26 May
10:00 AM - 10:55 AM: Inscription
10:55 AM - 11:00 AM: Welcome
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Plenary lecture by Andrew Leakey (IU, USA)
AI-enabled phenomics of stomata and water use efficiency in C4 crops
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Lunch
Session 1: Ecophysiology and biodiversity of photosynthesis
Chairs: Alix Boulouis, Anne-Soisig Steunou
1:00 PM - 1:25 PM: Marianne Jaubert (IBPC, France)
Phytochromes mediate depth sensing and photoacclimation in marine diatoms
1:25 PM - 1:50 PM: Cécile Bernard (MNHN, France)
Beyond the biodiversity of cyanobacteria ?
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM: Steven Zehnacker (BIAM, France)
Physiological characterization of Picochlorum microalgae and study of the biological role of a heme degradation pathway found in a newly discovered Picochlorovirus
2:05 PM - 2:20 PM: Raphaël Monteil (IBPC, France)
The study of the circadian clock protein RITMO1 in Phaeodactylum tricornutum adds new insights on the regulation of diatom photosynthesis
2:20 PM - 2:35 PM: Quentin Charras Ferroussier (KTH, Sweden)
Characterization and physiological relevance of a novel PSI-6LHCI supercomplex expressed under atmospheric CO2 growth in the algae Chlamydomonas reinhardti
2:35 PM - 3:45 PM: Poster session
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM: Coffee break
Session 2: Gene expression and plastids
Chairs: Etienne Delannoy, Norbert Rolland
4:15 PM - 4:40 PM: Tatjana Kleine (LMU, Germany)
Update on one of the most prominent and debated members of the PPR protein family: GENOMES UNCOUPLED1 (GUN1)
4:40 PM - 5:05 PM: Julia Legen (HU, Germany)
Phase separation of RNA binding proteins supports cold acclimation of chloroplast gene expression
5:05 PM - 5:20 PM: Marta Bertolini (IBPS, France)
PRK introns activate Introns Mediated Enhancement in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
5:20 PM - 5:35 PM: Lisa Desiree Westrich (IBPC, France)
Functional insights into the role of RAF1 in rubisco assembly and large subunit translation in Chlamydomonas
5:35 PM - 5:50 PM: Jeanne Marie Al Frenn (IPS2, France)
Chloroplast nucleoid-associated regulatory mechanisms behind the C4 photosynthetic differentiation in Zea mays
27 May
Session 3: Light acclimation, Light Harvesting and Photoprotection
Chairs: Guillaume Allorent, Xenie Johnson
9:00 AM - 9:25 AM: Michael Schroda (RPTU, Germany)
Stress protection of chloroplast membranes by VIPP proteins
9:25 AM - 9:50 AM: Emilie Wientjes (WUR, Netherlands)
Imaging the dynamic thylakoid membrane
9:50 AM - 10:05 AM: Claudia Beraldo (UPD, Italy)
Zeaxanthin-driven non-photochemical quenching is mainly mediated by LhcSR, not PsbS, in Physcomitrium patens
10:05 AM - 10:20 AM: André Vidal-Meireles (BIAM, France)
Acclimation of Photosynthesis to the Environment 1 (APE1) is a thylakoid membrane, copper-binding, superoxide scavenger conserved in all oxygenic phototrophs
10:20 AM - 10:35 AM: Marcelo Orlando (IBPC, France)
Undulatory Photosynthesis: A frequency-domain approach for understanding the orchestration of photosynthetic regulation
10:35 AM - 11:05 AM: Coffee break
11:05 AM - 12:15 PM: Poster session 2
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM: Lunch
Session 4: Carbon Assimilation and Metabolism
Chairs: Emmanuelle Issakidis, Bernard Genty
1:15 PM - 1:40 PM: Guillaume Tcherkez (IRHS, France)
Regulation of phloem export by photosynthesis: insights from carbon isotope labelling
1:40 PM - 2:05 PM: Peter Geigenberger (LMU, Germany)
Role of thioredoxins in acclimation of plants to light and cold
2:05 PM - 2:20 PM: Pathomchai Dindaeng (I2BC, France)
Deletion of the thylakoydal protein TLP15 results in reorganization of Carbon metabolism in Synechocystis PCC6803
