| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | PSII STRUCTURE AND MECHANISM OF OXYGEN EVOLUTION |
| Discussion Leader: William Rutherford (CNRS - Saclay) & R. David Britt (UC - Davis) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Sabeeha Merchant
"Welcome" |
| 7:40 pm - 8:00 pm | Junko Yano (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)
"Mn4Ca cluster structure of the water-oxidation enzyme studied by polarized X-ray spectroscopy of PS II single crystals" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | James Barber (Imperial College)
"X-ray Structure of PSII and Its Implications" |
| 8:40 pm - 9:00 pm | Jan Kern (Technical University, Berlin)
"X-ray Structure of PSII" |
| 9:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion of Barber and Kern lectures |
| 9:30 pm | Poster Session A with Pizza |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Photo |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | PSII STRUCTURE AND MECHANISM OF OXYGEN EVOLUTION (continued) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Bridgette Barry (Georgia Institute of Technology)
"Biochemical and spectroscopic studies of photosynthetic O2 evolution" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 12:30 pm | PROTEOMICS, FUNCTIONAL AND COMPARATIVE GENOMICS |
| Discussion Leader: Wim Vermaas (Arizona State University) |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Norbert Rolland (CNRS - Grenoble)
"Envelope Proteomics" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Jeffrey Moseley (Carnegie Institution)
"Cross-regulation of Phosphorus and Sulfur Deficiency Stress Responses in Chlamydomonas" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am | Coffee and Snack Break |
| Discussion Leader: Robert Blankenship (Arizona State University) |
| 11:00 am - 11:20 am | J. Thomas Beatty (University of British Columbia)
"Purple Photosynthetic Bacterial Genomics: Sequence Analyses and Expression Profiles" |
| 11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 11:50 am | Devaki Bhaya (Carnegie Institution)
"Comparative Analysis of the Genomes of Two Closely Related Thermophilic Cyanobacteria: What Does It Tell Us about
Photosynthesis?" |
| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
| 12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Donald Bryant (Pennsylvania State University)
"The clarifying light of comparative genomics illuminates those denizens of the deep, the green sulfur bacteria" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session A with Bar Snacks |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CYTOCHROME COMPLEXES |
| Discussion Leader: David Knaff (Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Jason Cooley (University of Pennsylvania)
"Qo-Qi Active Sites Interactions During the Multiple Turnovers
of the Cytochrome bc1 Complex" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:35 pm | Frauke Baymann (CNRS - Marseille)
"Characterization of heme ci in b6f complex and relatives: what is this
cofactor doing there?" |
| 8:35 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
| 8:45 pm - 9:15 pm | Richard Kuras (Institute de Biologie Physico-Chimique)
"The Ccb Factors Reveal a New Pathway for the Assembly of the Heme ci in Cytochrome b6f Complexes: Molecular Characterization of the CCB2 Gene in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm | Poster Session A and Chair's Reception |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | POST-TRANSLATIONAL PROCESSES |
| Discussion Leader: John Gray (University of Cambridge) |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Noam Adir (Technion)
"Structure of the manganese solute binding protein of Synechocystis" |
| 9:15 am - 9:22 am | Discussion |
| 9:22 am - 9:37 am | Salah Abdel-Ghany (Colorado State University)
"Role of P-type ATPases in assembly of plastocyanin and CuZnSOD in Arabidopsis" |
| 9:37 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 10:05 am | Dario Leister (Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research)
"Genomics-Based Dissection of the Cross-Talk of Chloroplasts with the Nucleus and of the Regulation of Photosynthesis" |
| 10:05 am - 10:15 am | Discussion |
| 10:15 am | Coffee Break |
| Discussion Leader: Eva-Mari Aro (University of Turku) |
| 10:45 am - 11:10 am | Himadri Pakrasi (Washington University)
"New players in cyanobacterial Photosystem II biogenesis" |
| 11:10 am - 11:25 am | Discussion |
| 11:25 am - 11:45 am | Marc Nowaczyk (Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum)
"Dynamics of photosystem II" |
| 11:45 am - 11:55 am | Discussion |
| 11:55 am - 12:15 pm | Maria Ghirardi (Colorado School of Mines)
"Discovery of Radical SAM Proteins Required for Assembly of Fe-hydrogenases" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session B with Bar Snacks |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CF1 BIOGENESIS & REGULATION & ATP SYNTHESIS |
