International Conference

Photosynthesis Research
for Sustainability
in honor of Nathan Nelson
and T. Nejat Veziroglu

June 19–25 2016
Pushchino, Russia
PROGRAMME

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Schedule: Photosynthesis Research for
Sustainability-2016
JUNE 18 (SATURDAY)

A rrival and accomodation
JUNE 19 (SUNDAY – 1ST DAY)

9:00–10:00 Registration
10:00–10:30 Opening Ceremony
Acad. Anatoly I. Miroshnikov, Chairman of the Pushchino ResearchCenter;Dr. Ivan Savintsev, The head of the Pushchino city;
Dr. Anatoly Tsygankov, President of Russian Society of Photobiology.
Pushchino Readings: 50 years of Institute of Biological
Problems RAS (former Institute of Photosynthesis AS USSR)
Chairpersons: James Barber (UK), Govindjee (USA),
Julian J. Eaton-Rye (New Zealand), Suleyman Allakhverdiev (Russia)

10:30–10:50 Vladimir A. Shuvalov (Academician, Director of
the Institute of Basic Biological Problems, RAS). On the historyof the Institute of Basic Biological Problems RAS and Pushchino
Readings on Photosynthesis
10:50–11:30 Andrey B. Rubin (Corr. Member of RAS, Department ofbiophysics, Biological Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University,
Moscow). Problems of biophysics and mechanisms of primary
photosynthetic reactions
Events in honor of Prof. Nathan Nelson and T. Nejat Veziroglu
11:30–12:00 Govindjee. In honor of Prof. Nathan Nelson and T. Nejat
Veziroglu
12:00–13:30 (90 min) Lunch

2Chairpersons: Ada Yonath (Israel), John H. Golbeck (USA),
Leslie Dutton (USA), Kimiyuki Satoh (Japan), Norio Murata (Japan)

13:30–14:00 Ada Yonath (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2009;
Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot,
Israel). Key issues in contemporary medicine, the microbiome andenvironmental sustainability
14:00–14:30 Nathan Nelson (Department of Biochemistry andMolecular Biology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel). Half century
of scientific wandering – Freedom, Serendipity and Joy
14:30–15:00 William A. Cramer (Department of Biological Sciences,
Purdue University, USA). On the mechanism of state transitions:redox- and structure- dependent interaction in vitro between Stt7
kinase and the cytochrome b6 f complex
15:00–15:30 Rachel Nechushtai (The Alexander Silberman Institute ofLife Sciences and the Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew Universityof Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel). Photosystem I: From protein
composition to photo-bio-nano-electronics, a personal prespective
dedicated to prof. Nathan Nelson
15:30–15:50 (20 min) Coffee break
Chairpersons: Norio Murata (Japan), Govindjee (USA),
Arvi Freiberg (Estonia)

15:50–16:20 John H. Golbeck (Department of Biochemistry andMolecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA).
Charge separation in Heliobacterium modesticaldum: An exemplar ofan early homodimeric type I photosynthetic reaction center
16:20–16:50 Arvi Freiberg (Institute of physics and institute ofmolecular and cell biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia).
Structural constraints for excitation energy migration and trapping inphotosynthetic bacteria
16:50–17:20 Michael Hippler (IBBP, WWU Münster, Germany).
Calredoxin – a novel calcium-dependent sensor-responder connected
to regulation of photosynthesis

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Chairpersons: Kintake Sonoike (Japan), Marián Brestic (Slovakia),
Marek Živčák (Slovakia), Kentaro Ifuku (Japan), Olaf Kruse (Germany),
Gadi Schuster (Israel), Iftach Yacoby (Israel), Seiji Akimoto (Japan),
Eugene Maksimov (Russia), Rajagopal Subramanyam (India),
Vasiliy Goltsev (Bulgaria), Tatsuya Tomo (Japan)

17:20–20:00 Poster viewing (Library on the first floor)
JUNE 20 (MONDAY – 2ND DAY)
Chairpersons: James Barber (UK), Julian J. Eaton-Rye (New-Zealand),Barry Bruce (USA)8:00–8:30 Govindjee (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Urbana, USA). Towards efficient photosynthesis: Overexpression of
C4 enzymes in C3 plants: A case study
8:30–9:00 Norio Murata (National Institute for Basic Biology,
Okazaki, Japan). ATP is the driving force of the repair ofphotosystem II during photoinhibition: Important role of cyclic
electron transport
9:00–9:30 Leslie Dutton (The Johnson Research Foundation, Schoolof Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA). First
principles design of water-soluble photochemical proteins engineered
for solar energy conversion in living cells
9:30–9:55 Julian J. Eaton-Rye (Department of Biochemistry,
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand). Bicarbonate-reversible
inhibition of the iron-quinone acceptor complex of photosystem II
lacking low-molecular-weight proteins or with targeted mutations
to the D1 protein
9:55–10:15 (20 min) Coffee break4
Chairpersons: Hiroshi Ishikita (Japan), Galina Riznichenko (Russia),
Alexey Semenov (Russia)

