Aug. 3, Sun pm
The Design of Photosynthetic Systems - Artificial and Natural
- Jack Fajer - Session Chair
- Michael Grätzel - "Highly Efficient Nanocrystalline Photovoltaic Cells that Mimic Natural Photosynthesis"
- P. Leslie Dutton - " Natural Photosynthetic Electron Transfer Machinery "
Aug. 4, Monday am
Reaction Center Structure
- James Allen - Session Chair
- Rachel Nechushtai - Discussion Leader
- George Feher - "Light Induced Structural Changes in Bacterial Reaction Centers Studied by X-ray Diffraction"
- Petra Fromme - "PSI-Crystallization and Structural Model of Photosystem I"
- Werner Kühlbrandt - "Two-dimensional Structure of Photosystem II at 8 Å Resolution"
Aug. 4, Mon pm
Excitation Transfer
- Robert Blankenship - Session Chair
- Villy Sundsrom - Discussion Leader
- Kenneth Sauer - "Modeling Excitation Delocalization in Light-Harvesting Complexes of Known Structure"
- Rienk Van Grondelle - "Dynamics of Excitation Energy Transfer in Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Systems"
Aug. 5, Tues. am
Primary Electron Transfer
- Neal Woodbury - Session Chair
- Michael Wasielewski - Discussion leader
- William Parson - "Electrostatics and Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Initial Electron Transfer Steps in Bacterial Reaction Centers."
- Godfrey Beddard - "The Confusion of Energy and Electron Transfer in Photosynthesis"
- David Klug - "Primary processes in the Photosystem II Reaction Centre"
Aug. 5, Tues pm
Secondary Electron Transfer
- Anthony Crofts - Session Chair
- William Cramer - Discussion Leader
- Di Xia - "Structure and Functional Implication of the Bovine Mitochondrial bc1 Complex"
- Jose Onuchic -"Intra-Protein and Inter-Protein Electron Tunneling"
Aug. 6, Wed am
Oxygen Evolution
- Dave Britt - Session Chair
- Gerald Babcock - Discussion Leader
- Gary Brudvig -"Recent Progress on the Structure and Function of the Oxygen-evolving Complex of Photosystem II"
- Bruce Diner -"The Redox-Active Tyrosines and the Water-Oxidizing Manganese Cluster of Photosystem II."
- William Rutherford -"Studies of Oxygen Evolution"
Aug. 6, Wed pm
Proton Transfer
- Colin Wraight - Session Chair
- Roy Lancaster - Discussion Leader
- Marilyn Gunner - "Calculating Pathways for Proton Transfer in Bacterial Reaction Centers"
- Michael Haumann - "Water oxidation: Electrons, Protons and Charges"
Aug. 7, Thu am
Spectroscopic Methods
- Wolfgang Lubitz - Session Chair
- Arnold Hoff - Discussion Leader
- Klaus Möbius - "Cofactor-Protein Interactions as Studied by High-field EPR/ENDOR: Structure and Dynamics of Donors and Acceptors in Bacterial Reaction Centers"
- Catherine Berthomieu- "FTIR Difference Spectroscopy Applied to the Study of Photosystem II"
- Vittal Yachandra - "Recent Advances Toward a Structural and Mechanistic Model of the Photosynthetic Oxygen-Evolving Manganese Cluster Determined by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy."
Aug. 7, Thurs pm
Retrospective and Young Investigator Talks
- Business Meeting
- Richard Cogdell - Session Chair, Young Investigator Talks - Three Speakers selected from among the junior participants at the conference will give 15 minute talks
- George Feher, Retrospective -"Three Decades of Research in Bacterial Photosynthesis and the Road leading to it: A Personal Account" (introduced by Mel Okamura)
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