David J. Brenner
David J. Brenner is an American theoretical physicist and Higgins Professor of Radiation Biophysics, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University. His interest is in finding mathematical and physics related solutions to biological problems. Born in Liverpool, England, he received his doctorate from Oxford University.After the Fukushima I nuclear accidents, he advocated the redoubling of efforts in understanding the health risks of low doses of radiation. Following the death of a close friend due to a superbug, i.e., a microbe with multiple drug resistance, Brenner began research into an ultraviolet germicidal irradiation solution against the spread of some diseases through pathogenic microorganisms. Ultraviolet (UV) is normally hazardous both to microbes and humans. He discovered that a far-UVC band of light within a confined wavelength range around 200 nanometers was cytotoxic to bacteria but appeared, unlike wide band UV, to be absorbed by, and not to penetrate beyond, the outer dead layers of skin, and not to damage eyes. He is continuing his research on the safety and potential extended medical applications (including against airborne viruses) of far-UVC light. He foresees the potential use in hospitals, schools, etc., to help restrict the spread of microbial and viral based disease. Provided by Wikipedia
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Machine learning approach for quantitative biodosimetry of partial-body or total-body radiation exposures by combining radiation-responsive biomarkers by Igor Shuryak, Leah Nemzow, Bezalel A. Bacon, Maria Taveras, Xuefeng Wu, Naresh Deoli, Brian Ponnaiya, Guy Garty, David J. Brenner, Helen C. Turner
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The abundance of the potential pathogen Staphylococcus hominis in the air microbiome in a dental clinic and its susceptibility to far‐UVC light by Marilena Aquino de Muro, Igor Shuryak, Anne‐Catrin Uhlemann, Alice Tillman, Dwayne Seeram, Joseph Zakaria, David Welch, Steven M. Erde, David J. Brenner
Published 2023-04-01
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Biofluid Metabolomics and Lipidomics of Mice Exposed to External Very High-Dose Rate Radiation by Evan L. Pannkuk, Evagelia C. Laiakis, Guy Garty, Shivani Bansal, Brian Ponnaiya, Xuefeng Wu, Shanaz A. Ghandhi, Sally A. Amundson, David J. Brenner, Albert J. Fornace
Published 2022-06-01
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Biomarker integration for improved biodosimetry of mixed neutron + photon exposures by Igor Shuryak, Shanaz A. Ghandhi, Evagelia C. Laiakis, Guy Garty, Xuefeng Wu, Brian Ponnaiya, Emma Kosowski, Evan Pannkuk, Salan P. Kaur, Andrew D. Harken, Naresh Deoli, Albert J. Fornace, David J. Brenner, Sally A. Amundson
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Longitudinal multi-omic changes in the transcriptome and proteome of peripheral blood cells after a 4 Gy total body radiation dose to Rhesus macaques by Shanaz A. Ghandhi, Shad R. Morton, Igor Shuryak, Younghyun Lee, Rajesh K. Soni, Jay R. Perrier, James Bakke, Janet Gahagan, Kim Bujold, Simon Authier, Sally A. Amundson, David J. Brenner, Denise Nishita, Polly Chang, Helen C. Turner
Published 2023-03-01
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