| Title |
Proton Irradiations of Micro-TOM Red Hairy Roots to Mimic Space Conditions |
| Authors |
- M. Vadrucci, A. Ampollini, G. Bazzano, P. Nenzi, L. Picardi, C. Ronsivalle, V. Surrentipresenter
ENEA C.R. Frascati, Frascati (Roma), Italy
- F. Ambrosini
Università di Roma "La Sapienza", SAPIENZA-DIET, Roma, Italy
- E. Benvenuto, A. Desiderio, S. Massa, C. Snels, M.E. Villani
ENEA Casaccia, Roma, Italy
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| Abstract |
The purpose of the BIOxTREME project, launched by ENEA and funded by ASI (Italian Space Agency), is to formulate new biological drugs having a stimulant activity on the immune system finalizing the production for a ready to use resource in Bioregenerative Life Support Systems (BLSSs) for space missions with extended durations, in deep space, and with multiple crews. One of the project tasks is to study the effects of physical insults on plants, simulating cosmic environment on production platforms by static magnetic fields, microgravity and ionizing radiation. In order to examine the biological effects, to test plant radio-resistance and to build dose-response curves we carried out proton irradiations of a tomato cultivar Micro-Tom red hairy roots with the TOP-IMPLART accelerator at the ENEA Frascati Research center. The biological samples were placed in a holder specially made in a movable real-time monitoring chamber calibrated in dose. The fluence-homogeneity measurements over the sample and the calibration of the monitoring system were performed using GafChromic EBT3 films. The paper describes the experimental set-up and reports the preliminary results.
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| Funding |
Radiation Sources Laboratory UTAPRAD Department ENEA C.R. Frascati Via E. Fermi, 45 00044 Frascati (RM), Italy ENEA |
| Paper |
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| Conference |
IPAC2015, Richmond, VA, USA |
| Series |
International Particle Accelerator Conference (6th) |
| Proceedings |
Link to full IPAC2015 Proccedings |
| Session |
Tuesday Posters (Wilson) |
| Date |
05-May-15 16:00–18:00 |
| Main Classification |
8: Applications of Accelerators, Tech Transfer, and Industrial Relations |
| Sub Classification |
U02 - Materials Analysis and Modification |
| Keywords |
proton, experiment, controls, radiation, framework |
| Publisher |
JACoW, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Editors |
Stuart Henderson (ANL, Argonne, IL, USA); Evelyn Akers (Jlab, Newport News, VA, USA); Todd Satogata (JLab, Newport News, VA, USA); Volker R.W. Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany) |
| ISBN |
978-3-95450-168-7 |
| Published |
June 2015 |
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