Activity : Academic Exchange   2007 March 2, 2007 Prof. Masao Tomonaga invites Dr. Galina khamidullina (Kazakh Research Institute of Oncology and Radiology)for conducting collaborative research related to the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science (until March 15). February 4, 2007 Dispatch Dr. Shunichi Yamashita (Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Manila (Republic of the Philippines ) for presenting a paper at the 8th Congress of the Asia-Oceania Thyroid Association (until February 8). January 27, 2007 Dispatch Dr. Yoshisada Shibata (Professor, Department of Radiation Epidemiology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Belarusian Center for Medical Technologies (Belarus) for the meeting on “Epidemiological survey of the Chernobyl Accident.” (until February 6). January 14, 2006 Dispatch Dr. Tatiana Rogounovitch (COE Research Fellow, Department of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Belarusian State Medical University and Gomel State Medical Institute (Belarus) for conducting collaborative research projects related to the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science and for collecting sample data (until February 8). 2006 November 27, 2006 Dispatch Dr. Noboru Takamura (Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Kiev (Ukraine) for meetings of collaborative research projects related to the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science, and to Berlin (Germany) for presenting a paper at the International Symposium “Cherobyl 20 Years beyond –Scientific Evidence and Novel Therapy for Radiation-exposed Victims” (until December 6). November 26, 2006 Dispatch Dr. Masao Tomonaga (Professor, Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to and Wurzburg (Germany) and Saint Petersburg (Russia) for conducting collaborative research on the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science, and to Berlin (Germany) for presenting a paper at the International Symposium “Cherobyl 20 Years beyond –Scientific Evidence and Novel Therapy for Radiation-exposed Victims” (until December 5). November 25, 2006 Dispatch Dr. Sadanori Akita (Assistant Professor, University Hospital) to WHO Headquarters (Switzerland) for attending the Sub-speciality Meeting of Emergency Radiation Medicine, and to Berlin (Germany) for presenting a paper at the International Symposium “Cherobyl 20 Years beyond –Scientific Evidence and Novel Therapy for Radiation-exposed Victims” (until December 2). November 14, 2006 Dispatch Dr. Vladimir Saenko (Assistant Professor, Department of International Health and Radiation Research, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Medical Radiological Research Centre, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (Russia) and WHO Headquarters (Switzerland) for conducting collaborative research on the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science, and to Berlin (Germany) for presenting a paper at the International Symposium “Cherobyl 20 Years beyond –Scientific Evidence and Novel Therapy for Radiation-exposed Victims” (until December 3). November 12, 2006 Associate Professor Keiji Suzuki invites Dr. Alex Jan van der Eb (Leiden University) for recording his lecture for e-learning of Radiation Biology (until November 28). October 31, 2006 Prof. Masao Tomonaga invites Prof. Shunichi Yamashita (WHO Headquarters, Switzerland) for conducting collaborative research related to the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science (until November 13). September 6, 2005 Dispatch Dr. Hiroyuki Namba (Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences), Dr, Norisato Mitsutake (Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) and Dr. Shu Takakura (Graduate Student, Department of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to WHO Headquarters (Switzerland) for attending the evaluation meeting on Radiation and Thyroid Cancer around Chernobyl (until September 10). September 3, 2006 Associate Professor Keiji Suzuki invites Dr. Eric Wright (Dundee University) for conducting collaborative research on the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science and dispatches him to Hokkaido University for presenting a paper at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Japan Radiation Research Society (until September 9). August 10, 2006 Dispatch Dr. Yoshisada Shibata (Professor, Department of Radiation Epidemiology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Almaty and Semipalatinsk (Kazakhstan) for conducting an epidemiological survey (until August 25). July 22, 2006 Prof. Masao Tomonaga invites Prof. Shunichi Yamashita (WHO Headquarters, Switzerland) for conducting collaborative research related to the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science (until August 16). June 22, 2006 Dispatch Professor Masao Tomonaga (Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Semipalatinsk and Kurchatov (Kazakhstan) for conducting collaborative research projects (until June 30). June 11, 2006 Dispatch