11TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF RADIATION RESEARCH

1895年伦琴发现x射线，1896年贝克勒尔发现放射性，随后人们很早就认识到电离辐射的破坏性和治疗作用（包括遗传效应，穆勒后来因此获得了诺贝尔奖）。由此产生了辐射研究，这是一个包括物理、化学、生物和医学在内的多学科领域，所有这些都用于造福人类。辐射研究学会于1952年在美国成立，不久之后，英国、欧洲几个国家（荷兰、瑞典、波兰、德国、意大利和法国）、日本和以色列也成立了学会。这些学会现在组成了国际辐射研究协会（IARR），这是国际生物科学联盟的一个组成部分。第一届国际辐射研究大会于1958年在佛蒙特州的伯灵顿举行，此后每隔四年，由国际辐射研究协会主办的国际大会在英国、意大利、法国、日本、荷兰、美国、苏格兰和德国举行。第11届大会将于1999年在爱尔兰都柏林举行。学科领域的多学科性质使得这些国际会议特别有价值。物理学家、化学家、生物学家和对一般环境危害、癌症研究和癌症治疗感兴趣的内科医生将会面讨论他们的进展。鉴于美国和加拿大科学家在这一领域的主导作用，有相当一部分与会者来自北美是适当的。第11届大会的旅行获奖者将由辐射研究协会的一个委员会选出，该委员会的成员代表生物学、化学、医学和物理学等学科。选择标准为：大会参与情况、在辐射研究方面发表的论文、年龄、专业地位、参加过的大会（评估表格样本见附录）。

The discovery of X-rays by Rontgen in 1895 and of radioactivity by Becqueral in 1896 were followed by an early appreciation of both the damaging and therapeutic effect of ionizing radiation (including genetic effects, for which Muller later received the Nobel Prize). From this emerged radiation research, a multi disciplinary field embracing physics, chemistry, biology and medicine, all of which are used to the benefit of man. The Radiation Research Society was formed in the USA in 1952, and was followed soon after by the formation of societies in Great Britain, several countries in Europe (the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Germany, Italy and France), Japan, and Israel. The societies now form the International Association for Radiation Research (IARR), a component of the International Union of the Biological Sciences. The first International congress of Radiation Research was held in Burlington, Vermont, in 1958, and since them, at four-year intervals, International Congresses sponsored by the IARR have been held in England, Italy, France, Japan, the Netherlands, the United States, Scotland and Germany. The 11th congress will be held in Dublin Ireland in 1999. The multi disciplinary nature of the subject area renders these international meeting especially valuable. Physicists, chemists, biologists, and physicians interested in environmental hazards in general, cancer research, and cancer therapy in general, will meet to discuss their progress. It is appropriate that a substantial contingent of attendees be from North America, in view of the leading role of American and Canadian scientists in this field. Travel awardees for the 11th Congress will be selected by a committee of members of the Radiation Research Society representing the disciplines of Biology, Chemistry, Medicine, and Physics. Selection criteria are: Congress participation, publications in radiation research, age, professional standing, and attendance at previous Congresses (sample evaluation form included in Appendix).