Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Keynote Session: The Power of Photoreceptor Biophysics
Discussion Leader: Sayaka Ohashi (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)
3:15 pm - 3:20 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:20 pm - 3:50 pm
Kevin Gardner (The City College of New York Advanced Science Research Center, United States)
"Discovery, Characterization and Engineering of LOV Photoreceptors: The Power of Interdisciplinary Research"
3:50 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Molecular Mechanisms of Photoreceptor Function and Optogenetics
Discussion Leader: Oliver Maximilian Eder (Technical University Graz, Austria)
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
5:40 pm - 5:55 pm
Robert Dunleavy (Cornell University, United States)
"An Approach to Study Flavoproteins by In Vivo EPR Spectroscopy: The Aerotaxis Transducer Aer"
5:55 pm - 6:00 pm
Discussion
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Thanh Nhut Do (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
"Two-Photon Absorption and Photoionization of a Bacterial Phytochrome"
6:15 pm - 6:20 pm
Discussion
6:20 pm - 6:35 pm
Sabine Oldemeyer (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
"Deprotonation of a Cysteine Residue Monitored in Living Cells via Nanosecond Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy"
6:35 pm - 6:40 pm
Discussion
6:40 pm - 6:55 pm
Kimmo Lehtinen (University of Jyvaskyla, Finland)
"Mammalian Transcription Regulation with a Bacterial Two-Component System"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Leonardo Barneschi (Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy)
"On the Fluorescence Enhancement of Arch Neuronal Optogenetic Reporters"
7:15 pm - 7:20 pm
Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Light-Driven Biological Responses
Discussion Leader: Deborah Walter (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:25 am
Matthew Rodrigues (Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland)
"Solving the Active State Structure of a Bistable Invertebrate Opsin"
9:25 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Gabriele Andreatta (Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Austria)
"Loss-of-Function of a Photoreceptor Extends Animal Growth and Lifespan"
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Philipp Schwenk (Albert Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany)
"Impact of Light Signalling on Processing Body Dynamics"
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:25 am
Dimitra Paliogianni (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)
"DOT3: Another Cog in the Phototropin Signalling Machine"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:45 am
Sreya Das (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India)
"The Power Within: Negative Autoregulation of PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 4 (PIF4) as the Key to Optimal Growth and Fitness in Arabidopsis thaliana "
10:45 am - 10:50 am
Discussion
10:50 am - 11:00 am
General Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Scientific Writing and Publishing
Discussion Leader: Tianyuan Xu (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)
1:30 pm - 1:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
1:35 pm - 1:50 pm
Jay Dunlap (Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth , United States)
"Stories About Reviewing, Writing and Publishing"
1:50 pm - 1:55 pm
Discussion
1:55 pm - 2:10 pm
Moran Shalev-Benami (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"To Publish or Not to Publish: The Behind the Scenes of Publishing Your Scientific Paper"
2:10 pm - 2:15 pm
Discussion
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
General Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes