National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

26.09.2018

NASB Institute of Radiobiology to host International Scientific Conference on Current Problems of Radiobiology

On 27-28 September, an International Scientific Conference on Current Problems of Radiobiology will be held at the State Scientific Institution «Institue of Radiobiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus» (Gomel, Belarus).

Leading scientists from Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Sweden and Japan will participate in the forum.

The conference will discuss the results of scientific research on the evaluation of the effects of electromagnetic non-ionizing radiations on biosystems at the molecular, organismic and population levels; biomedical aspects of the radiation effect; modification of effects; formation of radiation doses for biota and humans and ways to reduce them; current issues of risk management.

Scientists will consider methods of radioecological monitoring of environmental pollution at a remote stage after the nuclear accidents at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and Fukushima-1, as well as at the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site. Issues of redistribution and transfer of radionuclides in ecosystems will be discussed. The reports presented at the conference will be published in a book and posted on the website of the Institute of Radiobiology.

The conference will open at the Institute of Radiobiology (Gomel) on September 27, at 11:00 a.m.

More information about the event can be found here.