30th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Photobiology

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

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TUESDAY, JULY 16

7:00-9:00am
Place D'Armes/
Jacques Cartier
   Continental Breakfast/Exhibits/Poster Viewing 2
8:00am-9:00am
Salle de Bal

Photobiology School 3

Light-induced Reactions in Photosynthesis
Bridgette Barry, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

   
9:00am-12:00pm
Frontenac
A5 Photocarcinogenesis
Chairs: Hasan Mukhtar, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI and H. Anathaswamy, Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
   
9:00am
Non-melanoma Skin Cancer: Current Incidence Rates and Risk Factors from a Population-based Case-control Study in New Hampshire
M. Karagas, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH
9:25am
Late Detection of DNA Damage and Enhanced UV Carcinogenesis in XP-C
1H. Rebel, 1R. Berg, 1M. van Oosten, 2A.Westerman, 2N. Kram, 1L. Mullenders, 2H. van Kranen, 1F. de Gruijl, 1Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 2National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands
9:50am
Cutaneous Cytokine Expression During Chronic Solar-simulated UV (SSUV) Irradiation of Mouse Skin - Relationship with Photocarcinogenesis
V. Reeve, S. Widyarini, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
10:15am
Break
10:45am
Melanoma in Neonatally UV Irradiated HGF/SF Transgenic Mice- A Model for Human Disease
1F. Noonan, 2J. Recio, 3M. Anver, 4P.Duray, 1E. De Fabo, 2G. Merlino, 1The George Washington School of Medicine, Washington, DC, 2NIH, Bethesda, MD, 3,4National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD
11:10am
Green Tea Constituent -epigallocatechin-3-gallate Inhibits Ultraviolet B-mediated Activation of Nuclear Factor kappa B Signaling Pathway in Normal Human Epidermal Keratinocytes
1Afaq, 1Adhami, 1Ahmad, 1Mukhtar, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
11:35am
Loss of the Unusual Antigenic Properties in UV-induced Skin Tumors from Mice with no Functional p53
W. Jiang, H. Ananthaswamy, S. Ullrich, M.Kripke, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
   
9:00am-12:00pm
Salle de Bal
B5 PDT-elicited Immune Responses
Chairs: Mladen Korbelik, B.C. Cancer Agency and Barbara Henderson, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
   
9:00am
Role of Inflammation in HPPH-PDT
B. Henderson, S. Gollnick, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
9:25am
Neutrophil-mediated Oxidative- and Non-oxidative Stress in Tumors Treated by Photodynamic Therapy
1W. Sluiter, 2M. Korbelik, 2I. Cecic, 1E.de Wit, 1Erasmus, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
9:50am
Addressing the Problem of Photodynamic Therapy-induced Immunosuppression in Cancer Treatment
M. Korbelik, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
10:15am
Break
10:45am
Dendritic Cell Activation by PDT Vaccines
S. Gollnick, B. Henderson, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
11:15am
Photodynamic Therapy Enhances both Effector and Regulatory Functions of the Complement System in Murine Tumor Models
I. Cecic, M. Korbelik, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
11:30am
Endogeneous Expression of Interlerkin 8, Interleukin 10 and Granulocyte Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cells and the Effect of Hypericin-mediated PDT
1H. Du, 2M. Olivo, 3R. Mahendran, 1B.Bay, 1National University of Singpore, Singapore, 2National University of Singapore, Singapore, 3National Cancer Center, Singapore
11:45am
Immune-mediatated Regression of Tumors after Photodynamic Therapy
C. Dees, J. Harkins, T. Scott, E.Wachter, Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Knoxville, TN
   
9:00am-12:00pm
Laval
C5 Contributed Papers Platform Session
Chairs: David Mitchell, University of Texas, Smithville, TX and Donna Kusewitt, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
   
9:00am
UVA-Induced Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers are Predominantly Formed at Thymine-Thymine Dipyrimidine Sites
1P. Rochette, 1R. Drouin, 1J. Therrien, 1N.Bastien, 2E. Drobetsky, 3E. Sage, 1Hopital Saint-Francois d'Assise, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, 2Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 3Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
9:15am
UVA Radiation Enhances Metastasis of Melanoma Cells: A Mouse Model Study
D. Leszczynski, R. Pastila, STUK Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Helsinki, Finland
9:30am
Racial/ethnic Origin, Constitutive Melanin, and UV-induced DNA Damage
1B. Zmudzka, 2T. Tadokoro, 1H. Bushar, 1S.Miller, 1N. Lao, 2V. Hearing, 1J. Beer, 1FDA, Rockville, MD, 2National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
9:45am
DNA Damage Distribution and Tumorigenesis is the Xiphophorus Platyfish-Swordtail Melanoma Model
D. Mitchell, D. Trono, M. Lowery, R.Nairn, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX
10:00am
Protoporphyrin IX accumulation in Basal Cell Carcinoma and Normal Skin after Topical Application of Methyl Aminolevulinate (M-ALA)
E. Angell-Petersen, K. Giercksky, J. Moan, Q.Peng, A. Soler, H. Steen, R. Sørensen, T. Warloe, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway
10:15am
Enhancement of Porphyrin Accumulation Using ALA Prodrug Peptide Derivatives
1H. Nakanishi, 2L. Rogers, 3I. Eggleston, 2T.Butler, 1S. MacRobert, 1University College, London, UK, 2University of St. Andrews, 3University of Dundee
10:30am
Potential Efficacy of a Delta 5-aminolevulinic Acid Thermosetting Gel Formulation for Using in Photodynamic Therapy of Lesions of the Gastrointestinal Tract
L. BourrT, S. Thibaut, Y. Lajat, T.Patrice, Hopital Laennec, Nantes, France
10:45am
Photonuclease Activity of Naphthalene Imide and Diimide Derivatives
S. McMasters, B. Abraham, V. Szalai, L.Kelly, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
11:00am
Bladder Cancer Detection with Hypericin Using Macroscopic Fluorescence Cystoscopy and Laser Confocal Microscopy
1M. Olivo, 2W. Lau, 2P. Tan, 1V.Manivasager, 1K. Soo, 2C. Cheng, 1National Cancer Centre, 2Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
11:15am
The Slug Transcription Factor Mediates Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transformation in Keratinocytes
1D. Kusewitt, 2P. Savagner, 3L. Hudson, 1The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2Centre de Recherche en Cancerologie, Montpellier, France, 3University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
11:30am
Effects of Photodynamic Therapy with Aluminum Phthalocyanine on Apoptosis Linked Proteins in Hepatic Carcinoma Cells
E. Haseroth, N. Akgün, A. Rück, Institute for Lasertechnologies in Medicine and Metrology, Ulm, Germany
11:45am
High Frequency of UV Type Mutations at the INK4a-ARF Locus in Squamous Cell Carcinomas from PUVA-treated Psoriasis Patients
H. Kreimer-Erlacher, H. Seidl, B. BSck, L.Cerroni, H. Kerl, P. Wolf, Karl Franzens University, Graz, Austria
   
9:00am-12:00pm
Bellevue
D5 Photo-Control in Biological Systems
Chair: Bulent Mutus, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
   
This symposium jointly supported in part by Empix Imaging, Varian Canada, Inc., Applied Photopysics
   
9:00am
Introductory Remarks
B. Mutus
9:05am
Photo-control of Helix Content in Peptides
1A. Woolley, 1J. Kumita, 2D. Flint, 2O.Smart, 1University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, 2University of Birmingham, Edgbaston
9:35am
Separation of Spliceosome Assembly from Catalysis Using Caged Pre-mRNA Substrates
A. MacMillan, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
10:05am
Isoform Specific Control of Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity Using a Caged Inhibitor
1G. Guillemette, 1H. Montgomery, 2B. Perdicakis, 1D.Fishlock, 3G. Lajoie, 2E. Jervis, 1University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 3University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada
10:35am
Break
11:00am
Photocontrol of Liposome-Mediated Drug Delivery
1P. Shum, 1Z. Zhang, 2J. Kim, 1D.Thompson, 1Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2Janus Biosystems, West Lafayette, IN
11:30am
Photoregulation of S-nitrosothiol Formation
S. Akhter, B. Mutus, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
   
12:10pm-1:30pm Lunch - On Your Own
1:30pm-2:30pm
Salle de Bal

ASP New Investigator Award Lecture

Pinopsin and Pineal Phototransduction Pathway to the Circadian Oscillator
T. Okano, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

