Massimo Pinto

August 2003

Department of Radiology
Division of Radiation Research
M.S.B. F-451
University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ
Newark , NJ 07103
973-972-6961

EDUCATION:                            

University of Naples Federico II, Italy
B.Sc., Physics, July 1997.
University College London , UK
Ph.D., Oncology, October 2002.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Biological effects of ionizing radiation, both from external radiation fields and from incorporated radioactive sources. In particular, Massimo has had an interested in DNA damage and repair, cell survival after high-LET radiation, and more recently, he is involved in the study of the radiation-induced by-stander effects in three-dimensional tissue models.

ARTICLES:

1. P INTO , M. , N EWMAN , H. C., P RISE , K. M. and M ICHAEL , B. D., A critical comparison of the DSB fragmentation patterns of DNA in cells irradiated with -rays, X-rays and _ -particles. In: M ORIARTY , M., M OTHERSILL , C. and S EYMOUR , C., editors, Radiation Research , volume 1 (Allen Press, Lawrence, KS, 1999), page 104.
2. P INTO , M. , N EWMAN , H. C., P RISE , K. M. and M ICHAEL , B. D., 2000, Quantification of DNA damage by PFGE: development of an analytical approach to correct for the background distribution. International Journal of Radiation Biology , 76 , 741–748. [Abstract]
3. P INTO , M. , P RISE , K. M. and M ICHAEL , B. D., DSB rejoining after irradiation of human fibroblasts with X-rays or alpha-particles: PFGE studies and numerical models. In: C HERUBINI , R., G OODHEAD , D. T., M ENZEL , H. G. and O TTOLENGHI , A., editors, Radiation Protection Dosimetry. Microdosimetry. Proceedings of the 13 th Symposium on Microdosimetry, Stresa, Lake Maggiore, Italy, May 27-June 1, 2001 , volume 99 (Nuclear Technology Publishing, 2002), pages 133–136. [Abstract]
4. P INTO , M. , P RISE , K. M. and M ICHAEL , B. D., 2002b, Quantification of radiation induced DNA double-strand breaks in human fibroblasts by PFGE: testing the applicability of random breakage models. International Journal of Radiation Biology , 78 , 375–388. [Abstract]
5. P INTO , M. , P RISE , K. M. and M ICHAEL , B. D., in prep.a, DSB induction by 240 kVp X-Rays or 238 Pu alpha -particles in human fibroblasts: experimental PFGE studies and computer-simulations. In prep .
6. P INTO , M. , P RISE , K. M. and M ICHAEL , B. D., in prep.b, A Montecarlo model of DSB induction and repair for the analysis of PFGE and PCC experiments. Submitted to Mathematical Biosciences .
7. P INTO , M. , P RISE , K. M. and M ICHAEL , B. D., in prep.c, Rejoining of DSB induced by 240 kVp X-Rays or 238 Pu alpha -particles in human fibroblasts: experimental PFGE studies and computer-simulations. in prep .
8. P RISE , K. M., P INTO , M. , N EWMAN , H. C. and M ICHAEL , B. D., 2001, A review of studies of ionizing radiation-induced double-strand break clustering. Radiation Research , 156 , 572–576. [Abstract]