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Photosynthesis (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Photosynthesis, Bioenergy and the Environment

June 11 - 12, 2011
Chair Sophia Johnson-Worrell

Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Photosynthesis is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

This meeting will focus on two topics: 1) hydrogen production and solar cell; and 2) the bio-physics, engineering, and toxicological factors that affects the capability/quantity/efficiency of capturing, converting, and storing solar energy (utilization of solar energy as a sufficient energy source).

Related Meeting

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

Conference Program

SATURDAY
1:00 pm - 5:00 pmArrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmIntroductory 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 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmApplied 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 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amPhotosynthesis 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 pmPoster Session II
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmMentorship Session
Panel Presentation on Grant Writing and Junior Investigator Programs
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pmGordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm.

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