   
2:30pm-5:30pm
Frontenac
A6 UV effects in the Aquatic Environment
Chairs: Patrick Neale, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD and Warwick Vincent, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
   
2:30pm
UV Effects in the Aquatic Environment: An Overview
P. Neale, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Edgewater MD
2:45pm
UV Optics of Ice-Covered Ecosystems in a Changing Climate.
W. Vincent, C. Belzile, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
3:00pm
Photochemical Reactivity of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter in Lakes and the Coastal Atlantic Ocean
1C. Osburn, 2D. Morris, 2B. Hargreaves, 3R.Coffin, 3T. Boyd, 1National Research Council, Washington DC, 2Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA, 3Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC
3:15pm
Spatial and Temporal Variation in Bacterioplankton Response to Ultraviolet Radiation
W. Jeffrey, University of West Florida Pensacola FL
3:30pm
Simple Functions Describing the Effects of UV on Daily Water Column Photosynthesis
J. Cullen, R. Davis, Y. Huot, M.Lehmann, Dalhousie University, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada
3:45pm
Does Exposure to UV Radiation Affect the Productivity and Fatty Acid Composition of Aquatic Biofilms?
1M. Arts, 2R. Robarts, 3R. Sommaruga, 4J.Frenette, 5A. Quesada, 6T. Zohary, 7P. Bossard, 8K. Huggins, 1National Water Research Institute, Burlington Ontario, 2National Water Research Institute, Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada, 3University of Innsbruck, Institute of Zoology and Limnology Innsbruck Austria, 4University of Quebec, Quebec, Canada, 5Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid Spain, 6Y. Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory , Tiberia Israel, 7Limnological Research Centre Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
4:00pm
Temperature Dependent UV Responses in Zooplankton: Implications of Climate Change
1C. Williamson, 1G. Grad, 1E. MacFadyen, 2H.De Lange, 3D. Mitchell
1Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA, 2Wageningen University, The Netherlands, 3The University of Texas, Smithfield, TX
4:15pm
Photic Control and Physiological Consequences of Accumulating Mycosporine-like Amino Acids (MAAs) in Corals and Other Marine Invertebrates
1. Shick, University of Maine, School of Marine Sciences Orono ME
4:30pm
UV-B Effects in Mesocosms : Minimal Response of Algal Biomass and Growth
S. Roy, Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski, Rimouski Quebec
4:45pm
Mesocosm Studies of UV-B Effects on the First Level of the Microbial Food Web: A 10-Year Retrospective
1S. Demers, 1C. Nozais, 2B. Mostajir, 3G.Ferreyra, 1S. Roy, 1M. Gosselin, 1J. Chanut, 1E. Pelletier, 1Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski (ISMER), Rimouski Canada, 2Ecosystemes lagunaires, CNRS, Universite Montpellier II, Montpellier France, 3
5:00pm
Bio-optical heterogeneity in a large fluvial lake (Lac Saint-Pierre, Quebec).
1J. Frenette, 2M. Arts, 3B. Daoust, 4J.Morin, 5C. Martin, 101J. Frenette
1Département de Chimie-biologieTrois-Rivières, Quebec, 2 National Water Research InstituteBurlington, Ontario, 3 Service de métérologie, Ste-Foy, Quebec, 101Département de Chimie-biologieTrois-Rivières QC.
   
2:30pm-5:30pm
Salle de Bal
B6 Phototoxicity mechanisms: Cellular and molecular approaches
Chairs: Pascale Reinhardt, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and Donald Forbes, Argus Research, Horsham, PA
   
This symposium is sponsored by Argus Research
   
2:30pm
New Aspects of Phototoxicity Mechanisms in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a Useful Eukaryotic Model System
D. Averbeck, Y. Cohen, M. Dardalhon, Institut Curie-Recherche, Orsay France
3:00pm
Molecular Responses to Drug-Induced Photo-Genotoxicity: from DNA Damage to Apoptosis.
L. Marrot, J. Belaïdi, C. Jones, P.Perez, J. Meunier, Aulnay sous bois, France
3:30pm
In Vitro Studies of Drug Phototoxicity Using HaCaT Keratinocytes
C. Chignell, National Instiutes of Health, Triangle Park, NC
4:00pm
Break
4:15pm
Measurement of Dimeric Lesions and Oxidized Bases in Cellular DNA for the Evaluation of Drug Photogenotoxicity
J. Cadet, T. Douki, J. Ravanat, S.Sauvaigo, SCIB/LAN & UMR, Grenoble France
4:45pm
New Horizons in Photo-Genotoxicity Testing.
1S. Brendler-Schwaab, 2L. Müller, 3P. Kasper, 1Bayer AG, Wuppertal, Germany, 2Novartis AG, Basel, Switzerland, 3Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) Bonn Germany
5:15pm
Effects of Topical Application of Creams Containing Alpha- or Beta-Hydroxy Acids on the Carcinogenesis of Simulated Solar Light in Male and Female SKH-1 Hairless Mice
1P. Howard, 1B. Miller, 1L. Couch, 1D.Molefe, 1R. Kodell, 2J. Beer, 3 W. Wamer, 1 U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, 2 U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Rockville MD, 3U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Washington DC
   
2:30pm-5:30pm
Laval
C6 UV-induced cell death
Chairs: Girish Shah, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Douglas Brash, Yale University, New Haven, CT
   
2:30pm
Signal Transduction by JNK
R. Davis, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Worcester, MA
3:00pm
Jun, JNK, and the Mammalian UV Response
M. Karin, University of California, San Diego, CA
3:30pm
ATF2-Driven Peptide Sensitizes Melanoma to Apoptosis and Inhibits its Growth and Metastasis
Z. Ronai, V. Ivanov, A. Bhoumik, Ruttenberg Cancer Center New York NY
4:00pm
Break
4:15pm
Inactivating E2F1 Restores Apoptosis Sensitivity and Cancer Resistance to Trp53-Deficient Mice
1,2N. Wikonkal, 1,2E. Remenyik, 1D. Knezevic, 1W.Zhang, 1M. Liu, 3D. Johnson, 1D. Brash, 1Yale School of Medicine New Haven CT, 2University Medical School of Debrecen Debrecen Hungary, 3M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Smithville TX
4:45pm
Role of Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase in UV-induced Cell Death*
1Shah, Y. Le Rhun, M. Vodenicharov, 4E.Affar, Laval University, Quebec City,Quebec, Canada
5:15pm
Cells Lacking Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase-1 are Resistant to UVB-induced Apoptosis.*
M. Vodenicharov, G. Shah, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
   
2:30pm-5:30pm
Bellevue
D6 Molecular Sensors in Photobiology
Chair: David Lawrence, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Baltimore, MD
   
2:30pm
Introductory Remarks
2:35pm
Crystalline Colloidal Self Assembly: A Motif for Fabricating Smart Materials and Chemical Sensing Devices.
S. Asher, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
3:05pm
Multi-Sensory Fiber Optic Probes for PDT Dosimetry: Construction, Performance and Error Analysis
L. Lilge, N. Pomerleau, University of Toronto, Toronto Ontario, Canada
3:35pm
De Novo Designed Electron Transfer Proteins
G. McLendon, M. Case, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
4:05pm
Break
4:30pm
Cortisol/DHEA Sensors for Stress Measurement in Soldiers
J. Sample, D. Lawrence, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel MD
5:00pm
Fluorescence-Based Biosensors of Metal Ions at Low Concentrations in vitro
R. Thompson, University of Maryland, Baltimore Baltimore MD
   
5:30pm-7:00pm
Place D'Armes/
Jacques Cartier
Poster Session II and Exhibits
   
  Photosynthesis, Bio- & Chemiluminescence
   
  Transition-state Inhibitors of Coelenterazine Bioluminescence: Probing the Chiral Enviroment of Active Site in Renilla Luciferase
1C. Wu, 1H. Nakamura, 2A. Murai, 3S.Inouye, 1Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, 2Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 3Yokohama Research Center, Yokohama, Japan
  Cloning and Expression of cDNA for the Luciferase from the Marine Ostracod Cypridina noctiluca
1K. Kobayashi, 2Y. Nakajima, 3H. Kubota, 1,2Y.Ohmiya, 1University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, 2National Institute of AIST, Ikeda, Osaka, 3ATTO Corp., Bunkyo, Tokyo
  Chloroplast Movement Significantly Alters Light Distribution but has Little Effect on Photosynthesis in Leaves of Alocasia
1W. Williams, 1H. Gorton, 2T. Vogelmann, 1A.Merritt, 1Saint Mary's College of Maryland, MD, 2University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
  Sequences and Structures of Luciferases from Different Dinoflagellate Species
L. Liu, J. Hastings, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
   
  Photochemistry and Photophysics
   
  Effects of Benzo and Naphtho Substitution on Spectroscopic Properties of meso -Tetraphenylmetalloporphyrins
1J. Rogers, 1W. Su, 2S. Vinogradov, 2P.Fleitz, 1D. McLean, 1Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB, OH, 2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  A Spectroscopic Investigation of the Singlet and Triplet States of Synthetic Chlorins
H. Frank, R. Ilagan, Z. Pendon, J.McCarthy, C. Brückner, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
  Degradation of Alginate by Photosensitized Riboflavin
S. Baldursdottir, H. Tonnesen, J. Karlsen, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
  A Photochemical Study of Keratinocytes Loaded with 2'7'-dichlorofluorescin: Implications for the Detection of Reactive Oxygen Species Generated by UVA Irradiation
C. Chignell, R. Sik, NIEHS, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC
  Singlet Oxygen Does Not Oxidize 2'7'-dichlorofluorescin to the Fluorescent 2'7'-dichlorofluorescein
P. Bilski, A. Belanger, C. Chignell, NIEHS/NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC
  Development of Novel Photocrosslinked Poly(ethylene glycol) Hydrogels
R. Leblanc, Y. Zheng, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
  Synthesis of Alcohols Derived from Chlorophyll a. Regioselectivity in the Reduction of Carbonyl Functions with Hydrides
1,2D. Berezin, 3R. Bonnett, 1E. Achraf El Merouani, 1Josep R. Garabatos, 1A.Virginia Pérez, 1Francesc Pont, 1,4F. Postigo, 1,3A. Salgado, 1N. Tovar, 1M. Vallés, 1University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 2Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology (ISUCT), Ivanovo, Russia, 3University of London, London, UK, 4University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  Substitution Effect on the Promazine Photophysical Properties
C. Garcia, R. Oyola, L. Piñero, R.Arce, University of Puerto Rico, Humacao, PR
  Menadione Photosensitized Oxidation of DNA
F. Bergeron, D. Hunting, R. Wagner, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
  Novel Amphiphilic Photosensitizers: Their Synthesis and Properties
W. Sharman, J. van Lier, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
   
  Photosensory & Circadian Biology
   
  Photosensitized Structural Modifications in [:agr:]-crystallin. Are They Always Impairing the Chaperone-like Activity of [:agr:]-crystallin?
1A. Sgarbossa, 1,2T. Youssef, 1F. Lenci, 1CNR Istituto BioFisica, Pisa, Italy, 2RIO Res. Inst. Ophthalmology, Giza, Egypt
  Effect of Pupil Constriction on Monochromatic Light Induced Melatonin Suppression in Humans
1G. Glickman, 1J. Hanifin, 1R. Fucci, 1,2M.Rollag, 1E. Gerner, 1B. Byrne, 1G. Brainard, 1Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 2University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
  460 nm vs. 555 nm Monochromatic Light in the Suppression of Melatonin in Healthy Humans: A Within-subjects Design
1S. Jasser, 1J. Gardner, 1J. Hanifin, 1G.Glickman, 1B. Byrne, 2M. Rollag, 1G. Brainard, 1Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 2University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
  Mammalian Clocks Reset Daily by Dawn and Dusk Zeitgebers
H. Kern, Inter-Tech, Bethlehem, PA
   
