| SUNDAY |
| 2-11 PM | REGISTRATION - CONFERENCE OFFICE |
| 6-7 | Dinner |
| SESSION 1. | Type I Reaction Centers: Structure and Electron Transfer Dynamics |
| 7:30-7:45 PM | Petra Fromme Session Chair
Introduction to PS I structure/function. |
| 7:45-8:10 | Peter Heathcote
Evidence for Bidirectional electron transfer in Photosystem I: characterisation of the cofactors involved in each pathway and their binding sites |
| 8:15-8:40 | John H. Golbeck
Forward and backward electron transfer in mutants surrounding the A1 and A0 sites in Photosystem I |
| 8:45-9:35 | Art van der Est Discussion Leader |
| RECEPTION |
| MONDAY |
| 8:30 am | Group Photo |
| SESSION 2. | Antenna: Structure, Dynamics and Quenching |
| 8:45 AM | Mette Miller Session Chair
Introduction to Light-harvesting Systems. |
| 9:00-9:25 | R. van Grondelle
Energy transfer in the core antennae of Photosystems 1 and 2 |
| 9:30-9:55 | Niels-Ulrik Frigaard
Chlorosomes in Chlorobium tepidum: mutations in genes encoding bacteriochlorophyll c, carotenoids, and chlorosome proteins |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30-10:55 | Roberto Bassi
Light stress signal transduction by xanthophylls in higher plant thylakoids |
| 11:00-11:25 | Henrik Vibe Scheller
Dynamic regulation of electron transport through PSI - the role of the minor subunits |
| 11:30-12:30 | Robert E. Blankenship Discussion Leader |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 2:00-6:00 | Free Time and Poster Viewing |
| 6:00 | Dinner |
| SESSION 3: | Type II Reaction Centers |
| 7:30-7:45 | Marilyn Gunner Session Chair
Bacterial Reaction Centers |
| 7:45-8:10 | Su Lin
Blue Light Drives B-Side Electron Transfer in Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Centers |
| 8:15- 8:40 | James Allen / JoAnn Williams
Mimicking the properties of the oxygen-evolving complex in purple bacterial reaction centers. |
| 8:45-9:30 | Christine Kirmaier Discussion
Bacterial Reaction Centers
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| TUESDAY |
| SESSION 4: | Photosystems: Biogenesis and Dynamics |
| 8:45-9:00 AM | Jim Barber Session Chair
Overview of the structural organization and dynamics of PS II |
| 9:00-9:25 | Eva-Mari Aro
Biogenesis and assembly of chloroplast-encodedPhotosystem II subunits |
| 9:30-10:00 | Wim Vermaas
Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 with high levels of chlorophyll b: effects on light harvesting, photosystem II charge separation, and chlorophyll synthesis |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30-10:55 | Francis-André Wollman
Probing the physiology of photosynthesis with Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as an in vivo model system |
| 11:00-11:25 | Sabeeha Merchant
Function of Crd1, a diiron protein in chlorophyll biosynthesis, in PsaK-dependent adaptation of PSI to Fe-deficiency |
| 11:25-12:30 | Jean-David Rochaix Discussion |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 2:00-6:00 | Free Time and Poster Viewing |
| 6:00 | Dinner |
| SESSION 5: | PS II: Structure, Function, and Oxygen Evolution |
| 7:30-7:55 PM | J.-R. Shen Session Chair
PS II Structure Overview. |
| 7:55-8:20 | R. David Britt
The PSII Manganese Cluster: Substrate and Inhibitor Binding and Proximity of Calcium and Chloride Cofactors |
| 8:25-9:30 | Charles Yocum and William Rutherford Discussion Leaders
PS II and Oxygen Evolution |
| WEDNESDAY |
| SESSION 6: | Cofactor Biosynthesis: quinones, chlorophylls and carotenoids |
| 8:45-9:00 AM | Sam Beale Session Chair
Introduction to cofactor biosynthesis |
| 9:00-9:25 | Robert D. Willows
The Structure and Mechanism of Magnesium Chelatase: An AAA+ molecular machine? |
| 9:30-9:55 | C. Neil Hunter
Spectroscopic studies of the light-driven enzyme protochlorophyllide reductase |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30-10:55 | Dean della Penna
Dissecting Tocopherol Synthesis in Cyanobacteria and Plants |
| 11:00-11:25 | Francis X. Cunningham, Jr
Carotenoid Cyclase Structure and Function and Regulation of the Pathway in Plants |
| 11:30-12:30 | Hugo Scheer Discussion
Cofactors and their Biosynthesis |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 2:00-6:00 | Free Time and Poster Viewing |
| 6:00 | Dinner |
| SESSION 7. | Electron Transfer Complexes: Structure, Function and Biogenesis |
| 7:30-7:45 PM | John C. Gray Session Chair
Introduction. |
| 7:45-8:10 | Fevzi Daldal
Modulation of the redox potential and the movement of the Rieske FeS Protein subunit of the cyt bc1 complex from Rhodobacter |
| 8:15-8:40 | Teruo Ogawa
Cyanobacterial NADPH dehydrogenases: essential components of inorganic carbon acquisition systems |
| 8:45-9:30 | Toivo Kallas Discussion leader
Electron Transfer Proteins and Complexes |
| THURSDAY |
| SESSION 8: | Emerging Methodologies |
| Don Bryant Session Chair |
| 8:50-9:20 | Klaas J. van Wijk
The chloroplast proteome: From protein identification to protein-protein interaction |
| 9:25-9:55 | Arthur Grossman
Chlamydomonas: Genetics to Genomics |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break |
| SESSION 8: | Proton Transfers and ATP Synthesis |
| 10:30-10:45 | Mark Richter Session Chair
Introduction. |
| 10:45-11:10 | David Kramer
The relationhip between photosynthetic electron transfer and its regulation (it's all about protons) |
| 11:15-11:40 | Wolfgang Junge
Torque and elastic power transmission in F0F1-ATPase |
| 11:45-12:30 | Wayne Frasch Discussion
ATP Synthase, Proton Transfer |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 2:00-6:00 | Free Time and Poster Viewing |
| 6:00 | Dinner |
| SESSION 9 | Closing Session |
| 7:30 PM | Business Meeting |
| 8:00-8:05 | Session Chair: Richard Cogdell |
| 8:05-8:50 | Young Investigator Talks/Selected Poster Presentations |
| 8:50-9:35 | Outside Perspective Speaker
William Martin
How many genes in Arabidopsis thaliana come from cyanobacteria? |
| 9:45 | Reception |
| FRIDAY |
| Breakfast |
| Departure |
