Germany-Japan Joint-Symposium
Bridging the gap: from structure to functional dynamics of photosynthesis related protein complexes
Februrary 2 (Tue)

• 13:00-13:15
  Opening Remark by Haruki Nakamura (Osaka University)
• 13:15-13:45
  Michael Hippler (University of Münster)
  Calcium- and redox-related regulation of photosynthesis via calredoxin
• 13:45-14:15
  Wataru Sakamoto (Okayama University)
  Protein degradation machineries in Arabidopsis chloroplasts
• 14:15-14:45
  Stefan Weinl (University of Münster)
  The role of calcium in regulating photosynthesis-related processes
• 15:30-16:00
  Iris Finkemeier (University of Münster)
  Unravelling the role of lysine acetylation on chloroplast and mitochondrial electron transport chain complexes in Arabidopsis
• 16:00-16:30
  Young-Ho Lee (Osaka University)
  Thermodynamic study on interprotein interaction between oppositely-charged electron transfer proteins

Februrary 3 (Wed)

• 09:00-09:30
  Michi Suga (Okayama University)
  Structural basis for energy transfer pathways in the plant PSI-LHCI supercomplex
• 09-30-10:00
  Marc Nowaczyk and Matthias Rögner (Ruhr-University Bochum)
  Analysis and design of ferredoxin dependent electron pathways in cyanobacteria
• 10:00-10:30
  Genji Kurisu and Risa Mutoh (Osaka University)
  Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Analysis of Ga-substitued Ferredoxin and its interaction sites for Photosystem I and Ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase
• 10:45-11:15
  Thomas Happe (Ruhr-University Bochum)
  Structure-function relationship of the photosynthetic hydrogenase and its redox partners
• 11:15-11:45
  Hirozo Oh-oka (Osaka University)
  Homodimeric type 1 reaction centers in green sulfur bacteria and heliobacteria
• 11:45-12:15
  Yuichiro Takahashi and Miho Nishimura (Okayama University)
  Characterization of dynamics of photosynthetic reaction center complexes using the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
• 13:30-14:00
  Christian Fufezan (University of Münster)
  Elucidating the greening of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii y-1 mutant by mass spectrometry
• 14:00-14:30
  Michael Sperling (University of Münster)
  Mapping of elements and molecules in plant tissues by bioimaging techniques
• 14:30-15:00
  Anja Hemschemeier (Ruhr-University Bochum)
  Involvement of NO-signaling in the acclimation of the photosynthetic apparatus to anoxia
• 15:15-15:45
  Danja Schünemann (Ruhr-University Bochum)
  Protein Transport to the Thylakoid Membrane of Chloroplasts
• 15:45-16:15
  Jian-Ren Shen (Okayama University)
  Radiation damage-free structure of photosystem II and the mechanism of water-splitting
• 16:15-16:45
  Eckhard Hofmann (Ruhr-University Bochum)
  Propagation of excitation energy in multipigment-protein complexes studied by steady state and time resolved structural analysis

IPR Seminar
Cutting edge of Structural biology and biochemistry of anaerobic proteins

• 10:15-10:45
  Hajime Masukawa (Osaka City University)
  Genetic manipulation of Anabaena nitrogenase and heterocyst differentiation to increase photobiological hydrogen production
• 10:45-11:15
  Hiroshi Nakajima (Nagoya University)
  Regulatory mechanism of a Fe-S cluster containing transcriptional regulator for VFe-nitrogenase
• 11:15-11:45
  Yusuke Tsukatani (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
  Versatility and application of nitrogenase-like enzymes on bacteriochlorophyll pigment biosynthesis
• 11:45-12:10
  Yuichi Fujita (Nagoya University)
  Reaction mechanism of dark-operative protochlorophyllide reductase
• 13:30-14:00
  Yoshitsugu Shiro (RIKEN SPring-8 Center)
  Generation, Transfer and Decomposotion of NO in Denitrification System
• 14:00-14:30
  Hirozo Oh-oka (Osaka University)
  Exploring reaction properties and electron transfer pathways in the homodimeric photosynthetic reaction centers
• 14:30-15:00
  Yasuhiro Takahashi (Saitama University)
  Genetic and Structural analyses of ISC machinery involved in iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis
• 15:00-15:30
  Kei Wada (Miyazaki University)
  Structural and functional analyses of SUF machinery involved in iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis
• 15:50-16:20
  Koji Nishikawa (University of Hyogo)
  Observation of hydride in the active site of [NiFe] hydrogenase
• ＜Invited Talk＞supported by the Joint-Lab program by Osaka University
  16:20-16:50
  Martin Winkler / Julian Esselborn (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
  Structural and functional characterization of protein and cofactor variants in the two-dimensional design of [FeFe]-hydrogenases