10:15–10:45 James Barber (Department of Life Sciences, Sir Ernst
Chain Building, South Kensington Campus, Imperial College
London, UK). The Mn4Ca-catalyst of the photosynthetic oxygen
evolving centre: structure, function and evolution.
10:45–11:10 Thomas Friedrich (Technical University of Berlin,
Institute of Chemistry, Berlin, Germany). From bacteriophytochromes
to iRFP: Optimization of fluorescence by “local” and “remote” aminoacid substitutions
11:10–11:35 Avigdor Scherz (Department of Plant and Environmental
Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel).
Small residues control protein-gated electron transfer in photosynthetic
reaction centers
11:35–12:00 Alexander Tikhonov (Department of Biophysics, PhysicalFaculty, Moscow State University). Electron and proton transport
coupled to ATP synthesis in chloroplasts: Lateral heterogeneity ofthe proton potential
12:00–13:30 (90 min) Lunch
Chairpersons: Kintake Sonoike (Japan), Thomas Friedrich (Germany),
Avigdor Scherz (Israel)

13:30–13:55 Peter Hegemann (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,
Germany) Optogenetics, a technology with Russian Scientific roots:
Channelrhodopsin and new inhibitory optogenetic approaches
13:55–14:20 Győző Garab (Biological Research Center, Hungarian
Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary). Roles of non-bilayer lipids
and non-lamellar lipid phases in the assembly and structural dynamics
of thylakoid membranes
14:20–14:45 Hiroshi Ishikita (Research Center for Advanced Scienceand Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan). Energetics ofproton release on the first oxidation step in the water oxidizing enzyme

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14:45–15:10 Alexey Semenov (Belozersky Institute of PhysicalChemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia).
Charge recombination in photosystem I under conditions of restricted
protein mobility
15:10–15:35 Barry Bruce (University of Tennessee at Knoxville,
Knoxville, TN, USA). Characterization of a non-detergent isolated formof a cyanobacterial trimeric photosystem I using styrene-maleic acidco-polymers
15:35–15:50 (15 min) Coffee break
Chairpersons: Iftach Yacoby (Israel), Tatsuya Tomo (Japan),
Kimiyuki Satoh (Japan)

15:50–16:15 Agepati S. Raghavendra (University of Hyderabad,
Hyderabad, India). Biochemical and molecular basis of modulationby oxidative stress of photorespiratory components
16:15–16:40 Olaf Kruse (Bielefeld University, Faculty of Biology,
Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld, Germany).
Elucidating the regulatory network of light harvesting inphotoheterotrophic microalgae
Chairpersons: Anatoly Tsygankov (Russia), Olaf Kruse (Germany),
Martin Winkler (Germany)

16:40–17:10 Rick L. Garcia (LI-COR Biosciences USA).
Sponsor’s presentation. Exploring the power of parallel measurementsof electron transport, CO2 and H2O flux in plant leaves
17:10–19:05 Brent Claassen and Rick L. Garcia (LI-COR Biosciences
USA). Practical work-shop from the sponsor: Further dialogues
concerning the new LI-COR LI-6800 portable photosynthesis systemand the power of parallel measurements of electron transport, CO2 andH2O flux in plant leaves. Room 114, follow arrows on the wall

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Chairpersons: Kintake Sonoike (Japan), Marián Brestic (Slovakia),
Marek Živčák (Slovakia), Kentaro Ifuku (Japan), Olaf Kruse (Germany),
Gadi Schuster (Israel), Iftach Yacoby (Israel) Seiji Akimoto (Japan),
Eugene Maksimov (Russia), Rajagopal Subramanyam (India),
Vasiliy Goltsev (Bulgaria), Tatsuya Tomo (Japan)

17:10–18:30 Poster viewing (Library on the first floor)
19:05–21:00 Get together evening
JUNE 21 (TUESDAY – 3RD DAY)

Tours
Moscow, Yasnaya Polyana
JUNE, 22 (WEDNESDAY – 4TH DAY)

Section: Neutron Scattering in Photosynthesis Research
Chairpersons: Jörg Pieper (Estonia), Chris Garvey (Australia),
Gergely Nagy (Switzerland)

8:00–8:25 Jörg Pieper (Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Tartu,
Estonia). Excitonic coupling and protein dynamics in the water-soluble
chlorophyll protein (WSCP)
8:25–8:50 Christopher Garvey (Australian Nuclear Science andTechnology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia). Deuteration
as a tool to understand photosynthetic membrane organisation in
the cyanobacterium Halomicronema hongdechloris
8:50–9:15 Robert Corkery (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm,
Sweden. Australian National University, Canberra, Australia).
Small angle neutron scattering studies of photosynthetic membrane
structures in cyanobacteria
9:15–9:40 Henrich Frielinghaus (Jülich Centre for Neutron Science,
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Garching, Germany). Wood
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9:40–9:55 (15 min) Coffee break
9:55–10:20 Gergely Nagy (Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen,
Switzerland; Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian
Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary). Structure and dynamics ofphotosynthetic membranes as studied by neutron scattering
10:20–10:45 Maksym Golub (Institute of Physics, Tartu University,
Tartu, Estonia; University of Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France).
Combined SAXS-SANS structure study of isolated PS II core complex
Chairpersons: Tatsuya Tomo (Japan), Suleyman Allakhverdiev (Russia),
Kimiyuki Satoh (Japan)

10:45–11:10 Mariko Miyachi (Department of Chemistry, School of
Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan). Fabrication of bioconjugate photosystems using reconstituted photosystem I and II withmolecular wires
11:10–11:35 Daisuke Nii (Department of Physics, Tokyo Universityof Science, Tokyo, Japan). Formation of biohybrid device between
photosysten I and carbon material
11:35–12:55 (80 min) Lunch
Chairpersons: Yukako Hihara (Japan), Kentaro Ifuku (Japan),
Agepati S. Raghavendra (India)

