Strengthening Biological Dosimetry in Member States of the International Atomic Energy Agency

Abstract

© 2016 Genome Integrity | Published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Open Access Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UK, Ukraine, Uruguay, and Vietnam. The CRP established links with the Incident and Emergency Centre, World Health Organization BioDoseNet, Coordination Action “Realizing the European Network of Biodosimetry,” Japanese National Institute of Radiological Science (currently, the National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology), and Hiroshima International Council for Health Care of the Radiation‐Exposed. The CRP was started in February 2012 and concluded in March 2016. Project Officers Jan Wondergem (2012–2013) and Oleg Belyakov (2013–2016) in their capacity of staff IAEA Radiation Biologists were in charge of the CRP. IAEA awarded research contracts and research agreements to participating institutions depending on the type of support it was allowed to provide to the MSs. Each Chief Scientific Investigator (leading work in participating institution) made sincere attempt to raised funds from their own resources to establish or strengthen their biodosimetry laboratories extending full cooperation to the success of the CRP. During the course of the CRP, three Research Coordination Meetings were held in 2012, 2014, and 2016 at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna to jointly monitor the progress of work. All participating laboratories made significant progress during this period in the domain of biodosimetry covering the entire spectrum – from establishing a very basic biodosimetry laboratory starting with DCA assay to advanced cytogenetic assays as well as developing/establishment of new technologies for biodosimetry in the future with an emphasis on high‐throughput technologies.