Thursday Poster Session
PS6 - Assembly and Repair of Pigment/Protein Complexes
Dr Noritoshi Inagaki (Natl. Inst. Agrobiol. Sci.)
Construction of an in vivo assay system for activity of mutagenized spinach CtpA and its application for characterization of highly conserved residues in the CtpA family. [PS6.5]
Dr Roman Sobotka (Institute of Microbiology)
Putative chlorophyll-binding amino acid residues in cyanobacterial ferrochelatase are important for the enzyme protection against light-induced oxidative damage [PS6.6]
Mr Björn Lundin (Division of Cell Biology in Linköpings University)
Arabidopsis PsbOs differ in their GTPase activity [PS6.7]
Dr Masako Iwai (Fuculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science)
Functional Analysis of PsbZ in Photosystem II from the Thermophilic Cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1 [PS6.8]
Ms Phoi Tran (University of CA, Berkeley, USA)
Genetic and biochemical characterization of early carotenoid biosynthesis mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii [PS6.9]
Mr Tomohiro Nagane (Institute of Low Temperature Science,Hokkaido University)
Analysis of an Arabidopsis mutant that accumulates 7-hydroxymethyl chlorophyll a [PS6.10]
Miss Fiona K. Bentley (University of Otago)
Psb27 is required for photoinactivation and recovery of photosystem II in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 cells lacking PsbV [PS6.11]
Mr Hao Luo (University of Otago)
Mutations in CP47 and PsbL that target putative hydrogen bonds with sulphoquinovosyl-diacylglycerol at the monomer-monomer interface of photosystem II [PS6.12]
Dr Julian Eaton-Rye (University of Otago)
The PsbU and Psb27 proteins are required for assembly of photosystem II in a Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 strain lacking PsbM [PS6.13]
Mr Daichi Takenaka (Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan)
Quality control of Photosystem II: recovery of Photosystem II from heat-damage depends on an FtsH protease (slr0228) in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 [PS6.14]
Mr Amu Yamashita (Gruduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan)
Quality control of Photosystem II: degradation and aggregation of the D1 protein induced by moderate heat stress depend on oxygen [PS6.15]
Ms Mei Funakawa (Okayama University)
Effects of amino-terminal deletions of Ycf4 on photosystem I complex assembly [PS6.16]
Prof. Yuichiro Takahashi (Okayama University)
Identification and characterization of a semi-stable assembly intermediate of photosystem I complex [PS6.17]
Prof. Friederike Koenig (University of Bremen)
Specific binding of D1 protein degradation products to the psbAI promotor in Synechococcus PCC 7942 * [PS6.18]
Prof. Hugo Scheer (Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München, Germany)
Chromophore attachment to biliproteins [PS6.19]
Ms Anastassia Khrouchtchova (University of Copenhagen)
Thylakoid Lumen Immunophilin TLP40 is Crucial for PSII Assembly and a Prerequisite for Plant Survival under Short Day Conditions [PS6.20]
Prof. Hugo Scheer (Universität München)
A versatile heterologous system in E. coli for phycobiliprotein chromophorylation [PS6.21]
Prof. Hugo Scheer (Universität Münch)
Phycocyanobilin-CpeS lyase complex, an intermediate for phycobiliprotein chromophorylation [PS6.22]
Dr Béla Böddi (Eötvös University)
The occurrence of native monomer protochlorophyllide forms and their physiological roles [PS6.23]
Mr Matthew Cullen (Division of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, UK)
Probing the structure of a Ycf4-containing protein complex involved in green algal Photosystem I assembly [PS6.24]
Dr Jon Nield (Division of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, UK)
Structural analysis of the FtsH2 homologue of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 [PS6.25]
Mr Woo Young Bang (Division of Applied Life Sciences )
Characterization of an Arabidopsis chl27-t mutant on chlorophyll synthesis and chloroplast development [PS6.26]
Dr Christiane Funk (Umeĺ University)
Degradation of the Light Harvesting Complex of Photosystem II [PS6.27]
Dr Sari Sirpiö (University of Turku)
TLP18.3, a novel thylakoid lumen protein regulating photosystem II repair cycle [PS6.28]
Mr Zhang Lingang (National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200032 Shanghai, People's Republic of China)
A Role of THYLAKOID FORMATION 1 in the Assembly of Trimeric LHCII in Arabidopsis thaliana [PS6.29]
Mr Riichi Oguchi (The University of Tokyo)
Does photoinactivation of Photosystem II occur in low light conditions? [PS6.30]
Dr Shunichi Takahashi (RSBS)
The photorespiratory pathway is important for the repair of photodamaged photosystem II under CO2 limiting conditions [PS6.31]
Miss Marika Dobakova (Institute of Microbiology Trebon and Institute of Physical Biology Nove Hrady, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic)
The PsbI protein stabilizes the newly synthesized D1 protein and assists its stable incorporation into Photosystem II in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC [PS6.32]
Mr Miguel Hernandez (Umeĺ university)
Association of the small Cab-like proteins with Photosystem II [PS6.33]
Dr Galyna Kufryk (Umeĺ University)
Small chlorophyll binding proteins overexpressed in cyanobacterium, Synechocystis Sp. PCC 6803 [PS6.34]
PS7 - Membrane Dynamics and Organisation
Dr Martin Hohmannn-Marriott (National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health)