12:55–13:20 Kintake Sonoike (Department of Biology, Waseda
University, Tokyo, Japan). Variation of redox state of plastoquinone
pool in cyanobacteria revealed by photochemical quenching and nonphotochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence
13:20–13:45 Miwa Sugiura (Proteo-Science Research Center, Ehime
University, Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan).
Role of D1-pro173 of photosystem II in water oxidation
13:45–14:10 Galina Riznichenko (Moscow State University,
Moscow, Russia). Kinetic and computer multiparticle modeling ofphotosynthetic regulation

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14:10–14:35 Keisuke Saito (Research Center for Advanced Science andTechnology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan).
Energetics of the proton transfer from tyrosine D in photosystem II:
Comparison with tyrosine Z
14:35–15:00 Seiji Akimoto (Molecular Photoscience Research Center,
Kobe University, Kobe, Japan). Changes in light-harvesting andenergy-transfer processes under different growth conditions
15:00–15:15 (15 min) Coffee break
Chairpersons: Miwa Sugiura (Japan), Daisuke Seo (Japan),Franz-Josef Schmitt (Germany)

15:15–15:40 Kentaro Ifuku (Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto
University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan). Evolution and function of
the OEC family proteins in chloroplasts
15:40–16:05 Yukako Hihara (Graduate School of Science andEngineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan). A feed-forward
loop consisting of the response regulator RpaB and the small RNA
PsrR1 controls light acclimation of photosystem I gene expression in
Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
16:05–16:30 Hisashi Ito (Institute of Low Temperature Science,
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan). Chlorophyll degradation by
Mg-dechelatase
16:30–16:55 Daisuke Seo (Division of Material Science, Graduate
School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University,
Kakuma, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan). Comparative study onreaction kinetics of NADP+/H reduction/oxidation catalyzed byferredoxin-NAD(P)H oxidoreductases from photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic bacteria
16:55–17:20 Zach Adam (The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant
Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University,
Rehovot, Israel). DEG proteases in the thylakoid lumen and their role
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17:20–17:45 Marc M. Nowaczyk (Plant Biochemistry, Ruhr University
Bochum, Bochum, Germany). Light-driven whole-cell biocatalysis
with recombinant cyanobacteria
17:45 Group Photo
Chairpersons: Kintake Sonoike (Japan), Marián Brestic (Slovakia),
Marek Živčák (Slovakia), Kentaro Ifuku (Japan), Olaf Kruse (Germany),
Gadi Schuster (Israel), Iftach Yacoby (Israel) Seiji Akimoto (Japan),
Eugene Maksimov (Russia), Rajagopal Subramanyam (India),
Vasiliy Goltsev (Bulgaria), Tatsuya Tomo (Japan)

18:00–20:00 Poster viewing/discussion (Library on the firstfloor)
20:00–21:00 Chamber music
Artists: The member of Spivakov’s orchestra Anastasia Kosarskaya (oboe)
and laureate of international contests Vera Kryukova (piano);Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Robert Shuman, Camille Saint-Saëns,Ottorino Respighi, Manuel Ponce
JUNE 23 (THURSDAY – 5TH DAY)
Chairpersons: Anatoly Tsygankov (Russia), Olaf Kruse (Germany),
Patrick Hallenbeck (Canada)

8:00–8:15 Alexander Yu. Ramenskiy (President of Russian National
Hydrogen Energy Association). Standardization of hydrogentechnologies and fuel cells in the Russian Federation
8:15–8:35 Alexander Gusev (General Director STC “TATA” Limited).
Innovative technologies of the hydrogen economy and alternative energy
for sustainable development
8:35–8:50 Dmitry Dunikov (Joint Institute for High Temperatures, RAS,
Moscow, Russia). Russian R&D in Hydrogen Energy
8:50–9:20 T. Nejat Veziroglu (President of International Association for
Hydrogen Energy, Miami, FL, USA). Global solution to global problems

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9:20–9:45 Patrick C. Hallenbeck (Département de microbiologie,
infectiologie et immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal.
Canada; Life Sciences Research Center, Department of Biology UnitedStates Air Force Academy, USAF Academy, Colorado USA). Challenges
in sustainable algal biofuels production
9:45–10:10 Iftach Yacoby (Laboratory for Renewable Energy Studies.
Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, Tel Aviv
University, Tel Aviv, Israel). Continuous hydrogen production in
air grown micro-algae
10:10–10:25 (15 min) Coffee break
Chairpersons: Mariko Miyachi (Japan), Tatsuya Tomo (Japan),
Giuseppe Torzillo (Italy)

10:25–10:50 Giuseppe Torzillo (Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi,
Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy). Constraints in the scale-up ofphotobiological hydrogen production with microalgae
10:50–11:15 Vinzenz Bayro Kaiser (Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel).
Temperature-sensitive PSII: toward a sustainable bioreactor forphotosynthetic hydrogen production
11:15–11:40 Martin Winkler (Department of Plant Biochemistry,
Photobiotechnology group, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany).
2D-Tailoring of [FeFe]-Hydrogenases for Applications
11:40–12:05 Evelina Slavcheva (Institute of Electrochemistry andEnergy Systems, Bulgaria). Composite oxide supported catalysts forhydrogen production in anion exchange membrane electrolysis cells
12:05–13:35 (90 min) Lunch
Chairpersons: Keisuke Saito (Japan), Eugene Maksimov (Russia),
Rajagopal Subramanyam (India)

13:35–13:55 Azat V. Abdullatypov (Institute of Basic Biological
Problems, RAS, Pushchino, Russia). Oxygen diffusion pathways
through HydSL hydrogenase from Thiocapsa roseopersicina

