Hotel Crowne Plaza
Barcelona - Fira Center
SpainCongress
ChairsProf. Santi Nonell
President, European Society for Photobiology
IQS School of Engineering, University Ramon
Llull, Barcelona, Spain
Prof. John L. Spudich
President, International Union of Photobiology
University of Texas Health Science Center at
Houston, USA

Organizers

European Society
for Photobiology
photobiology.eu

International Unionof Photobiology
iuphotobiology.org

Organizing
Committee

Santi Nonell (Barcelona, Spain)
John Spudich (Houston, USA)
Rex M. Tyrrell (Bath, UK)
Evelyne Sage (Paris, France)
Francesco Ghetti (Pisa, Italy)Franz Trautinger (St. Pölten, Austria)

CongressOrganization

MCI Spain Event Services
C/ Tusset 32, 5th ﬂoor,
08006 Barcelona, Spain
photobiology2019@mci-group.com

Congress Venue

Hotel Crowne Plaza Barcelona Fira Center
Av. de Rius i Taulet, 1, 08004 Barcelona, Spain
Hotel website

Websitephotobiology2019.org

Program
Overview

TopicsThe program will include:
Plenary and Keynote Lectures
60 Symposia
Invited Lectures and Free Communications
Poster Sessions
Industry Sponsored Sessions
Commercial Exhibitions
Social Events

Photomedicine and Human
Photobiology

UV, Visible and Near Infrared Eﬀects onthe Skin, Melanins, Vitamin D, DNA Damage
and Repair, Photocarcinogenesis,
Photoimmunology, UV-induced Skin Cancer,
Photoaging, Photosensitivity Diseases,
Topical and Systemic Photoprotection,
Sunscreen Developments, Phototherapy,
Eye Photodamage and Phototherapy,
Photopharmacology, Photostability,
Photodegradation and Phototoxicity ofDrugs, Optogenetics, Light in Dentistry,
Lighting Environment, Photodiagnosis

Photodynamic Therapy

Clinical PDT, Antimicrobial Resistanceand PDT, Oxygen in PDT, Role of PDT inCombination Therapies, New Excitation
Strategies, New Photosensitizers,
Photodynamic Diagnosis, Theranostics,
Drug Delivery in PDT, Targeting in PDT,
Tissue Bonding, Vascular PDT

Plant Photobiology

Structure and Regulation in Photosynthesis,
Light Harvesting Dynamics, Artiﬁcial

Photosynthesis, UVB Eﬀects on Plants,
Plant Defence, ROS Signalling, Plant
Photoprotection, Photomorphogenesis,
Plant Photoreceptors, Extremophiles,
Optogenetics in Plants, Algae-based
Photobiosynthesis and Biofuels,
Light and Flowering

Environmental Photobiology

Ozone and Climate Change, UV Monitoring,
Human Health in Changing Climate,Eﬀects on Food Quality and Crops,
Aquatic Photobiology, Eﬀect on
Biogeochemical Cycles, Solar Fuels,
Metagenomics of Photic Environments

Physical and Chemical Photobiology

Molecular Imaging and Fluorescent Probes,
Genetically-Encodable Probes, Illumination
Strategies and Imaging in Optogenetics,
Photoacoustic Imaging, Tetrapyrroles in
Photobiology, Fullerenes in Photobiology,
Upconversion Nanoparticles in Photobiology,
Quantum Dots in Photobiology, Reactive
Oxygen Species, Nanobioplasmonics,
Time- and Space-Resolved PhotobiologicalTechniques, Molecular Modelling,
Femtobiology, Biophotonics,
Bioluminescence

Sensory Photobiology

Optogenetics, Vision in Microorganisms
and Animals, Microbial Rhodopsins,
Visual Pigments, Carotenoid- andRetinal-Binding Proteins, Flavoproteins,
Phytochromes, Photosignal Transduction
Mechanisms, Cryptochromes, UV Radiationand Magnetoperception in Animals,

Time-Resolved Nanocrystallography ofPhotoreceptors, Photoorientation andPhotomovements of Microorganisms,
Circadian Rhythms

Industrial Photobiology

Industry-Sponsored Satellite Symposia,
Live Demonstrations, Expert Meetings,
Educational Events