Upgrading the genome facility for radiobiological experiments with heavy-ion beams

The Genome-M facility for the automatic fast irradiation of thin biological samples with accelerated heavy ions at the U-400M cyclotron of the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, is described. It allows a great deal of various samples to be irradiated within a few hours using radiation with preset and controlled characteristics. Methods: for monitoring beam quality and calibrating the ionization chamber in absorbed dose units and the facility control software are also described.