Professor Masao Tomonaga, Assistant Professor Masako Iwanaga (Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) and Dr. Ulziibat Shirendeb (Graduate Student, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Ulaanbaatar and Bayan Ulgii (Mongolia) for conducting the collaborative research and the survey on Radiation contaminated area (until June 18). May 25, 2006 Dispatch Dr. Serik Meirmanov (Assistant Professor, Tissue and Histopathology Section, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Kazakhstan for attending the meetings for organizing the 2nd Symposium of the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science and for the meetings on collaborative research (until June 30). May 25, 2006 Dispatch Dr. Noboru Takamura (Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Kazakhstan for attending the meetings for organizing the 2nd Symposium of the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science (until June 2). May 16, 2006 Dispatch Dr. Kanji Suzuki (Division of Radiation Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) and Dr. Motohiro Yamauchi (COE Research Fellow, Division of Radiation Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Columbia University (New York) for conducting collaborative research on microbeam radiation (until May 31). May 1, 2006 Associate Professor Keiji Suzuki invites Drs. Melvyn Folkard, Borivoj Vojnovic and Giselle Flaccavento (Gray Cancer Institute) for conducting collaborative research projects related to the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science (until May 8). April 23, 2006 Dispatch Dr. Akira Ohtsuru (Associate Professor, University hospital) , Dr. Sadanori Akita (Assistant Professor, University Hospital) and Dr. Toshiro Usa (Assistant Professor) to Kiev (Ukraine) for attending “ The 11th Coordination and Planning Meeting of the WHO-REMPAN Regional Collaborating Centers and Liaison Institutions” and to WHO/HQ (Geneva, Switzerland) for the meeting on Radiation Emergency Medical Preparedness and Response (until May 1). February 1, 2006 Dispatch Dr. Yasushi Miyazaki (Lecturer, Department of Hematology, University Hospital) , Dr. Yasushi Sawamura (Graduate student, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) and Dr. Kazuhiro Nagai (Lecturer, University Hospital) to Cascais (Portugal) for attending the First ESH/ AACR Conference on Molecular basis for targeted therapy for leukemia a(until February 7). January 28, 2006 Dispatch Dr. Ilya Sedliarou (Graduate Student, Department of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Belarusian State Medical University and Gomel State Medical Institute for the meeting related to the COE Program and to WHO Headquarters, Switzerland) for attending the committee meeting. (until February 26). January 11, 2006 Dispatch Dr. Yoshisada Shibata (Professor, Department of Radiation Epidemiology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Belarusian Center for Medical Technologies (Belarus) for conducting an epidemiological survey.(until January 22). 2005 December 9, 2005 Dispatch Dr. Kunihiro Tsukasaki (Associate Professor, Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Atlanta (USA) for presenting a paper at the Meeting of American Society of Hematology (until December 15). December 5, 2005 Dispatch Dr. Yasushi Miyazaki (Lecturer, Department of Hematology, University Hospital) to Leiden University (The Netherlands) for a meeting of collaborative research projects related to the COE Program and to Atlanta (USA) for attending the Meeting of American Society of Hematology (until December 15). November 28, 2005 Associate Professor Keiji Suzuki invites Dr. Tom K. Hei (Professor, Columbia University, USA) for conducting collaborative research projects related to the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science (until December 14). November 13, 2005 Associate Professor Hiroyuki Namba and Associate Professor Keiji Suzuki invite Dr. William F. Morgan (Professor, Maryland University, USA) and Dr. Yuri E. Nikiforov (Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati College of Medicine, USA) to Hiroshima for presenting papers at the International Joint Symposium by Nagasaki University and Hiroshima University and to Nagasaki University for conducting collaborative research projects of the COE Program (until November 20). October 29, 2005 Dispatch Associate Professor Hiroyuki Namba and Assistant Professor Norihisa Mitsutake (Department of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Buenos Aires ( Argentine Republic) for presenting papers at the 13th International Thyroid Congress (until November 7). September 28, 2005 Dr. Masao Tomonaga invites Dr. Davaa Delgertsetseg (Shastin Clinical Hospital, Mongolia) for collaborative research projects related to the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science (until December 28). September 3, 2005 Dispatch Dr. Masao Tomonaga (Professor, Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Leiden University (Netherlands) and Gray Cancer Institute (UK) for a meeting of collaborative research projects of the COE Program and to WHO Headquarters (Switzerland) for participating in the international Seminar organized by Nagasaki University and WHO (until September 15). August 9, 2005 Prof. Masao Tomonaga invites Prof. Shunichi Yamashita (WHO Headquarters, Switzerland) for conducting collaborative research projects related to the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science (until August 29). July 28, 2005 Dispatch Professor Yoshisada Shibata and Assistant Professor Sumihisa Honda (Department of Radiation Epidemiology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Kazakhstan School of Public Health, Semipalatinsk State Medical Academy and Oncology Center (Kazakhstan) for conducting an epidemiological survey.(until August 12). May 9, 2005 Dispatch Dr. Genro Kashino (COE Research Fellow, Division of Radiation Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Gray Cancer Institute (UK) for acquiring skills in handling the microbeam equipment (until October 14). April 4, 2005 Dispatch Dr. Takeshi Fujimoto (COE Research Fellow, Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Leiden University (Netherlands) for conducting collaborative research projects related to the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science(until March 16, 2006). March 4, 2005 Prof. Masao Tomonaga invites Prof. Shunichi Yamashita (WHO Headquarters, Switzerland) for attending the Young Scientists Organizing Nagasaki Symposium and for conducting a collaborative research related to the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science (until March 21). February 10, 2005 Dispatch Dr. Vladimir Saenko (Assistant Professor, Department of International Health and Radiation Research, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Medical Radiological Research Centre, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (Russia) for attending the Tissue Banking Meeting and for collecting sample data (until February 26). January 31, 2005 Prof. Masao Tomonaga invites Dr. Vershenya Stanislave (Graduate Student, University of Wuerzburg, Germany) for conducting a collaborative research related to the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science (until March 16). January 10, 2005 Dispatch Dr. Tatiana Rogounovitch (Lecturer, Department of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Belarusian State Medical University, Gomel State Medical Institute and Belarusian State Oncocenter (Belarus) for conducting collaborative research projects related to the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science (until February 4). December 27, 2005 Prof. Masao Tomonaga invites Prof. Shunichi Yamashita (WHO Headquarters, Switzerland) for conducting a collaborative research related to the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science (until January 15, 2006). 2004 December 3, 2004 Dispatch Dr. Kunihiro Tsukasaki (Associate Professor, Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to San Diego (USA) for presenting a paper at the 46th Annual Meeting of American Society of Hematology (until December 9). December 3, 2004 Dispatch Dr. Yasushi Miyazaki (Lecturer, Department of Hematology, University Hospital) to San Diego (USA) for attending the 46th Annual Meeting of American Society of Hematology (until December 8). December 3, 2004 Dispatch Dr. Masao Tomonaga (Professor, Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to San Diego (USA) for attending the 46th Annual Meeting of American Society of Hematology (until December 8). December 4, 2004 Prof. Shunichi Yamashita invites Dr. Sarah Forbes-Robertson (South West Wales Cancer Institute, UK) for conducting a collaborative research related to the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science (until December 15). November 22, 2004 Prof. Masami Watanabe invites Drs. Veronica M. Maher and J.Justin McCormick (Professors, Michigan State University, USA) for conducting collaborative research projects related to the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science (until December 5). November 17, 2004 Prof. Masami Watanabe invites Dr. Alex Jan van der Eb (Professor emeritus, Leiden University) for recording his lecture on video tape for e-learning of Radiation Biology (until November 22). November 7, 2004 Dispatch Dr. Takashi Suematsu (Technical Specialist , Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Gray Cancer Institute (UK) for a collaborative research on “Cellular response to microbeam radiation” (until November 17). November 7, 2004 Dispatch Dr. Takeshi Fujimoto (Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology, University Hospital) to Gray Cancer Institute (UK) and Leiden University (Netherlands) for conducting collaborative research projects related to the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science (until November 13). November 4, 2004 Dispatch Dr. Genro Kashino (COE Research Fellow, Division of Radiation Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Gray Cancer Institute (UK) for a collaborative research on “Cellular response to microbeam radiation” (until November 17). October 11, 2004 Dispatch Dr. Mariko Morishita (Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to St. Petersburg (Russia) for attending the WHO-REMPAN meeting, and to South West Wales Cancer Institute (UK) for a meeting of collaborative research projects related to the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science (until October 30). October 11, 2004 Dispatch Dr. Shunichi Yamashita (Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to St. Petersburg (Russia) for attending the WHO-REMPAN meeting, and to University of Wuerzburg (Germany) for a meeting of collaborative research projects related to the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science (until October 20). October 6, 2004 Dispatch Dr. Masami Watanabe (Professor, Division of Radiation Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Gray Cancer Institute (UK) for a meeting of collaborative research on microbeam biology (until October 11 ). September 13, 2004 Dispatch Professor Yoshisada Shibata, Assistant Professor Sumihisa Honda (Department of Radiation Epidemiology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) , Associate Professor Mariko Mine, Assistant Professor Hisayoshi Kondo and Technical Specialist Kenichi Yokota (Biostatistics Section, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Research Center for Radiation Medicine, Ukrainian Academy of Medical Sciences (Ukraine) and St. Petersburg Institute of Radiation Hygiene (Russia) for meetings of collaborative research projects related to the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science and to Medical Radiological Research Center (Russia) for presenting papers at the joint meeting on health effects of catastrophic radiation exposure (Until September 27) September 6, 2004 Dispatch Dr. Serik Meirmanov (COE Research Fellow, Department of Molecular Pathology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Kazakhstan for attending the International Symposium “ Child Health for Sustainable Future Focused in the Aral Sea Region” in Kyzylorda and for conducting a molecular epidemiological survey at Semipalatisk State Medical Academy (until November 8). August 29, 2004 Dispatch Dr. Vladimir Saenko (Assistant Professor, Department of International Health and Radiation Research, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) , Dr. Tatiana Rogounovitch (Lecturer, Department of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) and Dr. Aiko Hamada (Graduate Student, Department of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Lisbon (Portugal) for attending and presenting papers at the 12th International Congress of Endocrinology (until September 11). August 29, 2004 Dispatch Dr. Shunichi Yamashita (Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Geneva (Switzerland) for attending the 3rd Meeting of the Expert Group “Health” held within the framework of the Chernobyl Forum (until September 15). June 21, 2004 Prof. Yoshisada Shibata invites Drs. Korelo Alexandre and Tumanov Konstantin (Medical Radiological Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences) for a collaborative research on “Management of large-scale epidemiological data” as COE research fellows (until August 22) May 9, 2004 Dispatch Dr. Gabit Alipov (Assistant Professor, Tissue and Histopathology Section) to Semipalatinsk Medical Academy (Kazakhstan) for conducting molecular epidemiological survey on thyroid cancer (until July 19). March 15, 2004 Dispatch Dr. Yoshisada Shibata (Professor, Department of Radiation Epidemiology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Research Center for Radiation Medicine of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine (Ukraine) for a meeting of collaborative research projects related to the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Sciences (until March 22) March 11, 2004 Dispatch Dr. Vladimir Saenko (Assistant Professor, Department of International Health and Radiation Research, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Medical Radiological Research Centre, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences( Russia) for discussing collaborative researches on thyroid cancer in Chernobyl and for collecting sample data (until February 18). March 22, 2004 Dispatch Dr. Masao Tomonaga (Professor, Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Gray Cancer Institute (UK), Leiden University (Netherlands), and Bayerische Julius Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg (Germany) for discussing on-going collaborative COE projects and to University of Birmingham (UK) for presenting papers at the international conference entitled “Seminar on Confidence Building Measures between India and Pakistan” (until March 7). January 24, 2004 Dispatch Dr. Noboru Takamura (Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Republic of Belarus and Russian Federation for conducting a research on the present conditions of radioactive pollution in the vicinity of Chernobyl and for giving lectures at Gomel State Medical Institute (Belarus) under the Agreement on Academic Cooperation (until February 5) January 11, 2004 Dispatch Dr. Tatiana Rogounovitch (Lecturer, Department of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Belarusian State Medical University (Belarus) for academic exchange, a meeting for collaborative research and discussion on collaborative research projects of the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science (until February 2). 