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Photosynthesis

Gordon Research Conference

Photosynthetic Plasticity: From the Environment to Synthetic Systems

July 16 - 21, 2017

Chair Arthur R. Grossman

Vice Chair Petra Fromme

Grand Summit Hotel at Sunday River

97 Summit Road

Newry, Maine, United States

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Conference Description

Photosynthesis is a process in which the energy of sunlight is captured to oxidize H₂O and to generate chemical bond energy in the form of ATP and reducing equivalents that can be used to fix inorganic carbon (CO₂). But photosynthesis is continually being tailored over evolutionary time to function in different environments ranging from the near boiling waters of the hot springs to the frigid conditions of the arctic tundra, and to adjust or acclimate as conditions in a given environment fluctuate. In this GRC we are exploring photosynthetic mechanisms with a focus on the dynamic nature of this process, the ways in which it has adjusted to markedly different environmental conditions and potential ways it can be used to support the activities of man.

Related Meeting

This GRC will be held in conjunction with the "Photosynthesis" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRS in addition to an application for the GRC. Refer to the associated GRS program page for more information.

Conference Program

Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm	Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm	Keynote Session: Diel Cycle, Redox and Photosynthetic Control Discussion Leader: Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm	Sabeeha Merchant (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) "A Day in the Life of Chlamydomonas"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm	Alizee Malnoe (University of California, Berkeley, USA) "Molecular Players of Sustained Energy Dissipation"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm	Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:15 pm	Giovanni Finazzi (CEA Grenoble, France) "New Regulators of Photosynthetic Electron Flow"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm	Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	The Translational Potential of Photosynthesis Discussion Leader: David Savage (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am	Cheryl Kerfeld (Michigan State University / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA) "Beyond Structure and Function: The Carboxysome and the OCP as Units of Evolution and Engineering in Cyanobacteria"
9:30 am - 9:40 am	Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am	Karen Mulfort (Argonne National Laboratory, USA) "Understanding the Structural Factors Dictating Charge Transfer in Synthetic and Biohybrid Architectures for Artificial Photosynthesis"
10:00 am - 10:10 am	Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am	Coffee Break
10:40 am - 10:55 am	Jeffrey Cameron (University of Colorado Boulder, USA) "Mechanical Regulation of Photosynthesis"
10:55 am - 11:00 am	Discussion
11:00 am - 11:15 am	Imre Vass (Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary) "Computer Assisted Modeling of Photosynthetic Electron Transport in Cyanobacteria"
11:15 am - 11:20 am	Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am	Silvia Ramundo (University of California, San Francisco, USA) "Transcriptional Activation of the Chloroplast Unfolded Protein Response Requires the Protein Kinase MARS1"
11:35 am - 11:40 am	Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm	General Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm	Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Light Harvesting Complexes and Membrane Organization Discussion Leader: Roberta Croce (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm	Zhenfeng Liu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) "Structural Insights into Light Harvesting and Its Regulation in Plants"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm	Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm	Jun Minagawa (National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan) "Acclimation of Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting in Nature"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm	Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm	Benjamin Engel (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany) "Native Molecular Architecture of the Chloroplast"
9:00 pm - 9:05 pm	Discussion
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm	Maria Borisova-Mubarakshina (Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) "STN7 Kinase at the Crossroad Between Short-Term and Long-Term Acclimation: Potential Renewal of State Transitions After Completing the Long-Term Acclimation to High Light Conditions"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm	Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Carbon Metabolism and Alternative Electron Flow Discussion Leader: Rebekka Wachter (Arizona State University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am	Matthew Posewitz (Colorado School of Mines, USA) "Photosynthesis and Metabolic Partitioning in Salt Water Algae"
9:30 am - 9:40 am	Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am	Pierre Cardol (University of Liege, Belgium) "Evolution of Photosynthetic Electron Transfer Components in Secondary Alga Euglena gracilis"
10:00 am - 10:10 am	Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am	Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:00 am	Moritz Meyer (Princeton University, USA) "Dynamic Remodelling and Regulation of the CO₂-Fixing Micro-Compartment in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii"
11:00 am - 11:10 am	Discussion
11:10 am - 11:25 am	Christopher Gee (University of California, Berkeley, USA) "Determining the Molecular Mechanisms of Carbon Fixation in the Heterokont Algae, Nannochloropsis oceanica"
11:25 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 11:45 am	Oliver Mueller-Cajar (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) "Exploring the Diversity of Rubisco Activation Proteins"
11:45 am - 11:50 am	Discussion