The three-dimensional chloroplast structure of Ostreococcus tauri [PS7.5]
Prof. Virginijus Barzda (University of Toronto)
Structural organization of individual chloroplasts investigated with harmonic generation microscope [PS7.6]
Dr Helmut Kirchoff (Institut für Botanik)
Significance of molecular crowding for the functional protein organisation in grana membranes [PS7.7]
Dr Elisabeth Gantt (University of Maryland)
Impaired Isoprenoid Biosynthesis: a Competitive Disadvantage under Light Stress in Synechocystis PCC 6803 [PS7.8]
Mrs Izabela Rumak (Warsaw University)
Arrangement of chlorophyll – protein complexes determines chloroplast structure [PS7.9]
Mrs Izabela Rumak (Department of Metabolic Regulation and Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology, Warsaw University, Miecznikowa 1, 02 096 Warsaw, PL)
3D chloroplast structure [PS7.10]
Miss Katarzyna Gieczewska (Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology, and Department of Metabolic Regulation, Warsaw University, Miecznikowa 1, 02 096 Warsaw, PL)
Membrane dynamics during the CT and CS plants chilling revealed by FTIR spectroscopy [PS7.11]
Professor Wayne Fagerberg (University of New Hampshire)
Below ambient levels of UV-A,B induces chloroplast structural change and alters starch metabolism [PS7.12]
Dr Robert Lucinski (Adam Mickiewicz University, Department of Plant Physiology Poznan, Poland)
The serine-type chloroplast protease is involved in Lhcb6 polypeptide degradation in Arabidopsis leaves in response to wounding [PS7.13]
Prof. Grzegorz Jackowski (Adam Mickiewicz University, Department of Plant Physiology, Poznan, Poland)
FtsH5 as the novel main light harvesting complex of photosystem II (LHC II) degrading protease [PS7.14]
Dr Lorena Ruiz-Pavón (Division of Cell Biology,Linköping University, SE-581 85 Linköping, Sweden)
Arabidopsis ANTR1 is a thylakoid phosphate transporter -functional characterization in E. coli [PS7.15]
Mr Raoul Frese (Leiden University)
Protein shape and crowding drive domain formation and curvature in photosynthetic membranes [PS7.16]
Mr Koen Broess (Wageningen University)
Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy on individual chloroplasts in intact leaves [PS7.17]
Dr Sashka Krumova (Wageningen University, Laboratory of Biophysics, P.O Box 8128, 6700 ET Wageningen, The Netherlands )
Heterogeneity of the lipid phase of chloroplast thylakoid membranes [PS7.18]
Mr Norihiro Sato (Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences)
Difference in SQDG metabolism between green algae and cyanobacteria under the sulfur-starved condition [PS7.19]
Prof. Gyozo Garab (Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary)
Three dimensional architecture of the granum-stroma thylakoid membrane system revealed by electron tomography [PS7.20]
Dr Helmut Kirchhoff (Institute of Botany)
Probing the organization of photosystem II in photosynthetic membranes by atomic force microscopy [PS7.21]
Mr Koichi Sugimoto (School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences)
The Conditional Role of Membrane Sulfolipid as a Sulfur-Storage Compound in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii [PS7.22]
Mr Tanai Cardona (Uppsala University)
Thylakoid Membrane Proteomics and Spectroscopic Studies of Vegetative and Isolated Heterocyst cells from Nostoc punctiforme [PS7.23]
Dr Koichi Kobayashi (University of Tokyo)
Galactolipid biosynthesis is essential for proper chloroplast biogenesis and embryogenesis [PS7.24]
PS12 - Starch and Sucrose
Dr Ronan Sulpice (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology)
Association mapping within Arabidopsis accessions to identify regulation networks in the primary metabolism. Development of a rapid and sensitive non-radioactive assay for ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase [PS12.5]
Dr Masahiro Tamoi (Dept. Adv. Biosci., Grad. Sch. Agr., Kinki Univ., CREST, JST)
Effects of cytosolic FBPase on photosynthetic carbon metabolism under high CO2 conditions [PS12.6]
Dr Mariam Sahrawy Barragán (Estación Experimental del Zaidín)
Sugar regulation of the redox state in chloroplast. [PS12.7]
Dr Alison Smith (John Innes Centre)
Protein phophatases required for normal starch degradation in leaves [PS12.8]
PS13 - Interactions between Electron Transport and Stromal Reactions
Miss BEENA NANDHA (Uuniversity of Manchester)
The role of PGR5 in redox poising of photosynthetic electron transport [PS13.5]
Dr Ken MOTOHASHI (CRL, Tokyo Tech., ATP system, ERATO, JST)
Functional analysis of the luminal thioredoxin-like protein, HCF164. [PS13.6]
Dr Paula Mulo (University of Turku)
Structural and functional characterization of leaf-type ferredoxin-NADP+-oxidoreductase isoforms in Arabidopsis thaliana [PS13.7]
Dr Hualing Mi (National Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Properties and physiological function of a super complex of NDH-1 in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 [PS13.8]
Dr Hiroshi Yamamoto (Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth)
Overexpression of Ferredoxin in Tobacco Chloroplasts stimulates Cyclic Electron Flow around Photosystem I (CEF-PSI) and enhances Non-Photochemical Quenching (NPQ) of Chl Fluorescence. [PS13.9]
Mr Bart Ghysels (CEA Cadarache/ CNRS/ Aix Marseille II University)
A genetic screen for the identification of factors involved in non-photochemical PQ reduction in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. [PS13.10]
Miss Satoko Sanda (NAIST)
Excess light-induced molecular responses of chloroplast Rieske FeS protein [PS13.11]
Dr Guy Hanke (Osaka University)
Interaction between electron transport and stromal reactions [PS13.12]
Dr Anne-Claire Cazalé (CEA Cadarache)
Regulation of alternative electron transfer pathways in Arabidopsis chloroplasts studied in vivo by the ‘afterglow’ chlorophyll luminescence [PS13.13]
Mr David Joly (Université du Québec ŕ Trois-Rivičres)
Protection of photosystem I against chilling-induced photoinhibition by NADP+/NADPH ratio [PS13.14]
Mrs Carol Allen (Queen Mary, University of London)
Redox Effects on Chloroplast Protein Synthesis and Phosphorylation [PS13.15]
Mr Alain Gauthier (Université du Québec ŕ Trois-Rivičres)
Cyclic electron transport of photosystem I in plants under heat stress probed by “after-glow” luminescence [PS13.16]
Dr Jeremy Harbinson (Wageningen University)
Modelling photosynthesis irradiance curves [PS13.17]
Dr Gert Schansker (University of Geneva)
Chl a fluorescence and 820 nm transmission changes occurring during a dark-to-light transition in pine needles and pea leaves: a comparison [PS13.18]
Mr Giovanni Finazzi (IBPC)
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. [PS13.19]
Mrs Dominique Rumeau (CEA/CNRS Cadarache)
Characterization of the chloroplast NAD(P)H plastoquinone oxidoreductase (NDH) complex subunits. A story to be continued… [PS13.20]
Mrs Natalia Rudenko (IBBP RAS)
Several carbonic anhydrases in higher plants thylakoids [PS13.21]
Prof. Agu Laisk (Tartu University, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology)
Rates and roles of cyclic and alternative electron flow in leaves (of potato with altered content of chloroplast NADP-malate dehydrogenase) [PS13.22]
Dr Yuri Munekage (NAIST, CEA Cadarache)
How impairment of PGR5-dependent cyclic electron transport around photosystem I impacts on photosynthesis and growth of Arabidopsis thaliana ? [PS13.23]
PS14 - Metabolic Integration
Dr Verónica Maurino (Institute of Botany, University of Cologne, Germany)
Malate and fumarate emerge as key players in primary metabolism: Arabidopsis thaliana overexpressing C4-NADP-ME offer a way to manipulate the levels of malate and to analyse the physiological consequences. [PS14.5]
Dr Nir Keren (Hebrew University)
The role of ferritin family proteins in iron homoeostasis in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 [PS14.6]
Ms Christian Wilhelm (University of Leipzig)
Balancing the energy from photons to new biomass in different species and under different growth conditions reveals new insights in the interplay between photosynthesis and metabolic flux control [PS14.7]
Dr Adriano Nunes-Nesi (Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 14476 Golm, Germany)
Upregulation of Photosynthetic Performance and Growth as a Consequence of a Decreased TCA Cycle Enzymes Activity in Genetic Manipulated Tomato Plants [PS14.8]
Dr María Drincovich (CEFOBI - Biochemistry Faculty, Rosario National University; Argentina)
Structure-function relationship studies of the four Arabidopsis thaliana NADP-malic enzyme isoforms [PS14.9]
Mr Adam Moolna (University of Manchester)
Multiple isoforms of ferredoxin NADP+ oxidoreductase (FNR) and the integration of photosynthesis, carbon fixation and nitrogen assimilation [PS14.10]
Dr Jens Rupprecht (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology)
Photosynthesis and Growth: GoFORSYS - A Systems Biology-based Approach [PS14.11]
Mr Tomás Alb (Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla)
Identification of genes and characterization of proteins involved in polyphosphate metabolism in photosynthetic organisms [PS14.12]
Prof. Eevi Rintamäki (University of Turku)
Chloroplastic NADPH thioredoxin reductase: a novel modulator of plant development and acclimation [PS14.13]
Dr Stephane Lefebvre (University of Essex)
Complexities in the regulation of chloroplast carbon metabolism revealed by over-expression of plastid transketolase [PS14.14]
PS15 - Regulation of Light Harvesting
Dr Jun Minagawa (Hokkaido University)
Excitation energy transfer within the PSI-LHCI/II supercomplex from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cells in state 2 [PS15.5]
Dr Nicolas DAmbrosio (University of Naples Federico II, Department of Structural and Functional Biology)
Is qE always the major component of non-photochemical quenching? [PS15.6]
Dr Stefano Caffarri (Université Aix/Marseille II)
The occurrence of PsbS gene product and its correlation with energy quenching in different photosynthetic organisms of the green lineage [PS15.7]
Mr Richard Cisek (University of Toronto and Institute for Optical Sciences)
Chloroplast specialization in situ revealed with temporally and spectrally resolved multimodal nonlinear excitation microscopy [PS15.8]
Prof. Virginijus Barzda (University of Toronto)
Structural organization of individual chloroplasts investigated with harmonic generation microscope [PS15.9]
Mr Masakazu Iwai (Hokkaido University)
Dissociation of Light-harvesting Complex II from Photosystem II Supercomplex during State Transitions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii [PS15.10]
Mr Ryutaro Tokutsu (Hokkaido University)
Suppression of CP29 causes an absence of the PSI-LHCI/II supercomplex of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii under state 2 conditions [PS15.11]
Mr Yasuhito Sakuraba (Hokkaido University)
A short sequence in the N-terminal domain of chlorophyllide a oxygenase regulates its accumulation [PS15.12]
Mr Masayuki Komura (Nagoya Univ.)