  Optical dosimetry, Imaging
   
  Spectrally-Resolved Confocal Microscopy Studies of the Emission Properties of Individual Human Ocular Lipofuscin Granules
1N. Haralampus-Grynaviski, 1L. Lamb, 1J. Simon, 2T.Sarna, 1Duke University, Durham, NC, 2Jagiellonian University, Krakow Poland
  A Custom Laser Scanning Confocal Fluorescence Microscope with Simultaneous Multi-wavelength Imaging, Spectroscopy and Anisotropy Capabilities
C. Bigelow, D. Conover, T. Foster, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  Prediction of Sun Protection Factors by Calculation of Transmissions with a Calibrated Step Film Model
B. Herzog, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Inc., Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany
  Variations in the Spatial Origin of Detected Fluorescence in Tissue due to Fiberoptic Probe Geometry
T. Pfefer, M. Ediger, FDA, Rockville, Maryland
  Confocal Fluorescence Imaging During Irradiation of Photosensitized Spheroids Enables Tests of Photobleaching Mechanisms
S.Mitra, C. Bigelow, T. Foster, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  PDT Light Sources Output Assessment
1M. Bucking, 1E. Dickson, 2F. fischer, 1R.Pottier, 1The Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 2Beirsdorf AG, Hamburg, Germany
  Spectral Bandwidth Used to Determine UV Action Spectra
E. Chaney, D. Sliney, USACHPPM Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
   
  Photomedicine
   
  Action Spectra for the Photoconsumption of Oxygen by Human Ocular Lipofuscin, Lipofuscin Extracts, and A2E
1A. Pawlak, 1M. Rozanowska, 1M. Zareba, 1T.Sarna, 2L. Lamb, 2J. Simon, 1Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 2Duke University, Durham, NC
  Variables associated with the development of pigmentation in human skin
S. Miller, B. Zmudzka, N. Lao, S.Coelho, J. Beer, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD
  Measurement of Biophysical Changes in Human Skin Caused by Ultraviolet Light Exposure
I. Sadiq, T. Stoudemayer, A. Kligman, S.K.I.N., Inc., Conshohocken, PA
  Interleukins IL-1and IL-6 Release in Human Keratinocytes Exposed to Ultraviolet Radiation
P. Reinhardt, Y. Deslauriers, M. Cybulski, Consumer and Clinical Radiation Protection Bureau, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  Comparison Between the UV-light of 311 nm Induced Down-regulation of 12(S)-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acid Receptors in Normal Skin Keratinocytes and Keratinocytes from Vaginal Mucosa
1P. Arenberger, 1I. Obstova, 2I. Kraus, 1B.Havlickova, 1E. Matouskova, 1Charles University School of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, 2Charles University School of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, 3Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
  Low Power Light Effects on Cells
1R. Lavi, 2A. Shainberg, 1H. Fridmann, 2M.Sinyakov, 2H. Britbart, 1,3R. Lubart, 1Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, 2Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, 3Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
   
  DNA Damage and Repair
   
  Human Cells Expressing the Hepatitis B-virus X Protein are Deficient in Both Global - and Transcription - Coupled Nucleotide Excision Repair of UV-induced DNA Damage
1G. Mathonnet, 1J. Therrien, 2M. Alaoui-Jamali, 1E.Drobetsky, 1University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  Abrogation of p53 Unmasks an S-phase Arrest Following Ultraviolet Radiation
1J. Spronck, 1,2,3B. McKay, 1Ottawa Regional Cancer Center, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2Ottawa Regional Cancer Center, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 3University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  An Oxoguanine Glycosylase Knockout Mutant in Arabidopsis
T. Murphy, Plant Biology, Davis, CA
  Deamination Kinetics of Cytosine and 5-methylcytosine-Containing Photoproducts in Single and Double Strand Oligodeoxynucleotides
Y. Wang, M. Vairamani, M. Gross, J.Taylor, 1Washington University, St. Louis, MO
  UVB-induced Impairment of Specific Cellular Immune Responses After Hepatitis B Vaccination of Humans Correlates to Epidermal cis-urocanic Acid Levels
1A. Sleijffers, 2A. Kammeyer, 3F. De Gruijl, 4G.Boland, 5W. Van Vloten, 1H. Van Loveren, 1J. Garssen, 2M. Teunissen, 1National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, 2University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 3Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, 4University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 5University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  UVB Radiation Induces Upregulation of Calcitonin Gene-related Peptide (CGRP) Levels in Human Filter Skin Samples
A. Sleijffers, M. Herreilers, H. Van Loveren, J.Garssen, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
  Histological Evaluation of the UVA-induced Metastatic Lung Melanomas in Mice: A Pilot Study
R. Pastila, D. Leszczynski, STUK- Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Helsinki, Finland
  Proteins From Rat Liver Nuclear Extracts which Recognize DNA Damaged by UV and Chemical Carcinogens
M. Pietrowska, P. Widlak, J. Rzeszowska-Wolny, Center of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland
  Decreased Expression of p48 DDB2 and XPC Cannot Account for the Increased Sensitivity of p53-deficient Fibroblasts to UV- and Cisplatin-induced Apoptosis
1C. Becerril, 1J. Spronck, 1,2,3B. McKay, 1Ottawa Regional Cancer Center, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 3University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
   
  Photodynamic Therapy 2
   
  Hypericin Effects on Aqueous Humor and Rhodopsin of Rabbits' Eye
1F. El Refaei, M. Ibrahim, 1S. Ahmed, 1H.Taha, 1Research Institute of Ophthalmology, Egypt
  Treatment of Neoplasms by Synchrotron Radiation and Mono-L-aspartyl Aurochlorin e6
1T. Tsuchida, 2K. Aizawa, 1T. Ishizumi, 1T.Okunaka, 1H. Shimatani, 3K. Kinoshita, 1H. Kato, 1Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, 2Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, 3Funabashi City Medical Center, Funabashi, Japan
  Irradiance-Dependent Photobleaching and Photoproduct Accumulation during Photofrin-, mTHPC- and ALA-PDT in vivo: A Comparative Study
J. Finlay, S. Mitra, T. Foster, University of Rochester Rochester NY
  Evaluation of Brominated Porphyrin Sensitizer for Photodynamic Therapy
T. Patrice, L.Bourré, S. Thibaut, Y.Lajat, Hopital Laennec, Nantes France
  Photocytotoxicity, Cellular Internalization and Metabolization of -Mannosylporphyrins in Retinoblastoma Cells
1I. Laville, 1J. Blais, 2P. Maillard, 2B.Loock, 2D. Grierson, 3J. Blais, 2D. Carrez, 2A. Croisy, 1Laboratoire de Physicochimie BiomolTculaire et Cellulaire Paris France, 2CNRS UMR 176 et INSERM U350 Orsay France, 3LCSOB, Paris France, 101LPBC Paris France
  Photodynamic Activities of Amphiphilic Trisulfonated Phthalocyanines Substituted with Alkynyl Side-chains.
Cauchon, H. Tian, J. van Lier, Universite de Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
  Sensitivity of Photodynamic Therapy Resistant Human Colon Carcinoma HT29 Cells to UV and Cisplatin
1N. Zacal, 2,3H. Wang, 2,3G. Singh, 1A.Rainbow
1McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 3Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  Spectral Characteristics and Clinical Application of Mono-L-Asparatyl Aurochlorin e6 (Au-NPe6)
T. Ishizumi, T. Tsuchida, K. Aizawa, T.Okunaka, H. Kato, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo Japan
  Enhancement of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Targeted Treatment of Ovarian Cancer with Photodynamic Therapy
1I. Rizvi, 1,2M. del Carmen, 1A. Moor, 1,2T.Dinh, 1T. Hasan, 1Wellman Laboratories of PhotomedicineBoston, MA, 2The Vincent Memorial Gynecologic Oncology Division, Boston, MA
  Targeted Photoimmunotherapy of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor: Mechanistic Parameters Governing Phototoxic Efficiency
I. Rizvi, W. Rice, D. Sharlin, T.Dinh, W. Yu, T. Hasan, Wellman Laboratories of Photomedicine, Boston, MA
  Macro-micro Fluorescence Imaging of Bladder Tumour Xenografts on Nude Mice Using 5-aminolevulinic Acid and its Esterified Analogue Aminolevulinic Acid Methyl Ester
1V. Manivasager, 2P. Heng, 2H. Jinsong, 2Z.Wei, 1S. Khee Chee, 1M. Olivo
1National Cancer Center, Singapore, Singapore, 2National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore
   
5:30pm-6:30pm
Laval

Grantsmanship Lecture

Strategies for Winning an NIH Grant
P. Strudler, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

7:00pm-7:30pm
Vercheres
Reception
7:30pm-10:30pm
Salle de Bal
Banquet

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