11:50 am - 12:05 pm	Shai Saroussi (Carnegie Institutution for Science, USA) "Photosynthetic Flexibility During the Elimination of Major Sinks for Electrons"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm	Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm	General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	The Evolution of Photosynthetic Function Discussion Leader: Christopher Howe (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm	Jan de Vries (Dalhousie University, Canada) "Of Stolen Plastids and the Evolution of Streptophyte Plastid-Nucleus Communication"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm	Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm	Eva Nowack (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany) "Paulinella chromatophora – Converting a Cyanobacterial Endosymbiont into a Full-Fledged Photosynthetic Organelle"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm	Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm	Vasco Giovagnetti (Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom) "The Dynamic Interplay Between Photoprotection and Photoinhibition in Photosynthetic Organisms"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm	Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm	General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Photosynthesis in the Environment Discussion Leader: Barbara Demmig-Adams (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am	Sarah Smith (J. Craig Venter Institute, USA) "Iron Limited Photosynthesis and Carbon Metabolism over Diel Cycles in Phaeodactylum tricornutum"
9:30 am - 9:40 am	Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am	Katherine Mackey (University of California, Irvine, USA) "Shedding Light on Synechococcus: How Photosynthetic Adaptations Give Rise to Biogeographical Patterns in the Ocean"
10:00 am - 10:10 am	Discussion
10:10 am - 10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:30 am - 10:50 am	Devaki Bhaya (Carnegie Institution for Science, USA) "Functional and Genomic Diversity in Phototrophic Microbial Communities"
10:50 am - 11:00 am	Discussion
11:00 am - 11:20 am	William Adams (University of Colorado Boulder, USA) "Photosynthetic Upregulation Relies on Increased Capacity for Foliar Sugar Export"
11:20 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 11:45 am	Maria Ermakova (Australian National University, Australia) "Photosynthetic Control by Cytochrome b6f Complex in C4 Model Plant Setaria viridis"
11:45 am - 11:50 am	Discussion
11:50 am - 12:00 pm	General Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm	Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm	Business Meeting Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Control of Photosynthetic Processes Discussion Leader: David Kramer (Michigan State University, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm	Francis-Andre Wollman (Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique (IBPC), CNRS, France) "Contributions of Functional Studies to the Understanding of Structural Features in Photosynthesis"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm	Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm	Gilles Peltier (CEA Cadarache / CNRS / Aix Marseille University, France) "Interplay Between Oxygen Photoreduction Pathways and the Regulation of Photosynthetic Electron Transport"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm	Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:05 pm	Dimitris Petroutsos (CEA Grenoble, France) "Light and Carbon Metabolism-Dependent Regulation of Photoprotection"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm	Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm	General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Reaction Centers: Structure, Function and Dynamics Discussion Leader: Nathan Nelson (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
9:00 am - 9:10 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am	Junko Yano (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA) "X-Ray Crystallography and X-Ray Spectroscopy of the Water Oxidation Reaction in Photosystem II"
9:30 am - 9:40 am	Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am	Yuval Mazor (The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, USA) "Structure Function Studies of the Cyanobacterial Photosystem I Complex"
10:00 am - 10:10 am	Discussion
10:10 am - 10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:30 am - 10:50 am	Jian-Ren Shen (Okayama University, Japan) "Mechanism of Photosynthetic Water-Splitting from a Structural Point of View"
10:50 am - 11:00 am	Discussion
11:00 am - 11:20 am	Raimund Fromme (Arizona State University, USA) "The High Resolution Structure of the Heliobacterium modesticaldum - A Different Reaction Centre"
11:20 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am	Genji Kurisu (Osaka University, Japan) "X-Ray Structure of the Type-I Reaction Center from Heliobacterium modesticaldum at 3.2 Å Resolution"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm	Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm	Usha Lingappa (California Institute of Technology, USA) "Manganese and the Evolution of Photosystem II"
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm	Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm	General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Keynote Session: Developing and Implementing New Approaches Discussion Leader: Robert Blankenship (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
5:40 pm - 6:10 pm	W.E. Moerner (Stanford University, USA) "What Can We Learn from Single-Molecule Imaging and Trapping? From Super-Resolution Microscopy to Multivariate Photodynamics of Individual Pigment-Proteins in Solution"
6:10 pm - 6:20 pm	Discussion
6:20 pm - 6:40 pm	Gabriela Schlau-Cohen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) "Dynamics of Photosynthetic Light Harvesting: From Conformational Changes to Excitation Energy Transfer"
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm	Discussion
6:45 pm - 6:55 pm	Vivek Tiwari (University of Michigan, USA) "Two Dimensional Fluorescence Detected Electronic Spectroscopy for Spatially Resolved and Subassemble Measurements"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm	Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm	Setsuko Wakao (University of California, Berkeley, USA) "Dissection of Reactive Oxygen Species-Specific Response During High Light Shift by Comparative Transcriptome Analysis"
7:10 pm - 7:15 pm	Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm	Han Bao (Michigan State University, USA) "Functional Characterization of a New Family of Orange Carotenoid Proteins"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am	Departure

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