ARR 2025 Meeting report

Association for Radiation Research (ARR) Conference 2025 meeting report

Dr Ruth Edge, organising commitee

I am delighted with the success of the recent ARR 2025 Conference at Lodore Falls in Cumbria. It proved to be a stimulating and productive meeting, that brought together both established and early career researchers for interdisciplinary networking discussions. Thanks to all of our sponsors for the meeting, including our two Platinum Sponsors, RPS Service and Screen Europe. 

There were a variety of sessions, encompassing and reflecting the broad scope of the societies interests and fields, including Radiation Protection, Nuclear & Radiation Chemistry/Physics, Radiation Biology & DNA Damage/Repair, Clinical & Translational Medicine, Medical Isotopes and a session on Radiotherapy hosted by the British Institute of Radiology (BIR). It was also fantastic to host the first ever Space session at the meeting, with Prof. Andrew Coates giving the invited lecture on Space Weather, with a variety of additional talks on radiation effects in space.

A range of prizes were awarded, including the prestigious Weiss Medal, awarded for distinguished contributions to radiation science, as well as Early Career Researcher Oral and Poster prizes, and I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate the winners of these awards once again.

Weiss Medallist 2025

Anthony Chalmers: Chair of Clinical Oncology at the University of Glasgow and Director of the CRUK Glasgow RadNet Centre

Oral Presentation Awards

1st Place: Lydia McQuoid for Impact of Novel Gold Nanoparticle Formulations on Indirect Effects of Radiation

2nd Place: Jonathan Cousins for Mechanical and Chemical Evolution of Potential Lunar Construction Materials Under Simulated Lunar Conditions

3rd Place: Adrija Bhowmick for Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Thermal Cycling Effects on Lunar Construction Materials

Poster Presentation Awards

1st Place: Milaan Patel for Supersonic Gas Curtain Ionization Profile Monitor: A Non-Invasive Beam Diagnostics for FLASH Proton Therapy

2nd Place: Jordan Elliot for Investigating Damage to Folded RNA Using X-ray Radiation

3rd Place: Volkan Yasakci for Radioisotopic-Blended Copper Nanoparticles: Target Development, Separation and Synthesis