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Structure and dynamics of the thylakoid membrane

03 - 04 May 2012 09:00 - 17:00

Theo Murphy international scientific meeting organised by Professor James Barber FRS and Professor Peter Horton FRS

Event details

We have a remarkable understanding of the various thylakoid membrane protein complexes which constitute the photosynthetic electron transfer chain of plants. We now need to integrate this knowledge to describe the structure and function of the complete thylakoid membrane and understanding how it is regulated to optimise photosynthetic efficiency in response to changing environments.



Biographies of the organisers and speakers are available below. Audio recordings are freely available and the programme can be downloaded here. Papers have been been published in an issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.

Organisers

  • Professor James Barber FRS, Imperial College London, UK

    James Barber is Emeritus Ernst Chain Professor of Biochemistry, Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College London and the Cannon Visiting Professor to Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), Member of European Academy and Foreign Member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences. He has Honorary Doctorates of Stockholm University, University of East Anglia and NTU. He has been  awarded several medals and prizes including Flintoff Medal of RSC, Novartis Medal (UK Biochem. Soc), Wheland Medal (Univ. of Chicago), Eni-Ital gas/ ENI Prize,  Interdisciplinary Prize Medal of the RSC, Porter Medal of the International Photochemical Societies (Europe, USA and Asia) and  the Communication Award of the International Society  of Photosynthesis Research. In  2009 he was the Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor to Singapore.  Much of his research has focused on PSII and the water splitting process that it catalyses and obtained its crystal structure in 2004. He is now investigating inorganic systems to mimic PSII in order develop technology for non-polluting solar fuels.

  • Professor Peter Horton FRS, Sheffield University, UK