Symposium on Science at PAUL (Paarl Africa Underground Laboratory)

Session

Ultra-low radioactivity and Radiobiology

17 Jan 2024, 11:04

Du Kloof Lodge, Du Toitskloof Mountains

Conveners

Ultra-low radioactivity and Radiobiology: Ultra-low radioactivity and Radiobiology

• Jacques Marteau (IP2I and Université de Lyon, France)

25. Ultra-low radioactivity, a new frontier for biology (Remote talk)

Vincent BRETON

17/01/2024, 11:04

Everywhere there is life, there is radioactivity. Indeed, radioactivity is at the heart of every living organism thank in particular to the presence of potassium 40 with a 1.248 billion years half life and a 0.1167% isotopic fraction. The role radioactivity may have played in the emergence and evolution of life on earth is still a matter of debate. Is the recent discovery in Gabon of...

47. A review of the biological effects of the low-radiation background at deep underground laboratories

Tarryn Bailey

17/01/2024, 11:27

Since the late 1980s, the field of astroparticle physics has seen tremendous growth and deep underground laboratories (DULs), the primary infrastructure, have directed the narrative on elementary particles, from lepton flavours to neutrino interactions as well as dark-matter research.
DULs are essential for sensitive experiments that require a low radiation background. This unique...

24. Test of long term viability of cryogenized stem cells in Deep Underground Laboratory

Fabrice Piquemal (CNRS)

17/01/2024, 11:50

Stem cells have the capacity to ensure the renewal of tissues and organs. They could be used in the future for a wide range of therapeutic purposes and are preserved at liquid nitrogen temperature to prevent any chemical or biological activity up to several decades before their use. Deep Underground Laboratory could have a role to play to ensure long term viability of cryogenized stem cell....

37. Biological research at the deep underground low radiation background laboratory (DULB-4900) of Baksan Neutrino Observatory

Mr Mikhail Zarubin (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research)

17/01/2024, 12:13

Deep underground laboratories at physical research centers possess an outstanding potential for hosting interdisciplinary experiments, which became more systematic since 2010s, and studies are focused on tasks of biophysics, radiobiology, astrobiology, microbiology and medicine. Molecular genetics group of DLNP JINR initiated cooperative studies at Baksan Neutrino Observatory (BNO INR RAS) in...

51. The ultra-­‐low background laboratory STELLA (SubTErranean Low Level Assay) in the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (Italy) underground laboratories

Matthias Laubenstein (LNGS-INFN)

17/01/2024, 12:36

The underground laboratories of the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (LNGS-­‐INFN) are hosting the ultra-­‐low background laboratory STELLA.
see dtails in the pdf file.