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13:55–14:15 Zinaida Eltsova (Institute of Basic Biological Problems,
RAS, Pushchino, Russia). Hydrogen production by Rhodobacter
sphaeroides mutants without LHII complex
14:15–14:35 Alena Volgusheva (Moscow State University, Moscow,
Russia). Acclimation of C. reinhardtii to magnesium deficiency:
Establishment of anoxia at high photosynthetic activity
14:35–14:50 Alexey Kazakov (Joint Institute for High Temperatures,
RAS, Moscow, Russia; Green Energy Development Center, Feng Chia
University, Taichung, Taiwan). Joint Russian-Taiwan project forbiohydrogen production and purification
14:50–15:10 Gadi Schuster (Faculty of Biology, Technion, Haifa, Israel).
Harnesing photosynthesis for solar energy conversion and hydrogengeneration: Building a bio-generator
15:10–15:30 George Sytchev (Joint Institute for High Temperaturesof the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia). Multipurpose
technology of natural gas pyrolysis for the hydrogen energetics
15:30–15:50 Franz-Josef Schmitt (Institute of Physical Chemistry,
Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany). Fluorescentproteins as biosensors for studying the activity of hydrogenases andintracellular pH
15:50–16:05 (15 min) Coffee break
Chairpersons: Seiji Akimoto (Japan), Jóse A. Navarro (Spain),
Azat Abdullatypov (Russia)

16:05–16:25 Rajagopal Subramanyam (Department of Plant Sciences,
School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India).
Role of stt7 kinase in acclimatization and organization ofphotosynthetic apparatus to salt in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
16:25–16:45 Arjun Tiwari (Department of Biochemistry, Molecular
Plant Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland). Photosystem I in
photochemical and non-photochemical quenching of excitation energy

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16:45–17:05 Marina Kozuleva (Institute of Basic Biological Problems,
RAS, Pushchino, Russia). A new insight into mechanisms of oxygen
photoreduction in the photosynthetic chain
17:05 Special Events
Committee: James Barber (UK), Ada Yonath (Israel),
T. Nejat Veziroglu (USA), Tatsuya Tomo (Japan), Govindjee (USA),
Anatoly Tsygankov (Russia), Suleyman Allakhverdiev (Russia)

Young Talents (8+8 awards/prizes)
The awards will be presented to young researchers who have done
outstanding research in the field of photosynthesis research forsustainability and biohydrogen. All young researchers, including
Ph.D. students and Post-Docs, may compete for awards.
Winners will be selected by the committee (see above), according torecommendation of chairpersons of poster sections.
19:00 Banquet
JUNE 24 (FRIDAY – 6TH DAY)
Chairpersons: Alena Volgusheva (Russia), Mahir Mamedov (Russia),
Norio Murata (Japan)

9:00–9:25 Lyudmila Vasilieva (Institute of Basic Biological Problems,
RAS, Pushchino, Russia). BChl ligation in bacterial photosynthetic
reaction center: possible options
9:25–9:50 Alexander Krasnovsky Jr. (A.N. Bach Institute of
Biochemistry (Biotechnology Center, RAS) and M.V. Lomonosov
Moscow University, Moscow, Russia). Phosphorescence studies of theplant photosynthetic apparatus
9:50–10:15 Victor Nadtochenko (Institute of Chemical Physics, RAS,
Moscow, Russia). Ultrafast charge separation events in Photosystem I
Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 under excitation of the QY band red side:
The mechanism of long-wavelength limit of photochemical energy
conversion in Photosystem I
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Chairpersons: Lyudmila Vasilieva (Russia),
Rajagopal Subramanyam (India), Alexander Krasnovsky Jr (Russia).

10:35–11:00 José A. Navarro (Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y
Fotosíntesis, cicCartuja, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC, Sevilla, Spain).
The photosynthetic cytochrome C550 from the diatom
Phaeodactylum tricornutum
11:00–11:25 Dmitry A. Cherepanov (Institute of Physical Chemistry
and Electrochemistry, RAS, Moscow, Russia). Dielectric behavior of
the photosynthetic bacterial reaction center evaluated by the langevinand kirkwood-fröhlich models using molecular dynamics simulations
11:25–11:50 Konstantin Neverov (A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry,
Biotechnology Center, RAS, Moscow, Russia). Chlorophyll triplet statein isolated PS II reaction centers and core complexes: Low temperaturephosphorescence study
11:50–13:20 (90 min) Lunch
Chairpersons: Dmitry A. Cherepanov (Russia),
Alexander Krasnovsky Jr. (Russia), Vladimir Sukhov (Russia)

13:20–13:45 Mahir Mamedov (Belozersky Institute of PhysicalChemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia).
Trehalose effects on real-time kinetics of electrogenic reactions due tocatalytic cycle of water oxidizing complex of Photosystem II
13:45–14:10 Eugene Lysenko (Institute of Plant Physiology RAS,
Moscow, Russia). Thylakoids win the competition for cadmium within
plant chloroplasts
14:10–14:35 Jianguo Liu (Institute of Oceanology CAS, Qingdao,
China). The multiple changes of photosynthetic behaviors, the roleof photorespiration during the astaxanthin accumulation in
Haematococcus pluvialis grown outdoors in tubular photobioreactors
14:35–15:00 Alexei Solovchenko (Department of Bioengineering,
Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia).
Red or dead: Photosynthetic acclimation in a carotenogenic microalga
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15:00–15:25 Roman Pishchalnikov (Prokhorov General Physics
Institute, RAS, Moscow, Russia). Red exciton states: Localization in
the photosystem I trimer complexes of Arthrospira platensis and theirrole in energy transfer
15:25–15:45 Coffee break
Chairpersons: Mahir Mamedov (Russia), Anjana Jajoo (India),
Eugene Maksimov (Russia)

15:45–16:10 Dmitry Zlenko (Moscow State University, Moscow,
Russia). Molecular model of PBS core and PBS association withphotosystems
16:10–16:35 Eugene Maksimov (Department of Biophysics, Faculty ofBiology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia). Construction ofa photoactive fluorescence sensor from the Orange Carotenoid Protein
16:35–17:00 Vladimir Sukhov (N. I. Lobachevsky State University of
Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia). Proton signal as probablemechanism of photosynthetic response induced by variation potential
in higher plants
17:00–17:25 Nataly Belyaeva (Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia).
Thylakoid model parameters fitted to photosynthetic induction data
17:25 Closing Ceremony
James Barber (UK), Norio Murata (Japan), William Cramer (USA),Kimiyuki Satoh (Japan), Győző Garab (Hungary), Leslie Dutton (USA),
Govindjee (USA), Suleyman Allakhverdiev (Russia),
Tatsuya Tomo (Japan), Anatoly Tsugankov (Russia)
JUNE 25 (SATURDAY – 7TH DAY)

10:00–13:00
E xcursions to Institutes of Pushchino Research Center.
Departure

Poster Session Schedule
JUNE 19
Section 1.1: Primary Processes of Photosynthesis
S1.1 Light-harvesting complexes from purple sulfur bacteriawith modified in vitro carotenoid composition
Alexander Ashikhmin, Zoya Makhneva, Maksim Bolshakov,
and Andrey Moskalenko
S1.2 Effect of light absorbed by carotenoids on growthof purple sulfur bacterium Alc. vinosum
Maksim Bolshakov, Zoya Makhneva, Alexander Ashikhmin,and Andrey Moskalenko
S1.3 Femtosecond processes of charge separation in two
mutant reaction centers of Rhodobacter sphaeroides withincreased midpoint potential at cryogenic temperature
Anton Khristin, Maria Leonova, Vladimir Shuvalov,and Anton Khmelnitskiy
S1.4 Comparison of the recombination rate of charges andlifetime of tryptophan fluorescence in RCs of Rb. sphaeroides
in the temperature range from −180 to 25°C
Petr Knox, E. P. Lukashev, B. N. Korvatovskii, V. V. Gorokhov, N. P. Grishanova,
N. Kh. Seifullina, and Vladimir Z. Paschenko
S1.5 Comparison of the recombination rate of charges andlifetime of tryptophan fluorescence in RCs of Rb. sphaeroides
in the temperature range from −180 to 25°C
Petr Knox, E. P. Lukashev, B. N. Korvatovskii, V. V. Gorokhov, N. P. Grishanova,
N. Kh. Seifullina, and Vladimir Z. Paschenko
S1.6 Two-photon spectroscopy of the LH1 complex and its subunit B820
Andrei Razjivin, Alexander Solov’ev, Victor Kompanets, Sergey Chekalin,and Andrey Moskalenko
S1.7 Can LH1 complexes of purple bacteria be assembled
with partial filling of carotenoid pockets?
Alexander Solov’ev, Alexander Ashikhmin, and Andrey Moskalenko
S1.8 Coherent intradimer events in reaction
centers of Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Andrey Yakovlev and Vladimir Shuvalov

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S1.9 Study of the spectral and electron-transfer properties of
Rhodobater sphaeroides R-26 reaction centers under vacuum conditions
Aleksey Zabelin, Anton Khristin, Taygib Iliyasov, Valentina Shkuropatova,
and Anatoly Shkuropatov

Section 1.2: Structure, Function and Biogenesis of the Photosynthetic
Apparatus
S2.1 Thermostability of Photosystem I trimers and monomers
from the cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongates
Vladimir Shubin, Irina Terekhova, Yulia V. Bolychevtseva, Marta J. Kopczak,
Eithar El-Mohsnawy, Matthias Rögner, Werner Maentele, and Enela Džafić
S2.2 Spectroscopic properties of the peripheral antennae from photosystem II
Alexander S. Belov and Daniil V. Khokhlov
S2.3 Evolution of metastable states in the process ofplastocyanin and cytochrome f complex formation
Vladimir Fedorov, Sergei S. Khruschev, and Ilya Kovalenko
S2.4 The properties of two sources of carbonic anhydrase
activity in photosystem II of higher plants
Lyudmila Ignatova, Elena Zhurikova, and Boris Ivanov
S2.5 Structural and functional features of photosynthetic
apparatus of Pinus sylvestris in Baikal Siberia
Maria Ivanova and Galina Suvorova
S2.6 Simulation of electron transfer by plastocyanin inchloroplast thylakoid lumen by brownian dynamics
Ilya Kovalenko, Olga Knyazeva, Galina Riznichenko, and Andrey B. Rubin
S2.7 Molecular imprinted polymers in studying chlorophyll-protein
interactions and development of sensors to determine herbicides
Mikhail Khristin
S2.8 Participation of carbonic anhydrase alpha-4 in the development of nonphotochemical chlorophyll fluorescence quenching in Arabidopsis thaliana
Elena Zhurikova, Lyudmila Ignatova, Vilen Mudrik, and Boris Ivanov
Section 1.3: Photosystem II and Water Oxidation Mechanism
S3.1 Automatization of analysis of movement trajectories
of small molecules in photosystem II
Bulat Fatkhullin and Azat Gabdulkhakov
S3.2 Involvement of molecular oxygen in the donor-side
photoinhibition of Mn-depleted photosystem II membranes
Andrey Khorobrykh and Vyacheslav Klimov

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S3.3 Spectral characteristics of photosystem II complexes
isolated from chlorophyll f containing cyanobacterium
Toshiyuki Shinoda, Min Chen, Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev,
and Tatsuya Tomo
S3.4 EPR and Fluorescence investigations of Fe cation interaction
with Mn-binding sites in Mn-depleted PS II membranes
Boris Semin, Lira Davletshina, Jyotishman Dasgupta, G. Charles Dismukes,
and Michael Seibert
S3.5 Trehalose induced stimulation of oxygen photoconsumption andelectron transfer in manganese-depleted photosystem II preparations
Denis Yanykin, Andrey Khorobrykh, Mahir Mamedov, and Vyacheslav Klimov

Section 1.4: Energy Transfer and Trapping in Photosystems
S4.1 Energy migration in model quantum dot –aluminum phthalocyanine system
Daniil Gvozdev, Evgeniy Maksimov, M. G. Strakhovskaya,
and Vladimir Z. Paschenko
S4.2 Characterization of the putative ferredoxin binding sites on photosystem I
Pini Marcu and Iftach Yacoby
S4.3 Excitation energy transfer in phycobiliproteins ofAcaryochloris marina investigated by site-selective spectroscopy
Jörg Pieper, M. Rätsep, G. Gryliuk, S. Hildebrandt, K.-D. Irrgang, and H.-J. Eckert
S4.4 Accurate simulation of hole burning andfluorescence line-narrowing spectra
Jörg Pieper M. Rätsep, M. Pajusalu, P. Artene, and Arvi Freiberg
S4.5 Excitation energy transfer processes among
photosystethic complexes in cyanobacterial cells
Yoshifumi Ueno, Shimpei Aikawa, Akihiko Kondo, and Seiji Akimoto
Section 1.5: Photosystem I and Bacterial Photosynthesis
S5.1 2,6-Dichlorophenolindophenol exhibits side
effect on the acceptor side of photosystem I
Marina Kozuleva, Anastasia Petrova, Mahir Mamedov, Alexey Semenov,and Boris Ivanov
S5.2 Kinetic modeling of electron transfer in Photosystem Iwith variable internal and external acceptors
Georgy Milanovsky, Anastasia Petrova, Dmitry A. Cherepanov,and Alexey Semenov
S5.3 Studies on the monomeric form of Photosystem I
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S5.4 Interaction of the Photosystem I complexes containing different
quinones in the A1-site with exogenous electron acceptors
Anastasia Petrova, Georgy Milanovsky, B. K. Boskhomdzhieva, Mahir Mamedov,and Alexey Semenov

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Section 1.8: Regulation of Photosynthesis and Environmental StressS8.1 The function of FoF1-ATPase has an influence on the phycobilisome
Mina Agatsuma, Junji Uchiyama, Kento Funamizu, Haruna Ishikawa,Ayumi Matsuhashi, Yu Kanesaki, Hirofumi Yoshikawa, and Hisataka Ohta
S8.2 Response of photosynthetic apparatus, methobolicand antioxidant defense enzymes to phytoplasma infectionin pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) leaves
Irada Huseynova, Gulnara Balakishiyeva, Durna Aliyeva, Ulduza Qurbanova,
Jamila Bayramova, Ilgar Maharramov, and Jalal Aliyev
S8.3 Gas exchange parameters of wheat genotypes under soil water deficit
Tofig Allahverdiyev
S8.4 Luminescence and antioxidant responses ofchinese cabbage (Brassica pekinensis (Lour.) Rupr.) tochilling stress during early vegetative stages
Alexey Baikov, Murat Gins, Mikhail Solntsev, and Alexander Tikhonov
S8.5 Effect of coherent radiation on some morphometricparameters and photosynthetic activity in regenerated
plantlets of Lavandula hybrid Rev. cultivars
Valentina Brailko, Olga Mitrofanova, and Irina Mitrofanova
S8.6 High temperature effects and the photoprotective
responses in chlorophyll b deficient wheat mutants
Marián Brestič, Marek Živčák, Katarína Olšovská, Kristýna Kunderlíková,
and Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev
S8.7 Impact of annual changes of temperature and light (PAR) on inductionof Chl a fluorescence in situ in Stellaria media (L.) and Plantago maior (L.)
Bogdan Nikolic, Dejan Dodig, Nina Djapic, Hadi Waisi, Violeta Petrovic,
Nenad Milovanovic, and Sanja Djurovic
S8.8 Reorganization of pigment-protein complexesin Ajuga reptans leaves at overwintering
Olga Dymova, Mikhail Khristin, Ilya Zakhozhiy, and Tamara Golovko
S8.9 Roles of anionic lipids clarified with an SQDG-deficientmutant of Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1
Kaichiro Endo, Koichi Kobayashi, and Hajime Wada

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S8.10 “Bicarbonate protective effect” on ATP synthesis

and possible role of carbonic anhydrase
Tatyana Fedorchuk, Vera Opanasenko, and Boris Ivanov
S8.11 Light-controlled variability of the size of an antenna unit
building block: experimental and theoretical studies
Andrey Yakovlev, Alexandra Taisova, Vladimir Shuvalov, Alexander Arutyunian,and Zoya Fetisova
S8.12 Improving resistance to acute UV stress in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
using rescue media derived from Deinococcus radiodurans
Thomas Friedrich
S8.13 Fluorescence procedures to assess the photosynthetic
resilience in scots pines after a surface fire
Irina Gette, Nina Pakharkova, and Ivan Kosov
S8.14 Assessment of the physiology state of photosynthetic
machinery and plant vitality by JIP-test and PAM-fluorometry
Vasilij N. Goltsev and Momchil Paunov
S8.15 Identification of nutrients deficiencies in growth medium of
Phaseolus vulgaris by chlorophyll fluorescence methods: applicationof artificial neural networks as a tool for rapid recognition
Vasilij N. Goltsev, Vladimir Aleksandrov, Momchil Paunov, Violeta B. Velikova,
Tsonko D. Tsonev, and Hazem M. Kalaji
S8.16 The impact of the environmental factors on
the photosynthetic activity of common pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)
in spring and in autumn in the region of Eastern Siberia
Natalya Korotaeva, Maria Ivanova, Galina Suvorova,
and Gennadii Borovskii
S8.17 Early detection of sulphur deficiency in radish plants
Izabela A. Samborska, Leszek Sieczko, Vasilij N. Goltsev, and Hazem M. Kalaji
S8.18 Potassium-deficiency induced changes inelectron transport chain of radish
Magdalena D. Cetner, Vasilij N. Goltsev, Katarzyna Kowalczyk,
and Hazem M. Kalaji
S8.19 Machine learning methods in detection ofnutrient deficiency of in winter rape
Hazem M. Kalaji, Izabela A. Samborska, Magdalena D. Cetner, Urszula Piszcz,
Krzysztof Gediga, Krzysztof Bielecki, Kamila Karmowska, and Wojciech BąbaS8.20 Spectral multi-exponential approximation of
the chlorophyll a fluorescence transient allows early detectionof stress caused by nitrogen or sulfur deprivation
Sergei S. Khruschev, Tatiana Plyusnina, Ivan V. Konyukhov, Elena N. Voronova,
Taras K. Antal, Alena Volgusheva, Galina Riznichenko, and Andrey B. Rubin

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S8.21 The effect of phytochrome A and B deficiency on

the photosynthetic processes in Arabidopsis thaliana
Aleksandra Khudyakova, Aleksander Shmarev, Galina Shirshikova,
and Vladimir Kreslavski
S8.22 Signaling forms of the orange carotenoid protein
Konstantin Klementiev, Evgeniy Maksimov, M. Moldenhauer, E. A. Shirshin,
E. A. Parshina, N. N. Sluchanko, Georgy Tsoraev, Franz-Josef Schmitt,
Vladimir Z. Paschenko, Thomas Friedrich, and Andrey B. Rubin
S8.23 Photosystem II of contrasting silver fir
provenances in response to heat stress
Alena Konôpková, Daniel Kurjak, Jaroslav Kmeť, and Dušan Gömöry
S8.24 Investigation of deleterious effects of chromium
phytotoxicity on photosynthesis in wheat plant
Sonal Mathur and Anjana Jajoo
S8.25 Sll1276, Slr2019 paralog, is essential for acidstress tolerance in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
Ayumi Matsuhashi, Yutaro Ito, Kengo Matsushima, Mina Agatsuma,
Junji Uchiyama, and Hisataka Ohta
S8.26 Differences of induction curves chlorophyll fluorescence of
the applle fruits and of the leaves under the natural development
Marina Pikulenko, Alexander Bulychev, Anna Komarova, and Tamara Kumakhova
S8.27 Physiological state of selected beech
population during peak of growing season
Eva Pšidová, Jana Majerová, Srdjan Stojnić, Ľubica Ditmarová, Marek Ježík,Katarína Střelcová, and Dušan Gömöry
S8.28 Influence of α-carbonic anhydrase 4 gene knockout on
photosystem II light-harvesting antenna in Arabidopsis thaliana
Natalia Rudenko, Tatyana Fedorchuk, Elena Zhurikova, Lyudmila Ignatova,
and Boris Ivanov
S8.29 New antimony(III) complexes as potent inhibitors ofphotosystem II, carbonic anhydrase, and glutathione reductase
Margarita Rodionova, M. S. Karacan, T. Tunc, K. B. Venedik, S. Mamas,
Aleksandr Shitov, N. Karacan, Sergey Zharmukhamedov, Vyacheslav Klimov,
and Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev
S8.30 Regulation of photosynthesis by oxylipins generated inallene oxide synthase and hydroperoxide lyase pathways
Tatyana Savchenko, Andrey Khorobrykh, Denis Yanykin, Vyacheslav Klimov,and Katayoon Dehesh
S8.31 Variation potential influences the resistance ofphotosynthetic machinery to the thermal stress in pea
Lyubov Surova, Vladimir Vodeneev, and Vladimir Sukhov

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S8.32 Rearrangements of photosynthetic antenna units in response
to light conditions are regulated by the extent of ROS production
Daria Vetoshkina, Marina Kozuleva, Boris Ivanov,and Maria Borisova-Mubarakshina
S8.33 Influence of narrow-band red and blue lighton barley chloroplast ultrastructure
Daria Gorshkova, Tatiana Vlasova, Elizaveta Bassarskaya, Galina Kochetova,
Tatiana Zhigalova, and Olga Avercheva
S8.34 Phenotyping of photosynthetic traits in lettuce: the limits andpossibilities of chlorophyll fluorescence imaging in drought stress studies
Marek Živčák, Marián Brestič, Katarína Olšovská,
and Klaudia Brücková
S8.35 Exploring the power of parallel measurements ofelectron transport, CO2 and H2O in plant leaves
Richard L. Garcia