2003 November 29, 2003 Dispatch Dr. Masao Tomonaga (Professor, Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to IAEA (Austria) for attending the Technical Meeting on Radiation Protection of the Public from Radioactive Residues in Kazakhstan (until December 5). November 7, 2003 Prof. Masami Watanabe invites Dr. Alex Jan van der Eb (Professor emeritus, Leiden University) for a collaborative research on “Mechanisms of radiation-induced chromosome aberrations” (until November 29). November 2, 2003 Prof. Yutaka Okumura invites Dr. Iouri S. Stepanov (Senior Scientist, Institute of Biophysics, Moscow, Russian Federation) for giving a lecture at the Conference on Radiation Dose Assessment in Semipalatinsk Area held on November 5-7, 2003 at Nagasaki University School of Medicine (until November 9). October 20, 2003 Dispatch Dr. Masao Tomonaga (Professor, Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to USA for negotiating with Columbia University on joining the International Consortium for Radiation Life Science (until October 24). October 18, 2003 Dispatch Dr. Masami Watanabe (Professor, Division of Radiation Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to University of Colorado (Fort Collins, USA) and Colombia University (New York, USA) for planning the International Consortium of Radiation Life Science, and to Gray Cancer Institute (UK) for a collaborative research on “Cellular response to microbeam radiation” (until October 29). October 17, 2003 Dispatch Dr. Kiyoto Ashizawa (Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to UK and Germany for presenting a paper at the symposium of the European Thyroid Society, for attending the WHO-REMPAN meeting, and for discussing the academic exchange and researches relating to the International Consortium for Radiation Medicine and Epidemiology at Bayerische Julius Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg (until October 26). October 15, 2003 Dispatch Dr. Shunichi Yamashita (Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to UK and Germany for presenting a paper at the symposium of the European Thyroid Society, for attending the WHO-REMPAN meeting, and for discussing the academic exchange and researches relating to the International Consortium for Radiation Medicine and Epidemiology at Bayerische Julius Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg (until October 26). October 9, 2003 Prof. Masami Watanabe invites Dr. J. J. W. A. Boei (Professor, Leiden University) for a collaborative research on “Mechanisms of radiation-induced chromosome aberrations” (until October 16). October 9, 2003 Prof. Masami Watanabe invites Dr. Susan M. Bailey (Lecturer, Colorado State University) for a collaborative research on “Mechanisms of radiation-induced chromosome aberrations” (until October 11). October 1, 2003 Prof. Shunichi Yamashita invites Dr. Svetlana Mankovskaya (Scientist, Department of Thyroid Pathology, Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Science, Minsk, Belarus) and Dr. Dmitry Lantsov (Postdoctoral trainee at Department of Pathology, Medical Radiological Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Russian Federation) as COE research fellows for promoting molecular radiation epidemiology and international cooperative studies using the Chernobyl Tissue Bank (until January 31, 2004). September 30, 2003 Prof. Yoshisada Shibata invites Dr. Anver Gasanov and Dr. Juri Sichov (Research Center for Radiation Medicine, Ukrainian Academy of Medical Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine) as COE research fellows for collaborative researches on the health effects in liquidators of the Chernobyl accident (until December 27). August 15, 2003 Prof. Shunichi Ymashita invites Dr. Istvan Turai (Medical-Officer, REMPAN-Coodinator, Radiation and Environmental Health, World Health Organization, Geneva) for giving a short-term intensive course on radiation emergency medicine and for discussing the network of radiation emergency medicine in Japan and Southeast Asia and other related issues (until August 22). July 29, 2003 Prof. Masami Watanabe invites Ms. L. Bindu (Clinical Technician, Kelara Regional Cancer Center) for the skill training of a chromosomal aberration test necessary for the collaborative study on chromosomal aberration in residents of high background radiation area in Kelara, India (until October 28). May 13, 2003 Dispatch Dr. Gabit Alipov (Assistant Professor, Tissue and Histopathology Section, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Republic