Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: A Whole-Cell View of Photosynthesis
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:10 pm
"Integrating Biological Complexity: Why Do We Need So Many Models for a Whole-Cell Understanding of Photosynthesis"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm
"Towards a Mechanistic Understanding on How Cells Balance Reductive Chloroplast Metabolism via Ferredoxin Isoforms"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:10 pm
"Exploring The Diatom Pyrenoid: Insights From Icelandic Environmental Samples"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Light Harvesting and Antenna Systems
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
"Far-Red Photosynthesis with a Minimal Gene Set"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
"Probing the Red Chlorophylls of Photosystem I with Multispectral Multidimensional Spectroscopy"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:00 am
"Dynamical Multiscale Simulations for the Exciton Dynamics in Plants and Diatoms"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:30 am
"Photosynthetic Proteins in Action: Towards a Real-Time Investigation of How Light Harvesting is Regulated in Plants"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
General Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Diversity of Photosynthetic Processes
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
"Engineering the Lowest Energy Phototrophs"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
"About the Biosynthesis of Carotenoids in Diatoms"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm
"Photosynthesis in the Dynamic Light and Nutrient Environments of the Oceans"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Photochemical Reaction Centers
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:25 am
"Time Resolved Structural Studies of Photosynthetic Reaction Center Proteins"
9:25 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
"Broadband Fluorescence-Detected Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy: Challenges and Benefits in Studying Photosynthetic Systems"
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:25 am
"Unexpected Photochemistry from what Eon"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:25 am
"Mechanism of Dynamic Assembly of Plant Rubisco activase "
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:55 am
"Two Solutions for Efficient Light-Harvesting in Phototrophic Gemmatimonadota"
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
"Computational Studies of the OEC in Photosystem II: O6 Myth or Reality"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
"Developing the Fastest-Growing Phototrophs with Photosystem II-Cyclic Electron Flow"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm
"Assignment of the Substrate Waters of Oxygen Production in Photosystem II"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Electron, Proton, and Ion Transport
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
"Uncovering Ion Transporters Important for Photosynthetic Function"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
"Action at a Distance: The Remarkable Coupling of CO2 Uptake to Electron Transfer in Cyanobacterial NDH-1 Complexes"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:00 am
"Modeling the Energy Economy of a Photosynthetic Cell in Terms of the Rate Limitation of Transport Processes"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:30 am
"Downregulation of Photosynthetic Electron Transport through the Luminal Acidification"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
"Molecular Operation and Regulatory Function of Cytochrome b6f: Insights from Structural and Spectroscopic Studies"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Bioenergy and Artificial Photosynthesis
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
"Brothers From Another Mother: Probing Chlorophyll Biosynthesis, Electron Transfer and GreenCut Targets with Chlamydomonas and Auxenochlorella "
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
"Engineering Photosynthesis through Computational Protein Design"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm
"Photosynthetic Microbes for Bioproduction: Challenges and Opportunities"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Regulation and Assembly of Photosynthetic Systems
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:25 am
"Molecular Mechanisms of Thylakoid Membrane Assembly: The Role of Contact Site Proteins"
9:25 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
"The Dynamic Thylakoid Structure and Organization"
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:25 am
"Unraveling Regulation of Photosynthesis with Emerging Algal Systems"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:25 am
"Engineering Chlorophyll f into the Photosynthetic Apparatus"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:55 am
"Chloroplastic Ascorbate Modulates Metabolism Independent of Oxidative Stress"
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
"Robust Light-Harvesting Properties Upon Low Light Acclimation in Purple Bacteria"
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Evolutionary Aspects of Photosynthesis
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
"The Evolutionary Origin of a Unique Purple-Green Photo-Symbiosis"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
"Rewiring Photoprotection: Evolution of Endosymbiont-Derived HLIPs in Paulinella "
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm
"Evolutionary Diversification of Far-Red Light-Harvesting Complexes in Cyanobacteria"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
General Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure