Photosynthesis 2007 -Plenary Speakers
Monday 23rd July 2007
09:00 Professor Daniel Nocera, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Water splitting catalysis following nature's design
09:30 Professor Alfred Holzwarth, Max-Planck-Institut fur Bioanorganische Chemie
Primary photosynthesis
Tuesday 24th July
09:00 Professor Richard Debus, University of California at Riverside
Oxygen evolution
09:30 Professor David Kramer, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University
The plumbing of photosynthesis. Integrating the electron and proton transfer reactions in vivo
Wednesday 25th July
09:00 Professor Jen Sheen, Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Sugar sensing and signalling network
09:30 Dr John Sheehy, International Rice Research Institute
Harnessing photosynthesis in tomorrow's world: humans, crop production and poverty alleviation
Thursday 26th July
09:00 Professor Neil Hunter, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, The University of Sheffield
Chlorophyll biosynthesis: enzymology on a global scale
09:30 Dr Francis-Andre Wollman, Institute de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université Pierre et Marie Curie.
Assembly of photosynthesis proteins in the chloroplast: do it yourself provided the nucleussets the rhythm
Friday 27th July
09:00 Professor Robert Blankenship, Departments of Biology and Chemistry, Washington University
The evolutionary transition from anoxygenic to oxygenic photosynthesis
09:30 Professor Joe Berry, Stanford University
The breathing of a planet: a confluence of atmospheric science with plant physiology
13:30 Professor Paul Falkowski, Rutgers University
How the evolution of oceanic photosynthesis shaped the biogeochemistry of Earth
