Radiobiology Textbook

這本開放存取的教科書專注於放射生物學的各個方面。放射生物學研究的目標是更好地理解輻射暴露在細胞和分子層面上的影響，以確定對健康的影響。本書提供了一個獨特的視角，不僅涵蓋放射生物學，還包括放射物理學、放射腫瘤學、放射治療、放射化學、放射藥學、核醫學、太空輻射生物學與物理學、環境與人類輻射防護、核應急計畫、分子生物學和生物資訊學，以及與放射生物學相關的倫理、法律和社會考量。這些學科的範圍使得放射生物學成為一個廣泛且相當複雜的主題。本教科書旨在為對放射生物學科學的基礎和實踐感興趣的人提供堅實的基礎。它是一個學習資源，滿足對這一快速發展學科感興趣的學生、科學家和醫療人員的需求，同時也是一個教學工具，附有教學材料以幫助教育工作者。

Prof. Dr. Sarah Baatout is the director of the Radiobiology Unit at SCK CEN (Belgian Nuclear Research Centre), a Foundation of Public Utility, Mol, Belgium. She is also guest-professor at Ghent University and KULeuven (Belgium) teaching and directing research in the field of radiation biology, radiation protection, space biology and medicine for many years. She obtained a Master in Biology from UCLouvain, Belgium and holds a PhD in Biochemistry in the field of oncology.

For more than 25 years, she has been investigating the impact of ionizing radiation on health through the development of improvement of radiotherapy treatments for cancer patients and the protection of healthy tissues during cancer treatment such as the cardiovascular system or cognitive functions. She also has an extensive experience in the discovery of innovative biomarkers for radiation response in view of future development of personalized medicine of patients and astronauts. She also contributes to the development of targeted radiopharmaceuticals for better cancer diagnostics and therapy. The final goal of her work is to ensure a better risk prediction and understanding of radiation susceptibility of each individual.

Sarah Baatout is Rapporteur and Belgian representative at the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), secretary/treasurer of the European Radiation Research Society (ERRS), and member of two advisory committees to the European Space Agency ([Human Spaceflight & Exploration Science Advisory Committee (HESAC) and European Space Science Committee (ESSC)]. She has been the (co-)promoter of fifteen PhD students and supervised five Postdoctoral students. She is the (co-)author of some 150 international papers. She was awarded the prestigious Wetrems prize by the Royal Academy for Sciences and Arts of Belgium for the best discovery in the field of natural sciences. Recently, she also received the award for the "BeSpacepersonality of the year", a recognition of her research and outreach achievement in the space sector.

莎拉·巴圖特教授（Prof. Dr. Sarah Baatout）是比利時核能研究中心（SCK CEN）的放射生物學單位主任，該中心為公共公益基金會，位於比利時莫爾。她同時擔任根特大學和魯汀大學的客座教授，教授並指導放射生物學、輻射防護、太空生物學及醫學等領域的研究已有多年。她在比利時烏克洛萬大學獲得生物學碩士學位，並在腫瘤學領域獲得生化學博士學位。

在過去25年以上的時間裡，她一直研究電離輻射對健康的影響，致力於改善癌症患者的放射治療方法，以及在癌症治療過程中保護健康組織，如心血管系統或認知功能。她在發現創新生物標記物以評估輻射反應方面也擁有豐富的經驗，這對於未來個性化醫療的發展至關重要，無論是針對患者還是宇航員。她還參與開發針對性的放射性藥物，以改善癌症的診斷和治療。她工作的最終目標是確保對每個個體的輻射易感性進行更好的風險預測和理解。

莎拉·巴圖特是聯合國原子輻射影響科學委員會（UNSCEAR）的報告人和比利時代表，歐洲輻射研究學會（ERRS）的秘書/財務，並且是歐洲太空總署的兩個諮詢委員會的成員（人類太空飛行與探索科學諮詢委員會（HESAC）和歐洲太空科學委員會（ESSC））。她曾擔任十五名博士生的（共同）指導教授，並指導過五名博士後研究生。她是約150篇國際論文的（共同）作者。她因在自然科學領域的最佳發現而獲得比利時皇家科學與藝術學院頒發的著名Wetrems獎。最近，她還獲得了“年度太空人物”（BeSpacepersonality of the year）獎，以表彰她在太空領域的研究和推廣成就。