of Kazakhstan for cooperating on the program to improve medical care in Semipalatinsk area and to discuss the International Consortium for Radiation Medicine and Epidemiology (until September 2). May 7, 2003 Dispatch Dr. Genro Kashino (COE Research Fellow) to Gray Cancer Institute (UK) for a collaborative research on “Cellular response to microbeam radiation” (until March 21, 2004). April 16, 2003 Dispatch Mr. Nobuyuki Hamada (Student, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences) to Gray Cancer Institute (UK) for a research supervised by Prof. B. D. Michael on “Cellular response to microbeam radiation” (until October 17). April 7, 2003 Dispatch Dr. Kazuhiro Nagai (Lecturer, Blood Transfusion Center and Cell Factory Room, University Hospital) to University of Marlyland Baltimore (USA) for discussing the International Consortium for Radiation Life Science and research projects (until April 13). April 7, 2003 Dispatch Dr. Keiji .Suzuki (Assistant Professor, Division of Radiation Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to University of Maryland Baltimore (USA) for a collaborative research on “Signal transduction pathways in human cells irradiated with low-dose radiation” and for planning the International Consortium of Radiation Life Science (until April 12). March 18, 2003 Dispatch Dr. Noboru Takamura (Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Republic of Kazakhstan for improving the telemedicine system and to attend the preparatory meeting for transition to a new system (until March 25). March 8, 2003 Dispatch Dr. Yasushi Miyazaki (Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology, University Hospital) and Drs. Emi Matsuo and Jun Taguchi (Students, Departments of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Gray Cancer Institute (UK) for cooperative researches on radiation biology (until March 16). March 5, 2003 Dispatch Dr. Masami Watanabe (Professor, Division of Radiation Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Gray Cancer Institute (UK) for a collaborative research on “Cellular response to microbeam radiation” (until March 10). March 5, 2003 Dispatch Mr. Masatoshi Suzuki (Student, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) and Mr. Mitsuaki Ojima (Student, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences) to Gray Cancer Institute (UK) for a collaborative research on “Cellular response to microbeam radiation” (until March 16). March 3, 2003 Dispatch Dr. Kumio Okaichi (Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Biophysics, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences), Dr. Seiji Kodama (Associate Professor, Division of Radiation Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences), Mr. Kentaro Ariyoshi and Mr. Masaoki Kozaki (Students, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences) to Leiden University (Netherlands) for a collaborative research on “Mechanisms of radiation-induced chromosome aberrations” (until March 8). February 9, 2003 Dispatch Dr. Masao Tomonaga (Professor, Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) and Dr. Takashi Koba (Department of Hematology, University Hospital) to IAEA (Austria) for attending the Technical Meeting on the Protection of the Public from Radioactive Residues in Kazakhstan and to Bayerische Julius Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg (Germany) for negotiating about joining the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science (until February 19). January 25, 2003 Dispatch Dr. Noboru Takamura (Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Republic of Belarus, Russian Federation and Ukraine for a meeting to set up the International Consortium for Radiation Medicine and Epidemiology and discussion on a cooperative research (until February 9). January 24, 2003 Dispatch Dr. Vladimir Saenko (Assistant Professor, Department of International Health and Radiation Research, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Republic of Belarus, Russian Federation and Ukraine for a meeting to set up the International Consortium for Radiation Medicine and Epidemiology, preparation of the First Nagasaki Symposium of the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science held on February 21-22 and technical instructions and discussion on a cooperative researches related with the Chernobyl Tissue Bank (until February 18). January 24, 2003 Dispatch Dr. Tatiana Rogounovitch (Lecturer, Department of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Belarusian State Medical University, Republic of Belarus for academic exchange, a meeting to set up the International Consortium for Radiation Medicine and Epidemiology and preparation of the First Nagasaki Symposium of the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science held on February 21-22 (until February 18). 2002 December 8, 2002 Dispatch Dr. Shunichi Yamashita (Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) to Russian Federation for attending the 9th WHO-REMPAN meeting (until December 12).