Session 5: Computational Biology and Modeling
09:00 - 10:50
Chair: Danny Ducat, Michigan State University, USA
09:00 - 09.40 Xinguang Zhu, Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences, CN
Rationale design of photosynthetic metabolism for increased efficiency
09:40 - 10.20 Dennis Dienst, Heinrich-Heine-University, DE
Synthetic RNA-based devices
10.20 - 10.35 Luc Cornet, University of Liège, BE
Phylogenomic analysis of the origin of plastids
10:35-10:50 Coffee break
Session 6: Plastid Gene Transfer and Biotechnology
10.50 - 12:40
Chair: Eva Nowak, Heinrich-Heine University, DE
10.50 - 11.30 Ralf Bock, Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, DE
Mechanisms of plastid gene transfer and applications to biotechnology
11.30 - 12.10 Sonia Cruz, Universidade de Aveiro, PT
Photosynthesis in Sacoglossan Sea Slugs
12.10 - 12.25 Sven Gould, Heinrich-Heine-University, DE
Back to square one: plastid robustness in sacoglossan slugs
12.25 - 12.40 Lin Myat, Cornell University, USA
Beta-carboxysomal proteins assemble into highly organized structures in Nicotiana chloroplasts