Chair & Co-chairs
Chair: Prof. Andreas P.M. Weber, University Düsseldorf, DE
Co-chair: Prof. Katherine Osteryoung, Michigan State University
Speakers & talks
Invited speakers and talks will include:
- Steven Ball, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, FR
- Debashish Bhattacharya, Rutgers University, USA
- Ralph Bock, Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, DE
- Bettina Bölter, LMU, Munich, DE
- Sónia Cruz, University of Aveiro, PT
- Dennis Dienst, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, DE
- Danny Ducat, Michigan State University, USA
- Poul Erik Jensen, University of Copenhagen, DK
- Cheryl Kerfeld, Michigan State University, USA
- Jane Langdale, Oxford University, UK
- Sally Mackenzie, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA
- Geoffrey McFadden, University of Melbourne, AU
- Shin-ya Miagishima, National Institute of Genetics, Japan
- Eva Nowack, Carnegie Institution for Science, USA
- Thomas Pfannschmidt, University of Grenoble, FR
- Kevin Redding, Arizona State University, USA
- Christian Schmitz-Linneweber, Humboldt University, Berlin, DE
- Alison Smith, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
- Xinguang Zhu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, CN
Steven Ball
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Lecture title: Plastid endosymbiosis: From evil to redemption: the switch from virulence to symbiosis in Chlamydiales
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, FR
Debashish Bhattacharya
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Lecture title: The origin of algal plastids, both ancient and more recent
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US
Ralph Bock
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Lecture title: Experimental evolution meets synthetic biology
Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, DE
Bettina Bölter
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Lecture title: Structure and function of protein translocons
LMU, Munich, DE
Dennis Dienst
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Lecture title: Synthetic RNA-based devices
Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, DE
Danny Ducat
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Lecture title: Towards a Synthetic Cyanobacterial Model of an External Chloroplast
Michigan State University, USA
Cheryl Kerfeld
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Lecture title: TBA
Michigan State University, USA
Poul Erik Jensen
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Lecture title: Redesigning photosynthetic electron transport towards novel pathways
University of Copenhagen, DK
Jane Langdale
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Lecture title: TBA
Oxford University, UK
Sally Mackenzie
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Lecture title: Plastid signaling and epigenetic response in plants
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA
Geoffrey McFadden
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Lecture title: Malaria parasites: when and where are they vulnerable?
University of Melbourne, AU
Shin-ya Miagishima
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Lecture title: Coordinating mechanisms of eukaryotic cell and chloroplast proliferation
National Institute of Genetics, Japan
Eva Nowack
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Lecture title: Paulinella chromatophora – challenges in the acquisition of a photosynthetic organelle
Carnegie Institution for Science, USA
Thomas Pfannschmidt
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Lecture title: The generation of the plastid encoded RNA polymerase PEP as bottleneck for chloroplast biogenesis
Université de Grenoble, FR
Kevin Redding
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Lecture title: Relocation of the gene encoding the algal FeFe hydrogenase from the nucleus to the chloroplast
Arizona State University, USA
Christian Schmitz-Linneweber
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Alison Smith
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Lecture title: The chloroplast at night
John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK