ESF Research Conferences

ESF-EMBO Symposium

MOLECULAR BIOENERGETICS OF CYANOBACTERIA: TOWARDS SYSTEMS BIOLOGY LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING

Invited Papers

Name

Affiliation

Lecture

Iwona Adamska

University of Konstanz, DE

The family of Deg proteases in cyanobacteria

Natalia Battchikova

University of Turku, FI

Low CO2 proteome of Synechocystis 6803

Egbert Boekema

University of Groningen, NL

Photosynthetic membrane supercomplexes studied by electron microscopy

Laurent CournacCEA CadarachePhotosynthetic and respiratory gas exchange characteristics of Synechocystis PCC 6803 ndh(1-4) mutants

William Cramer

Purdue University, US

A limited bioinformatics analysis results in an improved cyanobacterial source for structure-function studies of the cytochrome b6f complex

Maria Fillat

University of Zaragosa, ES

Fur (ferric uptake regulator) proteins in cyanobacteria: new roles for a master regulator

Enrique Flores

University of Seville, ES

Cell differentiation and multicellularity in cyanobacteria

Karl Forchammer

Giessen University, DE

Towards global understanding of the nitrogen starvation response of Synechococcus elongates

Martin Hagemann

Rostock University, DE

Pathways and function of cyanobacterial phosphoglycolate metabolism

Wolfgang Hess

University of Freiburg, DE

Analyses of regulatory RNA in cyanobacteria for a systems biology level of understanding

Hideo Iwasaki

Waseda University, JP

Systems analyses on cyanobacterial spatio-temporal pattern formations and responses to light-dark cycles

Aaron Kaplan

Hebrew University, IL

CO2-dependent negotiations between photoautotrophic and photomixotrophic metabolisms in Synechocystis PCC 6803

Cheryl Kerfeld

University of California, US

Progress in elucidating the structural basis of carboxysome function

Jan Kern

Technische Universtiät Berlin

Lipids, Quinones and Channels - current state of the structural model of cyanobacterial Photosystem II

Diana Kirilovsky

CNRS, FR

The orange carotenoid protein, a new photoactive protein involved in photoprotection in cyanobacteria

David Knaff

Texas Tech University, US

NMR studies of protein/protein interaction in the ferredoxin/thioredoxin systems of Synechocystis

Joseph Komenda

Academy of Sciences, CZ

The role of small subunits in the biogenesis of cyanobacterial Photosystem II

Peter Lindblad

Uppsala University, SE

Transcriptional regulation of the cyanobacterial bidirectional hydrogenase

Hans Matthijs

University of Amsterdam, NL

The dynamics of bioenergetic processes in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803: conclusions from transcriptomes of intercepts between nitrogen or light limited cultures in chemostats

Klaus-Peter MichelUniversity of Bielefeld, DETranscript profiling reveals new insights into the acclimation of the mesophilic fresh-water cyanobacterium Sunechococcus elongates PCC 7942 and two Synechococcus mutant strains to iron starvation

Conrad Mullineaux

Queen Mary University of London, UK

Intercellular molecular exchange in filamentous cyanobacteria

Ladislav NedbalInstitute of Systems Biology and Ecology CAS, CZA photobioreactor for precision cultivation of cyanobacteria and for high-content analysis of suspension dynamics

Peter Nixon

Imperial College London, UK

Structure and function of FtsH complexes in cyanobacteria

Itzhak OhadHewbrew University, ILLight stress resistance of the dessication-tolerant Microcoleus sp.

Himadri Pakrasi

Washington University, US

Systems approach to understanding molecular mechanisms of photosynthetic systems

Matthias Rögner

Bochum University, DE

Basics of Photosytem II function and applications for biohydrogen production

Rakefet Schwarz

Bar Ilan University, IL

Modulation of cell fate during starvation: mechanisms underlying cell death and survival in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC 7942

Enrico SchleiffJWG University, DEBeta-barrel proteins of Anabaena sp. PCC 7120, the beauty of outer membranes

Kaarina Sivonen

University of Helsinki, FI

Genome of Anabaena 90

Karin Stensjö

Uppsala University

Proteome dynamics in Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 and Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133

Imre Vass

Biological Research Center, HU

The role of non-radiative charge recombination processes in the photodamage and photoprotection of PSII

Wim Vermaas

Arizona State University, US

Regulation of Photosystem II assembly: protein and pigments

Annegret Wilde

Humboldt University, DE

The function of non-coding RNAs in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Xudong Xu

Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN

Acquired chill-light tolerance of a cyanobacterium