| SUNDAY, JUNE 13 |
| 2-11 PM |
REGISTRATION - CONFERENCE OFFICE |
| 6-7 |
Dinner |
| SESSION 0: |
Genomics of Phototrophs: What is New? |
| 7:30 PM |
Introduction - Session Chair: Wim Vermaas |
| 7:45-8:10 |
Karen Ketchum (Sequence of the Chlorobium tepidum Genome) |
| 8:15-8:45 |
Robert Haselkorn (Progress on the Rhodobacter capsulatus Genome) |
| SESSION 1: |
ATP Synthase: Unresolved Issues |
| 8:45 PM |
Introduction - Session Chair: Zippora
Gromet-Elhanan |
| 9:00-9:25 |
Richard McCarty (Unresolved Issues Regarding ATP
Synthase) |
| RECEPTION |
| MONDAY, JUNE 14 |
| SESSION 2: |
Type I Reaction Centers: Structure and Dynamics |
| 8:45 AM |
Introduction - Session Chair: Pierre Sétif |
| 9:00-9:25 |
Norbert Krauß (Structure of Photosystem I at 3.5Å Resolution) |
| 9:30-9:55 |
Kevin Redding (Mutagenesis of Ligands to P700 and A0) |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Group Photograph and Coffee Break |
| 10:30-10:55 |
Parag Chitnis (Recruitment of a Foreign Quinone into the Al Site of MenA and MenB Mutants of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803) |
| 11:00-12:10 |
Discussion: Type I RCs (Andrew Webber) |
| 2:00-6:00 |
Free Time and Poster Viewing |
| SESSION 3: |
Cytochromes and Cytochrome Complexes |
| 7:30 PM |
Introduction - Session Chair: Sabeeha Merchant |
| 7:45-8:10 |
Antony Crofts (New Aspects on the Mechanism of the bc1 Complex) |
| 8:15-8:40 |
Linda Thöny-Meyer (Covalent Heme Attachment to Cytochromes) |
| 8:45-9:35 |
Discussion: Cytochromes (Fevzi Daldal) |
| TUESDAY, JUNE 15 |
| SESSION 4: |
Type II Reaction Centers: Structure and Function |
| 8:45 AM |
Introduction - Session Chair: Bridgette Barry |
| 9:00-9:25 |
Horst Witt (Proton Release and Oxygen Evolution in Isolated PS II Complexes in Solution and in Crystallized State) |
| 9:30-9:55 |
Robert Bittl (EPR Studies of Photosystem II Single Crystals) |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:30-10:55 |
Richard Debus (Involvement of His190 in H+ Release) |
| 11:00-12:10 |
Discussion: Type II RCs (William Parson) |
| 2:00-6:00 |
Free Time and Poster Viewing |
| SESSION 5: |
Environment and Assembly of the Mn Cluster in Photosystem II |
| 7:30 PM |
Introduction - Session Chair: Charles Yocum |
| 7:45-8:10 |
Terry Bricker (The Mn Stabilizing Protein and Cluster Assembly) |
| 8:15-8:40 |
Charles Dismukes (Inorganic Mutants of the Water Oxidation Complex) |
| 8:45-9:35 |
Discussion: Oxygen Evolution (Julian EatonRye) |
| WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16 |
| SESSION 6: |
Biogenesis, Assembly and Turnover of the Photosynthetic Apparatus |
| 8:45 AM |
Introduction - Session Chair: John Gray |
| 9:00-9:25 |
Peter Westhoff (HCF136 as an Assembly Factor in PS II) |
| 9:30-9:55 |
Francis-André Wollman (Translational Regulation and Protein Degradation: Their Role in the Biogenesis of Chloroplast Proteins) |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:30-10:55 |
Donald Bryant (The Role of Rubredoxin in Iron-Sulfur Cluster Assembly in Photosystem I) |
| 11:00-12:10 |
Lee McIntosh (The Function of clpP in PS I Turnover) |
| 2:00-6:00 |
Free Time and Poster Viewing |
| SESSION 7: |
Pigments and Light-Harvesting Antenna |
| 7:30 PM |
Introduction - Session Chair: Beverley Green |
| 7:45-8:10 |
Roger Hiller (Structure of Peridinin Chl a Protein in Dinoflagellates) |
| 8:15-8:40 |
Hugo Scheer (Pigment Modification of Reaction Centers) |
| 8:45-9:35 |
Discussion: Antenna Complexes (Richard Cogdell) |
| THURSDAY, JUNE 17 |
| SESSION 8: |
Biomimetic Systems and Protein Engineering |
| 8:45 AM |
Introduction - Session Chair: Leslie Dutton |
| 9:00-9:25 |
Tom & Anna Moore (with Devins Gust: Construction of Artificial Photosynthetic Systems) |
| 9:30-9:55 |
Stenbjörn Styring (Ruthenium-manganese chemistry for artifial photosynthesis - supramolecular mimics of the donor side in Photosystem II) |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:30-10:55 |
Discussion: Biogenesis, Assembly and Turnover (Arthur Grossman) |
| 11:00-12:10 |
Discussion: ATP Synthase (Mark Richter) |
| 2:00-6:00 |
Free Time and Poster Viewing |
| SESSION 9: |
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| 7:30 PM |
Business Meeting |
| 8:00-8:45 |
Young Investigator Talks |
| 8:45-9:30 |
Outside Perspective Speaker - Dennis Dean (Assembly of the FeMoco Cofactor in Nitrogenase) |
