The RadioBiology Committee (RBC) provides various activities at the educational and research level to foster and promote basic, preclinical and translational / clinical radiobiology within European radiation oncology. To fulfil this aim, the RBC activities are focused on topics of:
• Promoting international exchange of knowledge and experience and supporting
international as well as national activities to establish graduate and postgraduate
training programs in the field of radiation research in general and, especially,
in basic and clinical radiation biology/oncology.
• Serving as advisory committee to the Scientific Committee of the Biennial ESTRO
meeting and responsibility for appointing a radiobiologist to the Programme
Committee of this meeting.
• Providing topics for pre-meeting activities and radiobiology sessions of the
Biennial ESTRO meeting.
• Appointing a member of the Radiobiology Committee to become member of the
ESTRO Education and Training Committee.
• Advising the ESTRO Education and Training Committee in establishing new teaching
courses and appointing new course directors.
• Appointing a radiobiologist as a member of the European Institute for
Radiotherapy.
• Interacting with the core group organizers of the Wolfsberg Meeting Series on
Molecular Radiation Biology/Oncology, which is organized in association with
ESTRO.
• Serving as selection and advisory committee for the Varian-Juliana Denekamp
Award. From the applications for the biennial Varian-Juliana Denekamp Award,
the RBC selects qualified candidates in the field of Translational Radiobiology and
Experimental Radiation Oncology and decides in consent with the ESTRO Steering
Committee on the awardee(s).
• Supporting and providing assistance for international research activities of
European radiobiology groups within special EU Framework Programs focused on or
implementing basic or clinical-oriented radiation research.
• Proposing members of the Editorial Board for the journal Radiother. Oncol.
• Appointing a qualified radiobiologist responsible to submit a regular
“Radiobiology Corner” to the ESTRO Newsletter for transporting newest research
results in an informative, entertaining and occasionally provocative way to the
ESTRO community.
• Interacting with the European Institute for Radiotherapy (EIR), the European
School of Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESRO) and other ESTRO committees for
cross fertilization of interdisciplinary activities with respect to meeting
organization, teaching courses and research projects.
• Advising the ESTRO steering committee about educating the public in matters
related to Medical Radiobiology.
this page was last updated on 14 October 2010