Welcome to Prof. Qing-Bin Lu’s Laboratory

in the University of Waterloo

 

 

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“The younger participants in this Discussion should take note how vigorously science rejects novelty. This rejection mechanism is as necessary as the one that operates in living organisms; it prevents the birth of monsters. However, it has the additional effect of making us inherently conservative.” John C. Polanyi, Faraday Discuss., 1997, 108, page 467

 

 

News:

 

 

  • Our paper on a new molecular mechanism of DNA damage—reductive DNA damage was published in PNAS:  Jenny Nguyen, Yuhan Ma, Ting Luo, Robert G. Bristow, David A. Jaffray and Qing-Bin Lu, Direct Observation of Ultrafast Electron Transfer Reactions Unravels High Effectiveness of Reductive DNA Damage. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (PNAS), doi:10.1073/pnas.1104367108, (2011).
  • Our paper on DNA Sequence Selectivity of halopyrimidines as potential radiosensitizers was published in JACS:  C.-R. Wang and Q.-B. Lu, Molecular Mechanism of the DNA Sequence Selectivity of 5-Halo-2’-Deoxyuridines as Potential Radiosensitizers, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 14710–14713 (2010).
  • Dr. Q.-B. Lu’s newest article on global climate change, entitled “What is the Major Culprit for Global Warming: CFCs or CO2?” Journal of Cosmology 8, 1846-1862(2010). A pdf of the paper can be found at http://journalofcosmology.com/QingBinLu.pdf .

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  • Dr. Q.-B Lu’s review article, entitled “Effects and Applications of Ultrashort-Lived Prehydrated Electrons in Radiation Biology and Radiotherapy of Cancer”, Mutation Research: Reviews in Mutation Research 704, 190–199(2010).

 

  • Dr. Q.-B Lu’s new paper, entitled “Cosmic-Ray-Driven Electron-Induced Reactions of Halogenated Molecules Adsorbed on Ice Surfaces: Implications for Atmospheric Ozone Depletion and Global Climate Change”, Physics Reports 487, 141-167(2010) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physrep.2009.12.002), published online on December 3rd 2009.

 

  • Our Paper on Bond Breaks of DNA Nucleotides Induced by Dissociative Electron Transfer of Nonequilibrium Prehydrated Electrons was published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. on July 27, 2009 (a pdf of the paper).

 

  • Dr. Lu’s Latest Proof of the Cosmic Ray Theory for the Ozone Hole was published in Physical Review Letters on March 19, 2009 (a pdf of the paper).

 

  • Dr. Lu Received a New Investigator Award (2008-2013) from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

 

  • Dr. Lu Received an Early Researcher Award (2007-2012) from Ontario’s Ministry of Research and Innovation.

 

 

 

Teaching Courses:

 

 Phys 359 Statistical Mechanics

 

Physics 480 Radiation Biophysics

 

 Phys 753 Radiation Biophysics