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Francis Cucinotta
U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
E-mail:
francis.a.cucinotta@nasa.gov



Newly Funded Projects:

Technical Abstracts:

Publications:

Costes, S.V., Ponomarev, A., Chen, J.L., Nguyen, D., Cucinotta, F.A., and Barcellos-Hoff, M.H. (2007) Image-based modeling reveals dynamic redistribution of DNA damage into nuclear sub-domains. PLOS Computational Biology 3(8):1477-1488.

Ponomarev, A.L., Belli, M., Hahnfeldt, P.J., Hlatky, L., Sachs, R.K., and Cucinotta, F.A. (2007) Subtraction of background damage in PFGE experiments on DNA fragment-size distributions. Radiation Environ. Biophys. 46(2):155-160.

Kan'o, M., Kawata, T., Ito, H., Shigematsu, N., Liu, C., Uno, T., Isobe, K., Kawakami, H., Cucinotta, F.A., George, K., and Kubo, A. (2007) Repair of potentially lethal damage in normal cells and Ataxia Telangiectasia cells: Consideration of non-homologous end-joining. Journal of Radiation Research 48(1):31-38.

Kim, M.-H.Y. and Cucinotta, F.A. (2007) A temporal forecast of radiation environments for future space exploration missions. Radia. Environ. and Biophys. 46:95-100.

Nikjoo, H., Uehara, S., Pinsky, L., and Cucinotta, F.A. (2007) Modelling and calculations of the response of tissue equivalent proportional counter to charged particles. Radiation Protection and Dosimetry 126(1-4):512-518.

Cucinotta, F.A. and Durante, M. (2006) Cancer risk from exposure to galactic cosmic rays: Implications for space exploration by human beings. Lancet Oncology 7(5):431-435.

Durante, M., George, K., and Cucinotta, F.A. (2006) Chromosomes lacking telomeres are present in the progeny of human lymphocytes exposed to heavy ions. Radiation Research 165:51-58.

Ponomarev, A.L. and Cucinotta, F.A . (2006) Chromatin loops are responsible for higher counts of small DNA fragments induced by high-LET radiation, while chromosomal domains do not affect the fragment sizes. International Journal of Radiation Biology 82(4):293-305.

Ponomarev, A.L., Belli, M., Hahnfeldt, J., P., Hlatky, L., Sachs, R.K., Cucinotta, F.A. (2006) A robust procedure for removing background damage in assays of radiation-induced DNA fragment distribution. Radiation Research 166:908-916.

Wu, H., Hada, M., Meador, J., Hu. X., Rusek, A., and Cucinotta, F. A. (2006) Induction of micronuclei in human fibroblasts across the bragg curve of energetic heavy ions. Radiation Research 166:583-589

Cucinotta, F.A., Schimmerling, W., Wilson, J.W., Peterson, L.E., Safanti, P.B., and Dicello, J.F.(2004) Uncertainties in estimates of the risks of late effects from space radiation. Advances in Space Research 34(6):1383-1389.

Durante, M., George, K., Wu, H., and Cucinotta, F.A. (2002) Karyotypes of human lymphocytes exposed to high-energy iron ions. Radiation Research 158(5):581-590.

Cucinotta, F.A., Schimmerling, W., Wilson, J.W., Peterson, L.E., Badhwar, G.D., Saganti, P.B., and Dicello, J.F. (2001) Space radiation cancer risks and uncertainties for Mars missions. Radiation Research 156(5):682-688.

 



                   
                   
                   
 

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