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Tsunoyama Lab
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The lab investigates how low-dose radiation affects living organisms.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the scientific evidence on the effects of low-dose radiation
The Tsunoyama Lab conducts research to find scientific evidence on how low-dose radiation affects living organisms.
Centered on research on the effects of low-dose radiation, training of people with radiation risk literacy, and support for radiation learning, the lab is an interdisciplinary lab that brings knowledge of radiation science to society.
The lab also supports junior high and high school students in mapping natural background radiation, provides learning support in cooperation with elementary, junior high, and high school teachers in Kyoto City, and sends students to areas in Fukushima Prefecture affected by the nuclear disaster.
Associate Professor Tsunoyama's primary appointment is at the Environment, Safety and Health Organization, and the lab accepts students through the Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies.
Key terms
- Alpha particles
- A type of radiation: a stream of particles equivalent to helium nuclei. They travel only a short distance, but have a strong effect where they hit
- Dose rate
- The amount of radiation received per unit of time. Even for the same total amount, the dose rate differs depending on whether it is received over a short or a long time
- Radiation risk literacy
- The ability to understand the risks of radiation scientifically and use that understanding to make one's own judgments
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to find scientific evidence on the effects of low-dose radiation. Its work includes developing a system for irradiating cells with alpha particles and observing the effects, a mathematical model for estimating effects according to dose rate, and genome analysis of mice exposed to radiation over a long period.
Observing Alpha Particle Irradiation of Cells
The lab is developing SRiL, a new system for observing the effects of cell irradiation, which can analyze the effects of particle radiation (alpha particles) at the molecular and cellular scale.
Mathematical Model of Effects According to Dose Rate
The lab works with a simulator of the WAM Model, a mathematical model that can estimate the effects of radiation (such as genetic effects) according to dose rate.
Genome Analysis of Low-Dose-Rate Exposure
As a project study, the lab analyzes mutations caused by low-dose-rate radiation exposure at the genome level, based on the results of whole-genome sequencing of mice that were continuously irradiated over a long period across generations.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorYuichi Tsunoyama
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