2:20 PM - 2:35 PM: Théo Le Moigne (NTY, Singapore)
Structural and functional analysis of the CbbQO type form II Rubisco activase
2:35 PM - 2:50 PM: Florian Busch (LMU, Germany)
Non-linear diffusion pathways dictate the short-term variability of mesophyll conductance
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM: Coffee break
Session 5: Photosynthetic genes and genomes and Evolution of photosynthesis
Chairs: Olivier Vallon, Julien Henri
3:20 PM - 3:45 PM: Asa Strand (UMU, Sweden)
Retrograde signals control dynamic changes to the epigenome
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM: Marc-André Selosse / Etienne Delannoy (IPS2, France)
The mixotrophic orchid paradox: versatile energy sources but constrained metabolism
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM: Loïc Quevarec (LCB, France)
Oxygen as a proximal selective pressure for photo-endosymbiosis evolution
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM: Jediael Ng (MPITM, Germany)
Unravelling the evolutionary origin of complexity in Rubisco’s biogenesis
Session 6: SFPhi General Assembly and Round Table
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM: SFPhi general assembly
4:45 PM - 6:30 PM: Round table
Some highlights of the GDR IBCO2, and discussion on the forthcoming Thematic Network
6:30 PM: Cocktail
28 May
Session 7: Metals in natural and artificial photosynthesis
Chairs: Nicolas Rouhier, Annamaria Quaranta
9:00 AM - 9:25 AM: Genji Kurisu (Osaka University, Japan)
Structural basis for the pH-dependent functional regulation of the cytochrome b6f complex
9:25 AM - 9:50 AM: Philipp Gotico (I2BC, France)
Mimicking Functional Features of CO dehydrogenase Toward Improved Catalyst Design for CO2 Conversion
9:50 AM - 10:05 AM: Benjamin Das Neves (IAM, France)
Molecular mechanisms of the assembly of iron-sulfur clusters by the SUF machinery in chloroplasts
10:05 AM - 10:20 AM: Linnéa Strandberg (I2BC, France)
Mn deficiency affects photosynthetic regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM: Coffee break
Session 8: Regulation of photosynthetic electron transport and alternative pathways
Chairs: Anja Krieger-Liszkay, Stefania Viola
10:50 AM - 11:15 AM: Pablo Calzadilla (I2BC, France)
The role of the Plastid Terminal Oxidase (PTOX) in plant physiology: from stress tolerance and beyond
11:15 AM - 11:40 AM: Guy Hanke (QMUL, UK)
Electron distribution after photosystem I: importance for non-foliar photosynthesis
11:40 AM - 11:55 AM: Lauri Nikkanen (UTU, Finland)
PGR5 is needed for redox-dependent regulation of ATP synthase activity both in plant chloroplasts and in cyanobacteria
11:55 AM - 12:10 PM: Nicholas Rizzetto (UPD, Italy)
Flavodiiron protein activity outcompetes cyclic electron transport when expressed in angiosperms
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM: Lunch
Session 9: Coordination of photosynthesis with nutrition
Chairs: Antoine Martin, Ben Field
1:10 PM - 1:35 PM: José Crespo (CSIC, Spain)
The TOR kinase integrates light and CO2 signals to promote cell growth
1:35 PM - 1:50 PM: Hatem Rouached (MSU, USA)
Plant growth stimulation by high CO2 depends on phosphorus homeostasis in chloroplasts
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM: Patrick Laufs (IJBP, France)
A framework for the formation of hydathodes, small and often overlooked structures playing a role in water fluxes and photosynthesis
2:05 PM - 2:20 PM: Laurence Lejay (IPSiM, France)
Redox signaling, a hidden player in the regulation of N metabolism by C metabolism?
2:20 PM - 2:35 PM: Amel Latifi (LCB, France)
Dual control of photosynthesis and nitrogen Fixation by PatB in Anabaena PCC 7120: decoding the regulatory switch during heterocyst differentiation
2:35 PM - 3:00 PM: Concluding remarks and young researcher prizes