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Section 1.7: Artificial and Applied aspects of Photosynthesis
S7.1 Energy efficiency of C4 plants by the example of Zea mays L. andMiscanthus sinensis Anderss. on gray forest soils of Moscow region, Russia
Gennadiy Bulatkin, Gennadiy Mitenko, and Ivan Guriev
S7.2 Microalgae and cyanobacteria: induction oflipids and screening promising strains
Nadezhda I. Chernova and Sophia V. Kiseleva
S7.3 Optimization of a photosystem 1 and 2 based photovoltaic cell
Volker Hartmann, Tobias Vöpel, Fangyuan Zhao, Felipe Conzuelo,
Simon Ebbinghaus, Marc M. Nowaczyk, Nicolas Plumeré, Wolfgang Schuhmann,and Matthias Rögner
S7.4 Effects of grapevine leafroll assosiated virus 3 on the photosynthesis andantioxidant compounds in field grown grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) plants
Irada Huseynova, Durna Aliyeva, Nargiz Sultanova, Nargiz Bayramova,
Tofig Allahverdiyev, and Jalal Aliyev
S7.5 Measuring system for investigation of photosynthetic
apparatus components-based bio-solar cells
Roman Voloshin, D. A. Gabrielyan, V. S. Bedbenov, Vladimir Kreslavski,
Sergey Zharmukhamedov, and Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev

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Section 1.9: Systems Biology of Photosynthesis:
S9.1 Peculiarities of acetate assimilation in purple
non-sulfur bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus B10
Ekaterina P. Petushkova and Anatoly Tsygankov
S9.2 Integrated model of primary photosynthetic
and metabolic processes in algae cells
Tatiana Plyusnina, Galina Riznichenko, Andrey B. Rubin
Section 1.11: Emerging Techniques for Studying Photosynthesis
S11.1 Applying small angle scattering methods toinvestigate cyanobacterial thylakoid membranes
Dainius Jakubauskas, Poul Erik Jensen, Kell Mortensen, and Jacob Kirkensgaard
Section 2.1: Energy for the Future – Hydrogen economy
S1.1 Biohydrogen purification using metalhydride technologies

Dmitry Blinov, Vasily Borzenko, and Dmitry Dunikov
S1.2 Self-ignition of pressurized hydrogen diluted by methane
Sergey Golovastov, Vladimir Bocharnikov, and Anastasiia Samoilova
S1.3 Scale effect in LaNi5-based alloys using for biohydrogen purification and storage
Ivan Romanov and Anna Pykhtina
S1.4 Detonation mitigation in hydrogen-fueled spark
ignition engine by adding low-energetic components
Victor Zaitchenko, Mikhail Ivanov, and Anna Smygalina
Section 2.2: Elevating Climate Change
S2.1 Torrefaction technology

Julia Kuzmina, George Sytchev, and Victor Zaitchenko
S2.2 Unconventional and renewable energy resources
for sustainable arctic development
Maria Morgunova, and Dmitriy Solovjov
Section 2.3: Biological hydrogen production
S3.1 Ferredoxin–hydrogenase fusion protein successfully diverts thephotosynthetic electron flux towards hydrogen production in vivo
Haviva Eilenberg and Iftach Yacoby
S3.2 Photosynthesis and hydrogen photoproduction by the
cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. 7120 and its mutants withmodified nitrogenase under different light and temperature
Anastasia Gavrisheva, Hajime Masukawa, Masaharu Kitashima, Hidehiro Sakurai,
Kazuhito Inoue, and Anatoly Tsygankov

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S3.3 Advantages of mixed carbon fermentation in biologicalhydrogen production by Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Lilit Hakobyan, Lilit Gabrielyan, and Armen Trchounian
S3.4 Hydrogen photoproduction by Hup− mutant of
Rubruvivax gelatinosus RL2 under microaerobic conditions
Tatyana Laurinavichene, Kenji V. P. Nagashima, Takeshi Sato, Kazuhito Inoue,and Anatoly Tsygankov
S3.5 Two-stage thermal conversion of biomass
into hydrogen-containing gas mixture
Vladimir Lavrenov and Victor Zaitchenko
S3.6 Novel approaches to simultaneously combat the oxygen
sensitivity of hydrogenase and its poor electron acceptance
Milrad Yuval and Yacoby Iftach
S3.7 The in vitro enhancment of [FeFe] hydrogenase
activity by [Fe] superoxide dismutase
Oren Ben-Zvi and Iftach Yacoby

Section 2.4: Hydrogenases
S4.1 Peptides for immobilizing HydSL hydrogenasefrom Thiocapsa roseopersicina
Azat V. Abdullatypov, Sergey S Kiselev, Nikolay A. Zorin, and Anatoly Tsygankov
S4.2 Long-term storage of Thiocapsa roseopersicina BBS
Liliya Koshkarova, Andrey Shestakov, and Alexander Netrusov
S4.3 Inactivation of termostable HydSL hydrogenasefrom Thiocapsa roseopersicina by cyanide
Nikolay A. Zorin, Aleksey Zabelin, Anatoly Shkuropatov, and Anatoly Tsygankov

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