Drought-induced ultra-fast fluorescence quenching in photosystem II in lichens revealed by picosecond time-resolved fluorescence spectrophotometry [PS15.13]
Mr Young-Jae Eu (Pusan National University, Korea)
The effect of pH of the stromal part of thylakoids on the nonphotochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence [PS15.14]
Mr Cristian ILIOAIA (Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay )
Aggregation-free conformational switch in LHCII complexes of higher plants [PS15.15]
Miss Mautusi Mitra (University of California, Berkeley)
Tla1, a novel protein functions in the regulation of the chlorophyll antenna size in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii [PS15.16]
Prof. Igor Stadnichuk (A.N.Bakh Institute of Biochemistry Russian Academy of Sciences)
Distrubution of antenna complexes between photosystems I and II in cyanobacteria, prochlorophytes, cryptophytes, and red algae [PS15.17]
Miss Clémence BOULAY (CEA, CNRS)
Interactions between the Orange-Carotenoid-Protein (OCP) and the phycobilisomes in Synechocystis PCC 6803 [PS15.18]
Dr Amy Verhoeven (University of St. Thomas)
Seasonal changes in relative abundance and phosphorylation status of individual light harvesting and reaction center proteins that correlate with sustained energy dissipation in the over-wintering evergreens Pinus strobus and Abies balsamea [PS15.19]
Dr Marina Rakhimberdieva (A.N. Bakh Institute of Biochemistry)
Carotenoid-induced non-photochemical fluorescence quenching in phycobilisomes of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 [PS15.20]
Dr Petr Ilík (Laboratory of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic)
Violaxanthin deepoxidation in barley leaves treated with methyl viologen is stimulated by moderate light from a fluorescent tube but not by light of the same intensity coming from a tungsten lamp [PS15.21]
Miss Irina Grouneva (Institut für Biologie I, Pflanzenphysiologie, Universität Leipzig, Johannisallee 21-23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany)
Evidence for the existence of a fast xanthophyll cycle-independent NPQ component in diatoms [PS15.22]
Prof. Elzbieta Romanowska (Department of Plant Physiology, Univeristy of Warsaw, Poland)
Mechanisms of photosynthetic apparatus acclimation of C4 plants to different irradiance [PS15.23]
Dr Leyla Abasova (Biological Research Center)
Non-photochemical-quenching mechanisms in the cyanobacterium Thermosynecococcus [PS15.24]
Dr Mikko Tikkanen (University of Turku)
Novel insights into state transitions of plant chloroplasts: mechanism and physiological significance [PS15.25]
Miss Yuliya Miloslavina (Max-Planck-Institut für Bioanorganische Chemie, Stiftstr. 34-36 D-45470 Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany)
Reorganization of LHC II complexes in the thylakoid membrane in response to high light adaptation (NPQ) [PS15.26]
Dr Heinrich Krause (University of Duesseldorf)
Occurrence of lutein epoxide in the photosynthetic pigment system of tropical plants [PS15.27]
Mr Rikard Fristedt (Division of Cell Biology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden)
TSP9 phosphoprotein as a regulator of light harvesting in Arabidopsis thaliana. [PS15.28]
Dr Luca Dall'Osto (Universitŕ di Verona)
Different roles of alpha- and beta- branch xanthophylls in photosystem assembly and photoprotection [PS15.29]
Prof. Barry Osmond (The Australian National University)
Dynamics of the truncated lutein epoxide cycle in avocado; implications for efficiency of light harvesting [PS15.30]
PS16 - Metabolite Transport and Intracellular Interactions
Mr Shigekazu Takahashi (University of Tokyo)
Comparative biochemical characterization of cytosolic tetrapyrrole binding proteins of Arabidopsis thaliana. [PS16.5]
Dr Graham Noctor (Université Paris)
The role of the mitochondrial electron transport chain in photosynthesis, stress responses, and the integration of carbon-nitrogen metabolism [PS16.6]
Prof. Christine Foyer (Newcastle University)
Interactions between photosynthesis and respiration during elicitor-induced cell death in tobacco [PS16.7]
Mr Keisuke Yoshida (The University of Tokyo)
Functional analysis of mitochondrial respiratory chain as a dissipation system of excess light energy [PS16.8]
Prof. Zbigniew Tukaj (University of Gdansk)
Photosynthetic activity of two Desmodesmus armatus (Chlorophyta) strains during light-induced cell cycle [PS16.9]
PS19 - Organelle Communication
Dr Rosine De Paepe (Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes)
