= BioPhysicsX meeting; 27Mar23; 08:00 =

**Present:** AG, CJ, KL, IMcN, PP

== Notes ==

1. //News and updates: // KL, All
 - CIO "Charged Particles for Cancer Therapy":
  - Constitution finalised.  Will be submitted this week.
 - Imperial strategy consultation:
  - Qualtrix input:
   - Required by 31Mar23.  KL and IMcN will coordinate their input.
   - KL/IMcN considering submitting "one pager" outlining ambitions for LhARA, LhARA initiative, and potential for multidisciplinary institute.
 - Planning round: 
   - KL has submitted paragraph of input to Physics planning round submission.  IMcN considering submitting "matching" paragraph.
 - CNRS:
  - KL invited as part of "Brady party" to make presentation on LhARA (initiative) at meeting at CNRS HQ in Paris on 03/04Apr23.
  - Possible link between IRL and White City activity.

2. //BioPhysicsX two-pager: // CJ, All
 - [raw-attachment:The-institute-v0_3.docx Version 0.3]
 - Discussion included the following pointers:
  - Need sentences at the beginning to place the initiative/institute in context;
  - Probably good idea to explain the breadth of the LhARA collaboration; 4-nations UK, international, Institut Curie in particular;
  - Need to emphasis key links with FOM/IC NHS H/c Trust (IMcN), OIRO (AG);
  - Add link to clinical applications: trials, transformation in clinical practice as ambition;
  - Line of sight to clinic; the "why" big picture;
  - Potential for spin-offs;
    - IBA, Hitachi, Mitsubishi, Procure: system-level potential for tie up with medical-equipment provider
    - Instrumentation and computing as incremental/long-term impact plan, and, no-loss theorem; valuable even if LhARA should fail.
  - Biological impact:
   - In particular, unique potential to provide capability to investigate "spatial/temporal impact of beams at very high doses"

 - We **agreed** that bullet level inout would be provided to CJ as follows:
  - **IMcN:** Pre-clincal/clinical facing aspects of institute initiative
  - **PP:** I/p on delivering "a new, novel, big, different thing"
  - **AG:** I/p on biology and capability for radiation biology


3. //Actions and next steps: // All
 - Update on two pager, ideally this week.

4. //DONM//
 - In a month's time.

5. //AoB//

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