| Discussion Leader: David Kramer (Washington State University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Toru Hisabori (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
"Regulation of Rotation of the Chloroplast F1-ATPase" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:35 pm | Toshiharu Shikanai (Kyushu University)
"Physiological Function of PSI Cyclic Electron Transport" |
| 8:35 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Francis-André Wollman (Institut de Biologie Physico Chimique)
"Translational regulation in the assembly pathway of CF1 in Chlamydomonas chloroplasts" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm | Poster Session B with Bar Snacks |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PIGMENT & COFACTOR SYNTHESIS, ASSEMBLY & REGULATION |
| Discussion Leader: Patrice Hamel (UCLA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Frédéric Barras (Université Aix-Marseille II)
"Biogenesis of Fe-S Proteins" |
| 9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 10:05 am | Fevzi Daldal (University of Pennsylvania)
"Ornithine Lipids are essential for the presence of c-type cytochrome complexes in photosynthetic membranes" |
| 10:05 am - 10:15 am | Discussion |
| 10:15 am | Coffee Break |
| Discussion Leader: Elisabeth Gantt (University of Maryland) |
| 10:45 am - 11:15 am | Ayumi Tanaka (Hokkaido University)
"Chlorophyll Synthesis and the Formation of Chlorophyll-Protein Complexes" |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 11:50 am | David Kehoe (Indiana University)
"The Regulation of Cyanobacterial Light Harvesting Composition by Light Color" |
| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
| 12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Niels-Ulrik Frigaard (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Plant-like Carotenoid Biosynthesis in Green Sulfur Bacteria" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session B with Wine Sampling |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | REGULATION OF ANTENNA PROTEIN FUNCTION |
| Discussion Leader: Richard Cogdell (University of Glasgow) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Anke C Terwisscha van Scheltinga (Max Planck Institut, Frankfurt)
"Mechanisms of photoprotection and nonphotochemical quenching in pea light-harvesting complex at 2.5 A resolution" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Giovanni Finazzi (CNRS - Paris)
"Nonphotochemical Quenching of Fluorescence: Role of the PSII Reaction Center and of Its Antenna" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
| 8:45 pm - 9:15 pm | Stefan Jansson (University of Umeä)
"Structure and function of the plant light harvesting antenna" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm | Poster Session C with Bar Snacks |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 10:30 am | ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL & STATE TRANSITION |
| Discussion Leader: Alison Telfer (Imperial College, London) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Aaron Kaplan (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
"Dynamics of PSII Activation and Silencing During Rehydration
and Desiccation of Cyanobacterial Crusts" |
| 9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 10:15 am | Jean-David Rochaix (University of Geneva)
"Molecular Analysis of State Transitions in Chlamydomonas and Arabidopsis" |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | SINGLET OXYGEN |
| Discussion Leader: Christine Foyer (Rothamsted Research) |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Klaus Apel (ETH Zürich)
"The Genetic Basis of Singlet Oxygen-mediated Stress Responses
During Photosynthesis in Higher Plants" |
| 11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:05 pm | Heidi Ledford (University of California, Berkeley)
"Acclimation to singlet oxygen stress in Chlamydomonas" |
| 12:05 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session C with Bar Snacks |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ORGANIZATION AND MECHANISMS OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC COMPLEXES |
| Discussion Leader: Marilyn Gunner (City College of New York) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Recognition of Young Investigators |
| 7:35 pm - 8:00 pm | Neil Hunter (University of Sheffield)
"The structure and organisation of bacterial photosynthetic complexes" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Nathan Nelson (Tel Aviv University)
"Architecture and Evolution of Photosystem I" |
| 8:45 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Kevin Redding (University of Alabama)
"Electron Transfer Through the Two Sides of Photosystem I" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm | Poster Session C with Bar Snacks |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |