V. Karapetyan; A.V. Klevanik; V.V. Klimov; V.A.Shuvalov) for studies of the photobiochemistry this website of chlorophylls. The Conference 2013 The conference honoring A.A. Krasnovsky was organized by A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry RAS (Russian Academy of Sciences): with V.O. Popov as Chairman, N.V. Karapetyan as Co-chairman, and N.P. Yurina as Secretary. It took place at the Headquarters Building of the Russian Academy of Sciences during October 10–11, 2013. Corresponding member of RAS V.O. Popov opened the conference and gave introductory remarks. Then the Academician N.F. Myasoedov offered greetings from the Russian Academy of Sciences. Prof. James Barber (of

UK), as the Past President of ISPR (International Society of Photosynthesis Research), greeted the conference participants, before the lectures began. (Also see ). The Appendix in our paper gives the complete list of the organizers, organizing committee, as well as Honorary Members and the Members. The following speakers presented their talks on October 10, 2013. First, one of the authors of this paper,

Selleck GW-572016 Govindjee (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) presented his lecture1 “The Great Masters of the Past: Photochemists, Biochemists, and Biophysicists” discussing the story of the discovery of reaction centers and its function in photosynthesis. He emphasized time and again that “Krasnovsky was always ahead of his time.” Then A.A. Krasnovsky Jr. (A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry RAS) in his lecture “A Lifetime Journey with Photobiochemistry” shared wonderful memories

about his father and the family. The next three lecturers (session chaired by J. Barber) discussed the phenomenon of energy migration MG-132 price and primary photochemistry in photosynthesis. R.E. Blankenship (Washington University in St. Louis, USA) discussed “Photosynthetic Antennas: The First Step in Biological Solar Energy Conversion”; V.A. Shuvalov (Institute of Basic Problems of Biology RAS) presented “Charge Separation in the Reaction Centers of Photosynthetic Organisms”, and J.H. Golbeck (The Pennsylvania State University) delivered his lecture on “The First Steps in Charge Stabilization in PSI”. The problems of Regulation of Photosynthesis were discussed in the third session (chaired by J.W. Schopf). J. Barber (Imperial College London, UK) talked about “From Natural to PD-0332991 manufacturer Artificial Photosynthesis”; M. Rögner (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany) discussed “Engineering Photosynthetic Hydrogen Production in Cyanobacterial Cells”, and N.V. Karapetyan (A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry RAS) discussed in his presentation the “Photoprotective Energy Dissipation by Photosynthetic Apparatus of Cyanobacteria”. The problems of Photosynthetic Electron Transfer were discussed the next day, i.e., on October 11, 2013 (session chaired by Govindjee). A.B. Rubin (M.V.