R. Waters, 1S. Yu, 1Y. Teng, 2N.Lowndes, 1University of Wales, Swansea, UK, 2Imperial Cancer Research Fund, South Mimms, UK
5:05pm
Transcription of Nucleotide Excision Repair Genes Induced by chronic sunlight
1A. Juhasz, 1N. Ye, 2M. Bouziane, 1S.Bates, 1T. O'Connor, 1G. Holmquist, 1City of Hope, Duarte CA, 2B.D. pharmingen, San Diego, CA
   
2:30pm-5:30pm
Bellevue
D2 Phototransduction in the Human Circadian System
Chairs: Charles Czeisler, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA and George Brainard, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
   
This syposium is sponsored in part by Mini Mitter, Apollo Light, Inc.
   
2:30pm
Photic resetting of the human circadian pacemaker
1C. Czeisler, 1K. Wright, 1Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
2:50pm
Human Extraocular Circadian Phototransduction Revisited
1K. Wright, 1C. Czeisler, 1Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
3:10pm
New insights into the diurnal regulation of the cone pathway
1M. Hankins, 1Charring Cross Hospital, London, UK
3:35pm
How many photopigments are involved in circadian photoreception?
1H. Cooper, 1,2C. Chiquet, 1C. Rieux, 1K.Knoblauch, 3B. Claustrat, 1Cerveau et Vision, Bron, France, 2Hopital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France, 3Hopital Neurologique, Lyon France
4:00pm
Break
4:15pm
Phototransduction in the Human Circadian System
1S. Lockley, 2G. Brainard, 1C. Czeisler, 1Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, 2Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
4:40pm
Human Circadian Photoreception: Short Wavelength Sensitivity
1D. Skene, 1K. Thapan, 1J. Arendt, 1University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK.
5:05pm
Human melatonin action spectrum: relevance to Circadian Phototransduction
1G. Brainard, 1Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
   
5:30-7:00pm
Place D'Armes/
Jacques Cartier
Poster Session I and Exhibits
  Digital Photobiology
   
  Development of the Vision Series for the Digital Photobiology Compendium
1P. Dayhaw-Barker, 2D. Valenzeno, 1Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Elkins Park, PA, 2University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
  The Legacy of Oscar Raab: Photosensitization in the Digital Photobiology Compendium
D. Valenzeno, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
  Interactivity Designed into the Learning Modules of the Digital Photobiology Compendium
1D. Valenzeno, 2P. Wilhauk, 2J. Ducey, 1University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, 2University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
  Environmental Photobiology in the Digital Photobiology Compendium
L. Chalker-Scott, J. Scott, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  Photomovements: How Light Puts Living Organisms on the Right Track
F. Lenci, CNR Istituto BioFisica, Pisa Italy
   
  Signal Transduction
   
  UVA Initiates Rapid Apoptosis in HL-60 Cells by the Fas/FADD/caspase-8 Pathway
S. Zhuang, I. Kochevar, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
  A Second Protein Target of Photodynamic Therapy on the Mitochondrial Membrane: the Anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 Homolog, Bcl-XL
L. Xue, S. Chiu, N. Oleinick, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  Identification of the Region of Bcl-2 Photodamaged by Pc 4-PDT
J. Usuda, S. Chiu, L. Xue, M.Lam, A. Nieminen, N. Oleinick, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  The Pro-apoptotic Protein Bax is Essential for Mitochondrion-Mediated Apoptosis but not for Cell Death After Photodynamic Therapy
S. Chiu, L. Xue, J. Usuda, K.Azizuddin, A. Nieminen, N. Oleinick, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  UVB / Hydrogen Peroxide Impairs Calcium Signaling in Human Lens Epithelial Cells
K. Hightower, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
   
  Environmental Photobiology & UV effects
   
  Mesocosm Experiments Performed at Three Different Latitudes to Assess the Effects of Increased UV-B Radiation on Phytoplankton
1K. Lacoste, 1S. Demers, 2S. Diaz, 3G.Ferreyra, 4S. Gianesella, 1M. Gosselin, 1E. Pelletier, 1S. Roy, 1C. Nozais, 1B. Mostajir, 1Universite du Quebec a Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada, 2Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, 3Instituto Antartico Argentino, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil
  Effects of UVB Radiation on Phytoplankton: The Role of D1 Protein
1J. Bouchard, 1S. Roy, 2D. Campbell, 3G.Ferreyra, 1M. Longhi, 1Universite du Quebec a Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada, 2Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
  Mycosporine-like Amino Acids in the Marine Dinoflagellate Scrippsiella sweeneyae: Induction by Ultraviolet Radiation
H. Taira, S. Taguchi, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
  Combined Effects of UVB and Dissolved Hydrocarbons on Marine Microbial Community
J. Payet, E. Pelletier, S. Demers, Universite du Quebec a Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
  St.Lawrence Estuary Planktonic Community Exposed to Enhanced Ultraviolet Radiation and Dissolved Hydrocarbons: A Mesocosm Approach
P. Sargian, E. Pelletier, S. Demers, Universite du Quebec a Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
  Photorepair Mechanisms and Protective Compounds in Two Zooplanktonic Species, Daphnia menucoensis (Cladocera) and Metacyclops sp. (Copepoda), from Freshwater Bodies of Patagonia, Argentina
1R. Gontalves, 1,2V. Villafañe, 1,2E. Helbling, 1Estación de Fotobiología Playa Unión, Chubut, Argentina, 2Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina
  Determination of Slow Recovery of Photosynthesis after UV Exposure in Open Ocean Antarctic Phytoplankton Populations
1J. Fritz, 2P. Neale, 3R. Davis, 1University of Miami, Miami, FL, 2 Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, 3Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Modeling Acute Exposure and Dose to Solar Radiation
1J. Streicher, 2R. Fornaro, 2W. Culverhouse, 2M.Dulberg, 1United States EPA, Research Triangle Park NC, 2North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC
  Biological Weighting Functions for the Effect of UV Radiation on Carbon Partitioning in Microalgae
L. Franklin, P. Neale, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD
  Responses of Marine Microbial Communities to Ultraviolet Radiation in the North Water Polynya, High Arctic
1C. Vasseur, 2B. Mostajir, 3M. Denis, 1S.Demers, 1C. Nozais, 1Universite du Quebec a Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada, 2University Montpellier II, Montpellier, France, 3Parc Scientifique et Technologique de Luminy, Marseille, France
  The Measurement of Ultraviolet Radiation Induced DNA Damage in Dosimeters Along a Latitudinal Gradient
1J. Meador, 2W. Jeffrey, 1D. Mitchell, 1MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX, 2University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
  Photoecological Chararcterisation of an Epilithic Ecosystem at a High Mountain Locality (Central Spain)
1R. De la Torre, 2L. Garcfa Sancho, 3G. Horneck, 3T.Urlings, 3P. Rettberg, 1M. De Miguel, 1INTA (Spanish Aerospace Research Establishment), Madrid, Spain, , 2Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain, 3Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Cologne, Germany
  Effects of Enhanced Ultraviolet-B Radiation on Photosynthetic Activity of Natural Phytoplankton Populations Measured by Fluorescence (PAM) and 14C-tracer Methods
1J. Prodhomme, 1S. Demers, 1C. Nozais, 2I.Schloss, 3B. Mostajir, 1S. Roy, 1M. Gosselin, 4S. Diaz, 1Universite du Quebec a Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada, 2Instituto Antártico Argentino, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3University Montpellier II, Montpellier, France, 4Centro Austral De Investigaciones Cientfficas, Ushuaia, Argentina
  UV-acclimation of Cultured Phytoplankton Exposed to Natural and Enhanced UVB Radiation and Methodological Aspects of MAA Quantification
I. Laurion, S. Roy, Universite du Quebec a Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
  CDOM Effects on Aquatic Photosynthesis in the Coastal Arctic Ocean: Trade-Offs between UV Protection and Competition for PAR.
L. Retamal, W. Vincent, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec
  Influence of the Nutritional State on Phytoplankton Response to UV-B Radiation at Three Different Latitudes (Rimouski, Canada, Ubatuba, Brazil and Ushuaia, Argentina)
1M. Longhi, 1S. Roy, 2G. Ferreyra, 2I.Schloss, 1J. Bouchard,
1ISMER 310, Rimouski, Quebec 2Instituto Antartico Argentino, Buenos Aires, Argentina
   
  Oxidative
   
  The Effect of Aggregation on the Photogeneration of Reactive Oxygen Species by Eumelanin
Y. Liu, J. Bofsinger, J. Simon, Duke University, Durham, NC
  Singlet Oxygen-mediated Oxidation of Cellular DNA
1J. Ravanat, 2P. di Mascio, 2G. Martinez, 2M.Medeiros, 1J. Cadet, 1Lesions des Acides Nucleiques, Grenoble, France, 2Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brasil
  Antioxidant and Cytoprotective Effects of Nitric Oxide on ALA/light-treated Tumor Cells
1M. Niziolek, 2W. Korytowski, 1A. Girotti, 1Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
  Phloxine B Phototoxicity: A Mechanistic Study Using HaCaT Keratinocytes
J. Inbaraj, B. Kukielczak, C. Chignell, National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS), NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC
  Does Lipid Hydroperoxide Formation Mediate Cellular DNA Damage?
L. Booth, R. Redmond, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
  Indirect Detection of Photosensitizer ex vivo
L. Bourre, S. Thibaut, Y. Lajat, 1.Patrice , Laennec Hospital, Nantes, France
  Heat Shock Protein 27 Plays A Critical Role in the Cellular Response to Photodynamic Therapy Mediated Oxidative Damage
1,3H. Wang, 1,3J. Hanlon, 1,3M. Espiritu, 1,2A.Rainbow, 1,2,3G. Singh, 1McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 2McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 3Hamilton Regional Cancer Center, Hamilton, Ontario
  The Effects of UDCA on Photodynamic Induced Apoptosis
M. Castelli, J. Reiners, D. Kessel, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
  UVA-induced Efflux of Reduced Glutathione (GSH) in Human Keratinocytes
Y. He, D. Ramirez, C. Chignell, National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS), NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC
   
