Pamela Sykes is an

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medical scientist and Chair of the Institutional Biosafety Committee at the Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer at

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. She is a Strategic Professor in the area of Preventive Cancer Biology and leads a research group which studies the biological effects of low-dose

radiation In physics, radiation is the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or through a material medium. This includes: * ''electromagnetic radiation'', such as radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visi ...

. She is a member of the Radiation Protection Committee which advises the

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. Her research has been published in ''Radiation Research'', ''

Epigenetics In biology, epigenetics is the study of stable phenotypic changes (known as ''marks'') that do not involve alterations in the DNA sequence. The Greek prefix '' epi-'' ( "over, outside of, around") in ''epigenetics'' implies features that are "o ...

'', ''

Transgenic Research ''Transgenic Research'', international in scope, is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed, scientific journal, published by Springer. The co-editors-in-chief are Johannes Buyel and Simon Lillico. Scope ''Transgenic Research'' focuses on transgenic and gen ...

'', ''Cell Biology and Toxicology'', '' PLOS ONE'', '' Mutation Research'' and the ''

Journal of Clinical Pathology The ''Journal of Clinical Pathology (JCP) '' is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of pathology, published by the BMJ Group and co-owned by the Association of Clinical Pathologists. Diagnostic and research areas covered include ...

''. She is an Associate Editor for the journal ''

Radiation Research ''Radiation Research'', the official journal of the Radiation Research Society, is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research into the areas of biology, chemistry, medicine and physics, including epidemiology and translational re ...

.'' Sykes' research into the effects of low-dose ionising radiation has been funded by the

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's Low Dose Radiation Research Program since the early 2000s. As of 2016, Sykes is a member of the

UCL Australia UCL Australia was an international campus of the University College London, located on Victoria Square in Adelaide, South Australia. It had three parts: the School of Energy and Resources (SERAus), the International Energy Policy Institute (IEP ...

Nuclear Working Group.

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