Leveraging Advances in Modern Science to Revitalize Low-Dose Radiation Research in the United States (2022)

Chapter: Appendix D: Projects Designated by the Department of Energy as "Low-Dose Radiation Projects" Carried Out at National Laboratories (20162021)

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Projects Designated by the Department of Energy as "Low-Dose Radiation Projects" Carried Out at National Laboratories (20162021)." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Leveraging Advances in Modern Science to Revitalize Low-Dose Radiation Research in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26434.
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Projects Designated by the Department of Energy as "Low-Dose Radiation Projects" Carried Out at National Laboratories (20162021)." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Leveraging Advances in Modern Science to Revitalize Low-Dose Radiation Research in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26434.
DOE LaboratoryFunding YearAmountSource
ANL2020a$2,200,000BER
ANL2021a$2,528,000BER
BNL2020a$1,400,000BER
BNL2021a$1,000,000BER
LANL2017–2021$1,950,000DOE-NNSA
LANL2020–2022$245,000DTRA
LANL2021–2023$5,100,000LDRD
LBNL2006–2017$500,000 in 2016bDOE-BER
LBNL2011–2016N/A (JGI user facility provided at no cost to users)DOE JGI
LBNL2011–2016$3,600,531NASA
LBNL2012–2016$1,654,643NASA
LBNL2012–2017$990,770NASA
LBNL2012–2017$2,025,709NIH
LBNL2013–2016$70,195NASA
LBNL2013–2017$1,154,600NASA
LBNL2014–2017$421,707NASA (prime sponsor); Oregon Health & Science University (direct sponsor)
LBNL2014–2019$1,583,882NASA
LBNL2015–2016$199,929NASA
LBNL2015–2017$200,474NASA
LBNL2015–2019$297,416NASA (prime sponsor); Medical College of Wisconsin (direct sponsor)
LBNL2016–2019$1,741,387NASA
LBNL2016–2019$492,041NASA
LBNL2016–2021$3,959,623NASA
LBNL2019–2022$215,999NASA
LBNL2019–2021$504,391NASA
LBNL2019–2022$216,118NASA
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Projects Designated by the Department of Energy as "Low-Dose Radiation Projects" Carried Out at National Laboratories (20162021)." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Leveraging Advances in Modern Science to Revitalize Low-Dose Radiation Research in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26434.
Title
Exploration of the Potential for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Advance Low-Dose Radiation Biology Research (RadBio-AI)
AI-driven data integration and multiscale modeling approaches to low-dose radiation effects understanding
Exploration of the Potential for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Advance Low-Dose Radiation Biology Research (RadBio-AI)
AI-driven data integration and multiscale modeling approaches to low-dose radiation effects understanding
Leaf microbiome as a monitoring tool for nuclear activities
Understanding the impact of space radiation on human gut microbiome
Human Exposure of Radiation using Organ Systems (HEROS)
Low-dose scientific focus area
The identification of specific genetic and molecular profiles induced by low-dose radiation that lead to loss of mammary tissue architecture and tumor progression
Harderian gland tumorigenesis low-dose, low-dose-rate, and LET response
Comparative analysis of charged particle–induced autosomal mutagenesis in murine tissue and cells
Space radiation risk assessment project
Novel interactions of DNA repair processes in replication fork maintenance
Effects of low-dose radiation on long-term synaptic plasticity and neurogenesis in normal and Alzheimer’s disease transgenic mice
Impact of age, genetic variants, and high-LET track structure on mammary cancer risk estimates
The relation between mutagenesis and genomic instability after particle exposure in vivo
Molecular characterization of choroid plexus and hippocampal damage and degenerative CNS risks from space radiation
Integrating LBNL DSB clustering model with NASA modeling tool to predict cell death and chromosomal aberration in human cells exposed to galactic cosmic ray
Space adaptation effects on immune system impacts reproductive function and mammary gland development across generations
Measurement of and countermeasures against, degenerative heart disease from space radiation
GCR simulator studies with human and mouse models
Blood-based multiscale model for cancer risk from galactic cosmic ray in genetically diverse populations
Simulation of GCR-induced Harderian gland and lung tumorigenesis
Defining the relationship between simulated weightlessness and space radiation on cardiovascular disease
Variation in CNS damage signaling and blood sentinels of neuropathology after exposure to space radiation
Molecular characterization of CNS tissue damage and neurocognitive risks from space radiation
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Projects Designated by the Department of Energy as "Low-Dose Radiation Projects" Carried Out at National Laboratories (20162021)." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Leveraging Advances in Modern Science to Revitalize Low-Dose Radiation Research in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26434.
DOE LaboratoryFunding YearAmountSource
LBNL2019–2025$1,138,838NIH (prime sponsor sponsor); Albert Einstein College of Medicine (direct sponsor)
LBNL2020–2025$1,200,000NASA
LBNL2020–2022$497,795NIH
LBNL2021–2022$784,812NASA
LLNL2011–2017$1,925,000NIH/NCI
LLNL2013–2018$1,650,000NIH/NCI
LLNL2016–2018$200,000NIH (prime); Columbia University (direct sponsor)
LLNL2017–2021$3,000,000NASA (prime sponsor); Wake Forest University (direct sponsor)
LLNL2017–2019$700,000LDRD
LLNL2017–2022$1,784,000NIH/NCI (prime sponsor); UC Davis (direct sponsor)
LLNL2018–2021$6,000,000LDRD
LLNL2018–2023$1,620,000NIH/NCI (prime sponsor); Dana Farber Cancer Institute (direct sponsor)
LLNL2020–2023$2,250,000LDRD
ORNL2018$180,000LDRD
ORNL2019$1,000,000LDRD
ORNL2020$130,000Work for Others
ORNL2020$180,000BER
ORNL2020a$1,400,000BER
ORNL2021a$1,000,000BER
ORNL2021N/AEquipment
PNNL2008–2016$500,000 in 2016bBER
PNNL2020–2021$330,000NASA
PNNL2020–2022$485,000NASA

a Appropriated by Congress to DOE as part of the new low-dose program.

b The last year of the previous low-dose radiation program.

NOTE: ANL = Argonne National Laboratory; BER = DOE-Biological and Environmental Research; BNL = Brookhaven National Laboratory; CNS = central nervous system; DOE = Department of Energy; DSB = double strand break; DTRA = Defense Threat Reduction Agency; GCR = galactic cosmic ray; JGI = Joint Genome Institute; LANL = Los Alamos National Laboratory; LBNL = Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; LDRD = Laboratory Directed

Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Projects Designated by the Department of Energy as "Low-Dose Radiation Projects" Carried Out at National Laboratories (20162021)." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Leveraging Advances in Modern Science to Revitalize Low-Dose Radiation Research in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26434.
Title
DNA repair, mutations, and cellular aging
Dose-rate effects and galactic cosmic ray simulation in cancer-relevant systems
Genetic determinants of radiation-induced hematologic toxicity
Simulation of GCR-induced Harderian gland and lung tumorigenesis
Characterization of HER2 family of proteins
Optimizing 131I-MIBG therapy for children with advanced neuroblastoma
Biodosimetry of exposure to internalized 131Iodine in human relapsed or refractory cancer patients
Novel microfluidic biomarker detection platforms to monitor in vivo effects of solar particle events and galactic cosmic rays radiation, using mice with human hematopoietic systems
Diagnostic devices for detection in harsh environments
Mitochondrial bioenergetics in aggressive breast cancer growth
Instrumented tumor
Tumor and host markers of clinical outcomes after MIBG therapy in neuroblastoma
High-throughput protein biomanufacturing and in-situ assessment platform to enable rapid response capability
A microfluidic platform for identifying radiation/nuclear countermeasures for emergency situations
Next-generation radiotherapeutics and bioassessment platforms
Synthesis and evaluation of Z-glutamine analogs
Targeted delivery of radionuclides and chemotherapy to therapy-resistant cancer stem cells
Exploration of the Potential for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Advance Low-Dose Radiation Biology Research (RadBio-AI)
AI-driven data integration and multiscale modeling approaches to low-dose radiation effects understanding
Equipment to analyze trace materials
Linear and nonlinear tissue signaling mechanisms in response to low-dose and low-dose-rate radiation
C4 Photosynthesis in Space (C4Space)
Dynamics of Microbiomes in Space (DynaMoS)

Research and Development; LET = linear energy transfer; LLNL = Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; MIPG = metaiodobenzylguanidine; NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NCI = National Cancer Institute; NIH = National Institutes of Health; NNSA = National Nuclear Security Administration; ORNL = Oak Ridge National Laboratory; PPNL = Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; UC = University of California.

Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Projects Designated by the Department of Energy as "Low-Dose Radiation Projects" Carried Out at National Laboratories (20162021)." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Leveraging Advances in Modern Science to Revitalize Low-Dose Radiation Research in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26434.

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