Program for the Jena 2011-Meeting (March 25 - 27)
of DFG Research Group "Specific Light Driven Reactions in Unicellular Model Algae"
Talks for invited speakers are 40 min long, talks for members of the research group are 30 min long. All talks include 5 min discussion.
Friday, 25. 03. 2011
15.00 - 15.10 Welcome (Klaus Dicke, Rector of Friedrich Schiller University)
15.10 - 15.20 Welcome (Maria Mittag, Coordinator of the Research Group)
15.20 - 15.50 Peter Hegemann, Germany
"Chlamydomonas Phototropin, processing and new functional
perspectives"
15.50 - 16.20 Georg Nagel, Germany
"Light-activated cyclases from microbes"
16.20 - 17.00 Armin Hallmann, Germany
"Photoreception and phototaxis in Volvox"
17.00 - 19.00 POSTER session and coffee
20.00 Dinner "Gasthaus Zur Noll"
Saturday, 26. 03. 2011
08.30 - 09.00 Severin Sasso, Germany
"Is Ovothiol A a redox regulator of light-dependent processes in
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii?"
09.00 - 09.40 Lars-Oliver Essen, Germany
"Structural aspects of photolyases and cryptochromes: A never-ending
story?"
09.40 - 10.20 Jan Strauss, UK
"A bacteria-like rhodopsin proton pump in marine eukaryotic
phytoplankton"
10.20 - 11.00 Coffee
11.00 - 11.40 Takuya Matsuo, Japan
"Identification and analysis of circadian clock genes in Chlamydomonas
reinhardtii"
11.40 - 12.10 Maria Mittag, Germany
"Components of the light and circadian signaling pathways in
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii"
12.10 - 12.40 Tilman Kottke, Germany
"Spectroscopy on Chlamydomonas Cryptochrome"
12.40 - 14.50 Lunch (free choice in the city)
14.50 - 15.30 John Christie, UK
"Structure, function and application of phototropin receptor kinases"
15.30 - 16.10 Angela Falciatore, France
"Light sensing mechanisms in marine diatoms"
16.10 - 16.40 Claudia Büchel, Germany
"Light harvesting proteins in diatoms-functional heterogeneity and regulation"
16.40 Guided Jena City Tour and walk (about 30 min) to the "Gasthaus
Papiermühle" (with own beer brewery)- Dinner
Sunday, 27. 03. 2011
(Please note that there is a 1h switch from winter- to summer-time during this night!)
09.00 - 09.40 Andreas Möglich, Germany
"Using light to regulate gene expression"
09.40 - 10.20 Arthur Grossman, USA
"Probing the function of GreenCut proteins in Chlamydomonas"
10.20 - 10.50 Peter Kroth, Germany
"Regulation of carbon fixation in diatoms"
10.50 - 11.20 Coffee
11.20 - 12.00 Andreas Weber, Germany
"Carbon partitioning between plastid and cytosol in red algae and apicomplexa"
12.00 - 12.40 Georg Kreimer, Germany
"Novel players involved in the regulation of positive phototaxis and eyespot
development in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii"
12.40 -13.10 Christian Wilhelm, Germany
"Physiological effects addressing the aureochrome system in the diatom
Phaeodactylum tricornutum"
Meeting ends -Lunch (free choice in the city)
16.00 International Workshop for students starts
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