Importance of chloroplastic/mitochondrial interactions during elicitor-induced hypersentive response in tobacco leaves: acceleration of the cell death process by light and anoxia [PS19.5]
Dr Paul Davison (Sheffield University)
The structure and function of Gun4 and its interactions with the chlorophyll biosynthetic enzyme magnesium chelatase [PS19.6]
Dr Kenji Okuda (Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyushu University)
PPR proteins function as a trans-factor in chloroplast RNA editing [PS19.7]
Dr Hiroyuki Ishida (Tohoku University)
Visualization of Rubisco-containing bodies derived from chloroplasts in living cells of Arabidopsis [PS19.8]
Dr Caroline Bowsher (The University of Manchester)
The metabolic and proteomic analysis of plastids isolated from different cell types of Arabidopsis thaliana leaves [PS19.9]
Miss Vanesa Andreu (EEAD-CSIC)
Effect of chloroplast maturation on the expression of w3 fatty-acid desaturases in soybean plants [PS19.10]
Dr Amanda Cottage (University of Cambridge)
GUN1 (GENOMES UNCOUPLED1) encodes a pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) protein involved in plastid protein synthesis-responsive retrograde signaling to the nucleus [PS19.11]
PS20 - Photosynthesis: a fundamental tool for modern agriculture and forestry
Dr J Aliyev (Institute of Botany, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences)
The intensity of CO2 assimilation, photorespiration and productivity of wheat genotypes (Triticum L.) [PS20.5]
Dr Alejandro Pieters (IVIC)
Developmental changes in leaf photosynthesis and Nitrogen use efficiency in rice cultivated in Venezuela. Historical trends over the past 50 years [PS20.6]
Mr Martin Navrátil (Ostrava University)
Parameters of reflectance spectra of Norway spruce needles and their relation with photosynthetic pigment content [PS20.7]
Dr Marek Zivcak (Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra)
Application of photosynthetic parameters in screening of wheat genotypes for improved tolerance to drought and high temperature [PS20.8]
Dr John Foulkes (University of Nottingham, Division of Agricultural and Environmental Science, School of Biosciences, Sutton Bonington campus, LE12 5RD, UK)
Avenues for genetic gains in leaf photosynthesis and canopy radiation-use efficiency in cereals [PS20.9]
Mr Sam Harris (Ceres, Inc.)
Identification of novel light intensity dependent genes and promoters for crop improvement using gene expression profiling [PS20.10]
Dr Murielle Eyletters (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Geotechnical impact of heavy engines used during urban street renovation on trees vitality [PS20.11]
Dr Mehrab Yadegari (University)
Evaluation of Bean [Phaseolus vulgaris] Seeds Inoculation with Rhizobium phaseoli and Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) on Yield and Yield Components. [PS20.12]
Dr Keiko OHASHI (The University of Tokyo)
Low-Light Irradiation at the Beginning or the End of the Daily Dark Period Accelerates Leaf Expansion and Growth in Spinacia oleracea L. [PS20.13]
Dr José Ignacio Garciá-Plazaola (Universidad del País Vasco)
Preservation of photosynthetic pigments under limiting working conditions [PS20.14]
PS23 - Global Climate Change - Terrestrial
Mr Florian Busch (University of Western Ontario)
Warm simulated autumn growth conditions do not increase photosynthetic carbon gain but increase the dissipation of excess energy in Jack pine [PS23.5]
Prof. Urs Feller (University of Bern)
Effects of an extended drought period on grasslands at various altitudes in Switzerland [PS23.6]
Ms Danielle Way (University of Toronto)
Relative importance of acclimation in respiration and photosynthesis in black spruce grown at high temperatures [PS23.7]
Dr MADANPAL SINGH (Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India)
CO2 on growth and photosynthetic characteristics of chickpea [PS23.8]
Miss Anneke Prins (University of Pretoria)
Acclimation of photosynthesis in maize plants to high CO2 [PS23.9]
Dr Takuya Fukuda (Natl. Inst. Agrobiol. Sci.)
Gene Expression Profiling in Rice Grown under Elevated CO2 [PS23.10]
Dr Gen-Yun Chen (Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology,Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences )
Recovery of photosynthesis in the offspring of rice grown under free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) [PS23.11]
Prof. Carlos Alberto Martinez (Department of Biology, FFCLRP, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.)
The effects of elevated CO2 on tropical trees are related to succesional status and soil nutritional conditions [PS23.12]
Dr Rafael Martinez-Carrasco (Institute for Natural Resources and agricultural Biology of Salamanca, CSIC)
Modification of photosynthesis temperature response by long-term growth in elevated CO2 and temperature in wheat field crops [PS23.13]
Dr Qingmin Han (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute)
Seasonal changes in the temperature response of photosynthesis in leaves with different types of shoot development [PS23.14]
Dr Ernesto Aguirre (Paseo de la Universidad nş 7)
Photosynthesis response of sorghum plants under changing environment [PS23.15]
PS24 - Global Climate Change - Aquatic
Dr Johann Lavaud (University of Konstanz)
Photoprotection capacities differ among plankton diatoms: Possible consequence on their spatial distribution related to fluctuations in the underwater light climate. [PS24.6]
Mr Richard Webster (University of Essex)
What Limits CO2 Assimilation in Emiliania huxleyi? [PS24.7]
Dr Michal Masin (Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)
Nutrient limitation and acidification of glacial lake support the development of aerobic anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria [PS24.8]
Dr Tessa Pocock (Department of Natural Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Sweden)
Synergistic effects of salinity and temperature in an extremophilic Antarctic alga (Chlamydomonas raudensis UWO 241). [PS24.9]
PS25 - Photosynthetic Mechanisms under Stress: regulation and improvement
Dr Megan Shelden (The Australian National University)
Identification and characterisation of aquaporins in the grapevine, Vitis vinifera [PS25.5]
Dr Karel Rohacek (Biology Centre of AS CR, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology)
Investigation of the non-photochemical processes in photosynthetic bacteria and higher plants using interference of coherent radiation - a new approach [PS25.6]
Mr Markus Lommer (IFM-GEOMAR, 24105 Kiel, Germany)
The photosynthetic response of a marine diatom to iron limitation [PS25.7]
Dr Esa Tyystjärvi (University of Turku)
Manganese is a photoreceptor of photoinhibition [PS25.8]
Dr Ismayil Zulfugarov (Department of Molecular Biology, Pusan National University)
Reactive oxygen species accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa L.) mutant lacking PsbS protein of photosystem II differently regulates stress response genes [PS25.9]
Prof. Claire Ting (Williams College)
Photosynthetic Response to Environmental Stress in the Cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus: From Genome to Three-Dimensional Cellular Architecture [PS25.10]
Dr Motohide Aoki (Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences)
Physiological and photosynthetic toxicity of thallium in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 [PS25.11]
Miss Livia Giotta (Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Universitŕ del Salento)
Cobalt effect on the bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis pathway and magnesium metabolism in Rhodobacter sphaeroides strain R26.1 [PS25.12]
Dr Ricardo da Cruz (Universidade de Lisboa)
Oxygen evolution and chlorophyll fluorescence under extreme dehydration in the aquatic bryophyte Fontinalis antipyretica [PS25.13]
Dr Miroslav Datko (Slovak agricultural university Nitra)
Proteomic analysis of spring barley leaves and chloroplasts treated with high temperature and irradiance [PS25.14]
Dr Francesca Italiano (Dipartimento di Chimica - Universitŕ di Bari)
Effect of Cobalt ions on the soluble proteome of Rhodobacter sphaeroides carotenoidless mutant. [PS25.15]
Mr Steve Boisvert (Université du Québec ŕ Trois-Rivičres)
Influence of elevated CO2 in plants exposed to short-term photoinhibitory light [PS25.16]
Prof. Marian Brestic (Slovak Agricultural University Nitra)
Functional study of PSII and PSI energy use and dissipation mechanisms in chlorina mutants of barley in conditions of high light treatment [PS25.17]
Mr Jalal Aliyev (Botany)
Influence of salinity on the pigmentation, protein content and oxygen evolving activity in unicellular green alga Dunaliella salina [PS25.18]
Mr Masaru Kono (Kanagawa University)
Photosyhthetic responses of Japanese lily to light conditions on the understory of a temperate deciduous forest [PS25.19]
Mrs Natalia Krupenina (Moscow State University)
Effect of action potential on photosynthesis and proton transport in the plant cell [PS25.20]
Miss Javiera González-Cruz (Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas. Universidad de Chile)
Water stress induces thermotolerance in bean plants photosynthetic apparatus [PS25.21]
Dr Zorica Popovic (Insitute for Biological Research, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia)
Adaptive variation of photosynthetic parameters in two subpopulations of Iris pumila L. on Deliblato Sands (Serbia) [PS25.22]
Dr Zorica Popovic (Insitute for Biological Research, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia)
Photosynthetic and growth alternations in Iris pseudacorus L. along the soil moisture gradient [PS25.23]
Mr Alireza Dadkhah (Ferdowsi University of Mashad)
Gas Exchange Response of Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L.) Cultivars Grown under Salt Stress [PS25.24]
Dr Cristina Pagliano (Universitŕ del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro, Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e della Vita)
Photosystem II in the obliged halophyte Salicornia veneta [PS25.25]
Miss Elizabete Carmo-Silva (Centro de Engenharia Biológica and Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Faculdade de Cięncias da Universidade de Lisboa; and Crop Performance and Improvement Division, Rothamsted Research)
Does Photorespiration increase under drought conditions? Insight from a study with C4 grasses. [PS25.26]
Mr Harvey Jian-Min Hou (UMass Dartmouth)
LC/MS and Photoacoustic Analysis of Type-II Reaction Center Photoinhibition [PS25.27]
Dr Barry Logan (Bowdoin College)
Physiological impacts of eastern dwarf mistletoe infection and developmental responses of host white spruce [PS25.28]
Ms Tatyana Karelina (Moskow State University)
Modelling of the regulation of the photosynthetic processes and discussion of its possible meaning for photosynthesis [PS25.29]
Ms Iva Šnyrychová (Department of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic and Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary)
First application of terephthalate as a fluorescent probe for hydroxyl radicals in thylakoid membranes [PS25.30]
Prof. Roberto Bassi (Universitŕ di Verona)
Higher plants photosynthetic antenna size is controlled by plastoquinone redox state at post-transcriptional rather than transcriptional level [PS25.31]
Prof. Gederts Ievinsh (University of Latvia)
Relatively high level of photosynthesis protection of rare coastal marsh plants in conditions of elevated soil salinity [PS25.32]
Prof. Saftar Suleymanov (Institute of Botany)
The synthesis of thylakoid membrane proteins in wheat plants under salt stress [PS25.33]
Ms Carmen Arena (Dipartimento di Biologia Strutturale e Funzionale, Universitŕ di Napoli Federico II)
Paraheliotropism in Robinia pseudoacacia plants: an efficient mean to cope with photoinhibition. [PS25.34]
Dr Junping Chen (USDA-ARS, USA)
The conserved role of FtsH11 protease in protection of photosynthetic system from high temperature stress in higher plants [PS25.35]
Dr Éva Hideg (Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary)
Response of ferritin over-expressing tobacco plants to oxidative stress [PS25.36]
Dr Francisco J Florencio (Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC)
The thioredoxin-peroxiredoxin system in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 responds to changes in environmental conditions [PS25.37]
Dr Manuel Pinto (Universidad de Chile)
Effect of temperature and UV-B radiation on the expression of early light - induced proteins (ELIPs) in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L) [PS25.38]
Prof. Novruz Guliyev (Institute of Botany)
Effect of water deficit on RUBISCO and carbonic anhydrase activities in different wheat genotypes [PS25.39]
Prof. Congming Lu (Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Heat Stress Induces an Aggregation of the Light-harvesting Complex of Photosystem II in Spinach Plants [PS25.40]
Dr Kintake Sonoike (University of Tokyo)
Genome-wide analysis of gene functions by chlorophyll fluorescence [PS25.41]
Mr Laszlo Bartha ("Babes-Bolyai" University, Dept. Biology)
Influence of salt stress and copper toxicity on photosynthetic parameters and antioxidative defense components in leaves of a succulent CAM plant [PS25.42]
Prof. Laszlo Fodorpataki ("Babes-Bolyai" University, Dept. Biology)
Differential sensitivity of the photosynthetic apparatus of a freshwater green alga and of duckweed exposed to salinity and heavy metal stress [PS25.43]
Dr Min-Hyuk Oh (National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration)
Loss of Photosystem II during Dark-Induced Leaf Senescence in a Stay-Green Rice Variety, SNU-SG1 and a Mutant, sgr [PS25.44]
Dr Britta Forster (The Australian National University)
Improved photoautotrophic survival of Chlamydomonas mutants under high light and oxidative stress [PS25.45]
Prof. Jiansheng Liang (College of Bioscience and Biotechnology,Yangzhou University, China)
Proteomic analyses of the effects of drought stress on the expression of thylakoid membrane proteins of rice (Oryza sativa. L) [PS25.46]
Dr Hisataka Ohta (Dept. of Biol. Fac of Sci. Tokyo Univ. of Sci.)
Evaluation of acid stress tolerance of mutants of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 lacking signal transduction related gene, sigB, [PS25.47]
Dr Parviz Ehsanzadeh (Isfahan University of Technology-Iran)
Maize (Zea maize L.) performance under drought: Decreased photosynthetic area vs. decreased efficiency of PSII [PS25.48]
Miss Adjélé WILSON (CEA CNRS)
Light Induced Energy Dissipation in Iron-Starved Cyanobacteria : Roles of OCP and IsiA Proteins [PS25.49]
Dr Prabhat Sharma (Goa University)
Effect Of NaCl And Exogenously Supplied ABA On Xanthophyll Cycle Pigments And Energy Dissipation In Rice Plants Under High Light Stress [PS25.50]
Miss Sofie Devacht (Institute for agricultural and fisheries research )
Evaluation of early vigour and photosynthesis of industrial chicory in relation to temperature [PS25.51]
Mrs Nathalie Boucher (Lab_Bell)
LuminoTox: Enlarging toxicity response by using different photosynthetic systems [PS25.52]
Dr Marinus Pilon (Colorado State University)
Plants without Significant Superoxide Dismutase Activity in the Chloroplast and Cytosol: Reconsideration of the Biological Role of SOD in Photosynthesis. [PS25.53]
Dr Matilde Barón ( Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants. Estación Experimental del Zaidín. CSIC. C/ Profesor Albareda, nş 1. C.P. 18008. Granada. Spain )
Chloroplast proteomics and fluorescence imaging to visualise systemic viral infection in plants [PS25.54]
Mr Renata Szymanska (Jagiellonian University Cracow Poland)
Plastochromanol, a ‘new’ lipophilic antioxidant in Arabidopsis leaves, is synthesized by tocopherol cyclase. The effect of high-light on the level of prenyllipid antioxidants [PS25.55]
Dr Michal Štroch (Ostrava University)
Acclimation of Norway spruce photosynthetic apparatus to combined exposure to higher irradiance and temperature [PS25.56]
Mr Takeshi Nagai (Tohoku University)
Differences between rice and wheat in the temperature responses of photosynthesis and plant growth [PS25.57]
Dr Yu Ran Moon (ARTI)
Suppression of non-photochemical quenching in Arabidopsis exposed to ionizing radiation [PS25.58]
Dr Jin-Hong Kim (ARTI)
Differential radiation sensitivities of Arabidopsis seedlings at various developmental stages [PS25.59]
Dr Jin-Hong Kim (ARTI)
Reasons for increased photosynthesis of Arabidopsis plants after gamma-irradiation at the reproductive stage [PS25.60]
Dr Anjana Jajoo (Devi Ahilya University)
Two types of binding sites for chloride exists in PSII-enriched membranes of spinach under temperature stress [PS25.61]
Dr Jerzy Kruk (Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland)
Plastoquinol as a singlet oxygen scavenger in photosystem II [PS25.62]
Dr Usue Pérez-López (University of Basque Country)
Does elevated CO2 mitigate the salt effect on photosynthesis in barley cultivars? [PS25.63]
Dr Gert Krüger (North-West University)
Effect of Trifluoroacetic acid, a degradation product of fluorinated hydrocarbons, on photosynthesis of C3 and C4 crop plants [PS25.64]
Dr Riekert Van Heerden (North-West University)
Changes in O-J-I-P fluorescence rise kinetics during dark chilling provide insight into genotype-specific effects on photosynthesis and N2 fixation in soybean [PS25.65]
Miss Christine Gross (University of Freiburg)
Superoxide production by photosystem II: role of cytochrome b559 [PS25.66]
Prof. Giorgio Mario Giacometti (University of Padova)
Evidences for interaction of PsbS with photosynthetic complexes in maize thylakoids [PS25.67]
Dr Archie Portis Jr (United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service)
The rate of photosynthesis remains relatively high at moderately high temperatures in Arabidopsis thaliana rca mutant expressing thermostable chimeric Rubisco Activase. [PS25.68]
Prof. Pandit Vidyasagar (University of Pune)
Effects of hypergravity on the chlorophyll content and growth of root and shoot during development in rice plants [PS25.69]
Prof. Baishnab Tripathy (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
Overexpression of Protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase C Results in Tolerance to Singlet oxygen-mrdiated Oxidative Stress in Plants [PS25.70]
Prof. Wah Soon Chow (Australian National University)
A rapid method for determining the fraction of functional Photosystem II in whole leaf tissue after photoinhibition [PS25.71]
Mr Luca Vitale (Dipartimento di Biologia Strutturale e Funzionale, Universita' di Napoli Federico II)
Effects of nitrogen and/or sulphur deprivation on the regulation of photosynthesis in barley seedlings [PS25.72]
Mr François Perreault (University of Quebec in Montreal, Department of Chemistry, TOXEN)
Alteration of energy dissipation by chromium effect in xanthophylls deficient mutant of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii [PS25.73]
Miss Ilham Sabour (université libre de Bruxelles)
Drought Resistance Ranking of four Wheat Cultivars Probed by the fast Fluorescence Rise OJIP [PS25.74]
Dr Jin-Hong Kim (ARTI)
Suppression of non-photochemical quenching in Arabidopsis exposed to ionizing radiation [PS25.75]
Dr Roland Pieruschka (Carnegie Institution of Washington)
Remote monitoring of cold and light stress induced effects on photosynthesis using laser induced fluorescence transient (LIFT) technique [PS25.76]
Miss Päivi Sarvikas (University of Turku)
Action Spectrum of Photoinhibition In Vivo Measured from the Wild Type and npq1-2 and npq4-1 Mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana [PS25.77]
Mr Matthew Johnson (Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, University of Sheffield)
Elevated zeaxanthin bound to oligomeric LHCII enhances the resistance of Arabidopsis to photo-oxidative stress by a lipid-protective, anti-oxidant mechanism [PS25.78]
Dr Filippo Bussotti (University of Florence )
Response to ozone of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) seedlings under competition, in an open-top chamber experiment. A chlorophyll fluorescence analysis [PS25.79]
Dr Fulvia Rizza (C.R.A. Istituto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura, Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Italy)
Water use and water use efficiency in two durum wheat cultivars contrasting for yield capacity [PS25.80]
Dr Chiara Cascio (University of Florence, IT)
Analysis of the variability of photosynthesis parameters in tree seedlings under ozone and water stress conditions. [PS25.81]
Dr Fulvia Rizza (C.R.A. Istituto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura, Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Italy)
Phenotypic response of PSII photochemistry to low temperature: comparison between winter and spring barley (Hordeum vulgare) genotypes [PS25.82]
Dr Yoram Gerchman (Haifa University in Oranim)
The Nostoc sp. PCC7120 CP43s [PS25.83]
Ms Anastasia Giannakoula (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Chlorophyll fluorescence and photosystem II activity of tomato leaves as affected by Prohexadione-calcium and irradiance [PS25.84]
Prof. Ron Hutchison (Richard Stockton College)
Altered gene expression in cold adapted and cold sensitive algae can be studied using microarrays [PS25.85]
Dr Rachel Dent (University of California)
Functional genomics of eukaryotic photosynthesis using insertional mutagenesis of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii [PS25.86]
Dr Marja Hakala (University of Turku)
The Concentration of the Target State of Laser-Pulse-Induced Photoinhibition Increases in the Dark [PS25.87]
Dr Melike Bor (Ege University)
Gaba and hormone responses of sesame plant (Sesamum indicum L.) under different abiotic stresses [PS25.88]
Dr Charles Deblois (University of Quebec in Montreal)
Effect of herbicides (diuron and oxadiazon) on photosynthetic energy dissipation processes of different species of cyanobacteria [PS25.89]
Dr Gabrielle Vernouillet (University of Quebec in Montreal)
Effect of light intensity on energy dissipation processes in photosynthesis of the freshwater diatom Cyclotella sp. [PS25.90]
Dr Ferenc Láng (Eötvös University)
Time scale of the appearance of Cd effects on photosynthetically competent poplar leaves [PS25.91]
Dr Natallia Pshybytko (National Academy of Sciences of Belarus)
Role of plastoquinone redox state in plant responce under high temperature [PS25.92]
1 - Photosynthesis and Education
Dr Barry Logan (Bowdoin College)
Student-led investigative laboratories designed to examine the acclimation of photosynthesis and energy dissipation [1.6]
Prof. Alexander Kukushkin (Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics)
Teaching Biophysics of Photosynthesis and Ecology at Faculty of Physics of Lomonosov Moscow State University [1.7]