PS1 - Bioenergy and Photosynthesis
This session will take place on Monday 23rd July (am).
The draft programme is as follows:
Chair: Christine Foyer and Debbie Harding
10:45 Introduction
10:55 Dr Stephen Long (University of Illinois)
Achieving environmentally and economically viable biofuel feedstock crops. Why improvement of photosynthetic efficiency is critical and attainable. [PS1.1]
11:20 Prof. Tasios Melis (University of California, Berkeley)
Photosynthetic Hydrogen Production: Genes, proteins and effects [PS1.2]
11:45 Prof. Ben Hankamer (University of Queensland)
The Solar Bio-fuels consortium: Developing advanced bio-fuel production systems [PS1.3]
12:05 Prof. Wolfgang Lubitz (Max Planck Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry, Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany)
Studying Structure and Function of Hydrogenase: Basis for a Biological Hydrogen Production [PS1.4]
12:25 Prof. Huub de Groot (Leiden University)
The European solar to fuel initiative [PS1.5]
Chair: Christine Foyer, Debbie Harding and Huub De Groot
12:35 Discussion
13:00 Lunch