Symposium Optimising photosynthesis for societal needs
Venue: Room C0221
Registration fee: free event due to sponsoring from PE&RC and EPS, but registration required
Registration: https://www.pe-rc.nl/node/20903
Organizer: graduate school PE&RC and SKiPR
Professor Don Ort is a distinguished photosynthetic biophysicist from the University of Illinois. Recently, he has been focussing on the problem of how to improve photosynthesis to meet societal needs, a field in which he has co-authored some of the key papers and reviews and has resulted in him being the leader of the Gates Foundation RIPE programme.
Given his presence in Wageningen for the DIES, we take the occasion to organise a symposium on the 10th of March to honour Don’s visit and expertise. During this meeting we will hear about the latest progress and ideas from Don, his colleagues in Wageningen, and his colleagues at the Free University of Amsterdam.
Programme
09:30 – 09:45 Coffee / Tea
09:45 – 10:00 Intro
10:00 – 10:45 Don Ort
Are crops too green?
10:45- 11:10 Steven Driever
Where does it go? Insights from a re-analysis of major alternative electron sinks when CO2 assimilation is restricted
11:10 – 11:35 Elias Kaiser
Dynamic photosynthesisand the environment: (CO2), salinity and humidity
11:35 – 11:55 PhD/post-doc slot 1
11:55 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 13:20 PhD/post-doc slot 2
13:20 – 13:45 Xinyou Yin
Can differences in the energy budget among C4 subtypes be explored to improve crop productivity?
13:45 – 14:10 Emilie Wientjes
Distributing the energy between Photosystem I and Photosystem II.
14:10 – 14:35 Roberta Croce
Extending the photosynthetic active radiation to the far-red: from cyanobacteria to plants
14:35 – 15:10 Coffee / Tea
15:10 – 15:30 Martin van Ittersum
Progress in crop yields: putting our cards on G, E or M?
15:30 – 16:00 Bart Kruijt
Optimising photosynthesis in natural ecosystems and under climate change
16:00 – 16:25 Mark Aarts
Improving photosynthesis efficiency of crops, how genetics can contribute
16:25 Close and drinks
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
09:30 - 16:30
WUR – Forum building
Droevendaalsesteeg 2, Wageningen