Session 7: Towards Synthetic Plastid Biology
09:00 - 10.40
Chair: Ralph Bock, Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, DE
09.00 - 09.40 Poul Eric Jensen, University of Copenhagen, DK
Redesigning photosynthetic electron transport towards novel pathways
09.40 - 10.20 Cheryl Kerfeld, Michigan State University, USA
Engineering corboxysomes
10.20 - 10.40 Danny Ducat, Michigan State University, USA
Towards a synthetic cyanobacterial model of an external chloroplast
10.40 - 11.10 Coffee break
Session 8: Emerging topics
11:00 - 11:55
Chair: Debashish Bhattacharya, Rutgers University, USA
11.10 - 11.25 David Roy Smith, University of Western Ontario, CA
Plastids without genomes: do they exist?
11.25 - 11.40 Yoshihisa Yamazaki-Hirakawa, University of Tsukuba, JP
Plastid division proteins of chlorachniophyte algae
11.40 - 11.55 Joanna Melonek, University of Western Australia, AU
Deciphering the functions of P-class PPR proteins by combining bioinformatic and experimental methods
11.55 - 12.10 Mami Nomura, University of Tsukuba, JP
Fine Structure Observation during siliceous shell formation of a testate amoeba Paulinella chromatophora (Euglyphid)
12:30 Lunch and Free Time
Session 9: Round Table Session: Ethical Issues in Synthetic Biology
14.00 - 15.30
Chair: Poul Eric Jensen, University of Copenhagen, DA
14.00 - 15.30 Round Table Session: Ethical Issues in Synthetic Biology
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
Session 10: Foresight session
16.00 - 18.00
Chair: Kevin Redding, Arizona State University, US
16:00 -18.00 Foresight Session
18.00 - 19.30 Poster and Presentation Award Ceremony