  Photosensitized Damage and Killing
   
  Role of Protein Kinase C in Photodynamic Inactivation of Isolated Neuron
A. Uzdensky, D. Bragin, M. Kolosov, Rostov State University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
  Photodynamic Effect of Poly-L-lysine Cationic-porphyrin Conjugates on Pathogenic Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria
1J. Tomé, 1M. Neves, 1A. Tomé, 1J.Cavaleiro, 2M. Magaraggia, 2M. Soncin, 2A. Busetti, 2G. Jori, 1University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, 2University of Padova, Padova, Italy
  Light-mediated Killing of Helicobacter pylori in vitro and ex vivo
1,2M. Hamblin, 1A. Ahmadi, 3J. Tolkoff, 1,2T.Zahra, 1Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 3Seedling Enterprises, LLC., Newton, MA
  Scavenger Receptor-targeted Photodynamic Therapy for Diagnosis and Treatment of Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaques
1,2M. Hamblin, 3A. Tawakol, 1A. Ahmadi, 1,2T.Zahra, 4S. Syed, 1,2B. Ortel, 4A. Fischman, 3J. Muller, 1Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 3Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 4Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
  Photodynamic Destruction of Mycobacteria in a New Animal Model for Localized Infection
1D. Sharlin, 3J. Gross, 2G. Nau, 1T.Hasan, 1Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2MIT, Boston, MA, 3Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  Saccharomyces Cerevisae D7 as a Sensitive Model for Detecting Phototoxic Furocoumarins: Application to the Screening of Fragrance Ingredients
L. Marrot, C. Chaubo, M. Djerroud, A.Labarussiat, J. Meunier, Genotoxicity Group, Aulnay sous bois, France
  The Role of Lipopolysaccarides in Gram-negative Bacterial Photodamage Induced by Phenothiazine Dyes
1,2M. Usacheva, 1M. Teichert, 1,2M. Biel, 1Advanced Photodynamic Technologies, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, 2Ear, Nose & Throat Minnesota Care Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
   
  Photodynamic Therapy I
   
  Mitochondrial Lipid Hydroperoxides as Early Mediators of Apoptosis in ALA/light-treated Cells
1T. Kriska, 2W. Korytowski, 1A. Girotti, 1Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
  PDT Using A Novel LED Light Source And LS11 In A Rat Liver Model
F. Zheng, M. Krouse, J. Christophersen, J.Chen, S. Wang, D. Huston, A. Singhal, 1Light Sciences Corporation, Issaquah, WA
  Photochemically Modulated Endothelial Cell Thrombogenicity via the Thrombomodulin/Tissue Factor Pathway
1,2P. Fungaloi, 2P. Waterman, 2G. Nigri, 1R.Statius-van Eps, 1H. van Urk, 2G. LaMuraglia, 1Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, 2Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
  Palladium-bacteriopheophorbide (WSTO9/Tookad) Pharmacokinetic Study Using Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
1M. Farahani, 2P. Brun, 1J. DeGroot, 1E.Dickson, 1R. Pottier, 1The Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, 2 NEGMA-LERADS Laboratoires, Toussus-le-Noble, Magny-les Hameaux, France
  PDT and Doxil: Development of a Rational Combination Therapy
J. Snyder, L.Vaughan, B. Henderson, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
  Photobleaching in Photodynamic Therapy
R. Bonnett, Martinez, University of London, London, UK
  Blood Sterilisation by PDT: Study of Photosensitiser Toxicity on Red Blood Cells
1Z. Marszalik, 2Piasecki, 3Drs Berezin-Ageeva-Semeykin, 4Boshc-Pinto-Caballero, 5DeMadriaga-Mora-Sagrista-Postigo, 7Gomez-ElMerouani-Garabatos, 6R. Bonnett, 7M. Vallés, 1Medical University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland, 2Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland, 3Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology (ISUCT), Ivanovo, Russia, 4University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 5University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 6University of London, London, UK, 7University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  Biodistribution and Photodynamic Effect of Hypericin in Well Differentiated and Poorly Differentiated Nasophyngeal Carcinoma in a Murine Model
H. Du, B. Bay, M. Olivo, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  Studies of Novel Photosensitizer TOOKAD for Treatment of Prostate Cancer
1Z. Huang, 1Q. Chen, 1F. Hetzel, 1D.Luck, 2P. Brun, 3B. Wilson, 4A. Scherz, 4Y. Salomon, 1HealthONE Alliance, Denver, CO, 2NEGMA-LERADS, Toussus-Le-Nobel, France, 3Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Canada, 4Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
  Photodynamic Therapy of Choroidal neovesels : Evaluating Photosensitizers
H. van den Bergh, B. Pegaz, E. Debefve, J.Ballini, N. Lange, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
   
5:40pm-6:30pm
Bellevue
Publish or Perish: P&P Policies, procedures, and plans
T. Scaiano
6:30pm
Montmorency
P&P Editorial Board Meeting
J.C. Scaiano
7:00pm
off property
Menaker Dinner
Gene Block, MC


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