The conference will be held from October 28, 2022 to October 30, 2022.
The conference will begin Friday evening and end Sunday morning.
Keynote Lectures will be given by Prof. Yuval Mazor (Arizona State University) and Prof. Sergei Savikhin (Purdue University).
Program
Friday, October 28
4:00 - 6:00 pm Registration & Poster Hanging
6:00 pm Dinner
Session Chair: Jessica Anna, Univesity of Pennsylvania
7:30 pm Introduction and Welcome
7:40 - 8:20 pm Keynote Lecture
Sergei Savikhin, Purdue University
“The Fenna-Matthews-Olson complex: where experiment and theory converge”
8:20 - 8:40 pm Hiroki Makita, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
“Polarized infrared microspectroscopy of a single photosystem I microcrystal”
8:40 - 9:00 pm Galina Grechishnikova, Purdue University
“Exploring the vibrational landscape of the water-soluble chlorophyll-binding protein with site-directed mutagenesis”
9:00 - 9:20 pm Julia Kirpich, Georgia State University
“A-1 chlorophylls contribute to P700 spectrum in photosystem I: photoaccumulated FTIR difference spectroscopy of the mutants near the A-1 chlorophylls (PsaA-N600M and PsaB-N582M) of photosystem I from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803”
9:30 pm Mixer and Poster Session
Saturday, October 29
7:00 am Breakfast
Session Chair: Mike Reppert, Purdue University
9:00 - 9:40 am Keynote Lecture
Yuval Mazor, Arizona State University
“Heterogeneity in photosystems and their antennae”
9:40 - 10:00 am Jack Lawrence, Purdue University
“Predicting spectral properties of mutant Fenna-Matthews-Olson (FMO) complexes via first-principles modeling”
10:00 - 10:20 am Moritz Kretzschmar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
“Influence of different detergent concentrations on the structural conformation and purity of cyanobacterial trimeric Photosystem I”
10:20 - 10:40 am Coffee Break
Session Chair: Jeff Cameron, University of Colorado
10:40 - 11:00 am Ross Walker, Oklahoma State University
“Uncovering the mechanism of powered carbonic anhydrase-like activity in Synechococcus Elongatus”
11:00 - 11:20 am Peter Neofotis, Michigan State University
“A pyrenoid for hyperoxia”
11:20 - 11:40 am Chris Brininger, University of Colorado
“Calcium carbonate precipitation by a diazotrophic cyanobacterium”
11:40 - 12:00 pm Donghee Hoh, Michigan State University
“The mechanistic bases of genetic variations in photosynthetic responses identify the role of specific fatty to environmental stress”
12:00 - 12:20 pm Anton Avramov, University of Colorado
“Lethal CRISPRi mutations reveal unseen and dramatic phenotypes in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002”
12:30 pm Lunch
Afternoon Free
4:00 - 6:00 pm Poster Session
6:00 pm Dinner
Session Chair: Colin Gates, Loyola University Chicago
7:30 - 7:50 pm Himanshu Mehra, Louisiana State University
“Multiple roles of PratA in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803”
7:50 - 8:10 pm Xiaozhuo Wang, Louisiana State University
“Deg9, a chloroplast protease, is not required for Photosystem II repair in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii”
8:10 - 8:30 pm Runyu Zhao, Washington University
“Photobiological production of high-value pigments via compartmentalized co-cultures using Ca-alginate hydrogels”
8:30 pm Poster Session
Sunday, October 30
7:00 am Breakfast
Session Chair: Jessica Anna, University of Pennsylvania
9:00 - 9:20 am Justin Rose, Michigan State University
“Detection of light-driven conformational motions of canthaxanthin inside the orange carotenoid protein”
9:20 - 9:40 am James Shipp, University of Pennsylvania
“Probing the ultrafast energy transfer dynamics of neutral and oxidized cyanobacterial photosystem I with two-dimensional spectroscopy”
9:40 - 10:00 am Sourav Sil, Michigan State University
“Excitation energy transfer and photoregulatory mechanisms in intact phycobilisomes”
10:00 - 10:30 am Coffee Break
10:30 am Awards Presentations