Professor Eva-Mari Aro is one of the world’s leading photosynthesis researchers. She has discovered and characterized various fundamental photosynthetic mechanisms crucial for the acclimation of photosynthetic apparatus upon changing environmental cues. Characteristic of her research approach has been incorporation of evolutionarily divergent photosynthetic organisms for comparative studies of molecular signaling and acclimation mechanisms. Aro has applied synthetic biology approach towards converting cyanobacteria to living “cell factories” that produce targeted chemicals.

Keynote speakers

Robert L. Burnap, Oklahoma State University, USA

Roberta Croce, Professor, VU University Amsterdam, The NetherlandsChristine H. Foyer, Professor, University of Birmingham, UKChristopher J. Howe, Professor, University of Cambridge, UK

Josef Komenda, Professor, Institute of Microbiology, The Czech Academy of Sciences, CzechChristine A. Raines, Professor, University of Essex, UKA. William Rutherford, Professor, Imperial College London, UKAndreas P.M. Weber, Professor, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany