| SATURDAY |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Introductory Session |
| Discussion Leader: Sophia Johnson-Worrell (Rutgers University) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Desmond Lun (Rutgers University) |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Applied Photosynthesis for Bioenergy Technology |
| Discussion Leader: Kelsey McNeely (Exxon Mobil) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Joomi Kim (Rutgers University)
"The trade-off between growth and lipid synthesis in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Alka Gupta (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre)
"Comparative studies on interfacial electron transper dynamics in phycocyanobilin sensitized TiO2 nanoparticles and phycocyanin sensitized ZnO quantum dots" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Lee Solomon (University of Pennsylvania)
"Mechanism and kinetics of assembly of a synthetic photosystem protein" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Steven Burgess (Imperial College London)
"Solar driven hydrogen production in the green algal Chlamydomonas reinhardtii" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Photosynthesis and the Environment |
| Discussion Leader: Preston Dilbeck (Oklahoma State University) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Jeana Drake (Rutgers University)
"Partitioning of carbon in hermatypic coral skeletons and skeletal organic matrix" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Preston Dilbeck (Oklahoma State University)
"The mutation D1-D61N in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 allows the observation of intermediates in the formation and release of O2 from Photosystem II" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Armando Azu (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile)
"How to photosynthesize in the Atacama Desert, the driest of the world" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Erica Belgio (Queen Mary University of London)
"Photoprotection in systems with reduced amount of reaction centres" |
| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Mentorship Session |
| Panel Presentation on Grant Writing and Junior Investigator Programs |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
