Thursday, June 18, 2009

14:00-18:15

Registration opens

16:15-16:45

Opening Ceremony – Welcome Addresses

Jean Krutmann (Düsseldorf)

Karl-Eugen Huthmacher (Federal Ministry of the Environment)

Andreas Pinkwart (Minister of Science of the StateNordrhine-Westfalia)

16:45-17:30

PL 01

Plenary Lectures
Chair: Jean Krutmann (Germany)

Masamitsu Wada (Japan): IUPB Presidential Lecture  
Chloroplasts move towards or away from light, why and how?

17:30-18:15

PL 02

Highlight Lecture
Hitoshi Okamura (Japan):
Circadian clock system in the skin

18:15-19:30

Welcome Reception

Friday, June 19, 2009

8:00

Registration, Poster Exhibition

8:30-9.20

PL 03

FINSEN AWARD LECTURE
Chair: Masamitsu Wada (Japan)

John M. Christie (Glasgow, UK)
Blue light sensing in plants: all you need is a little LOV

9:30-11:10

Concurrent Sessions

CS 01A

Photodynamic Therapy (1): Mechanism of action
Chairs: Jacques Piette (Belgium), Kristian Berg (Norway)

Jacques Piette (Belgium)
NF-κB in tumor eradication by photodynamic therapy : a friend or a foe

Kristian Berg (Norway)
Photochemical internalization (PCI) of EGFR-targeted protein toxins. Effects of the photochemical treatment on EGFR

Peter De Witte (Belgium)
In vitro study of the photocytotoxicity of bathochromically-shifted hypericin derivatives

Tayyaba Hasan (USA)
Mechanism based enhancement of PDT response

David Vernon (UK)
Synthesis,characterisation and photodynamic efficacy of a protoporphyrin-cyclic RGDfK peptide conjugate in vitro and in vivo

CS 01B

UV and its Signaling in Plants
Chairs: Roman Ulm (Germany), Gareth Jenkins (UK)

Roman Ulm (Germany)
Regulation of UV-B-induced photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis

Gareth Jenkins (UK)
Photomorphogenic UV-B perception and signal transduction in Arabidopsis

Ferenc Nagy (Hungary)
Cross-talk between UVB and circadian clock regulated signaling modulate gene expression in Arabidopsis

Jean Molinier (France)
CUL4-DDB1-DDB2 complex controls genome integrity in Arabidopsis thaliana

CS 01C

The AhR as a cellular target for UVB radiation
Chairs: Charlotte Esser (Germany), Agneta Rannug (Sweden)

Ulf Rannug (Sweden)
Chemical messengers of light: chemical and biochemical characterization of tryptophan photoproducts

Agneta Rannug (Sweden)
Mechanistic insights into AhR regulation by light

Bettina Jux, Charlotte Esser (Germany)
Involvement of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR)-signaling in skin melanogenesis

Silvia Moore (USA)
Identification of new CYP1A-inducing tryptophan photoproducts

11:10-11:30

Coffee Break

11:30-13:10

Concurrent Sessions

CS 02A

UVA-induced mutagenesis
Chairs: Evelyne Sage (France), Thomas Ruenger (USA)

Thomas Ruenger (USA)
Influence of DNA damage responses on UVA- and UVB-induced mutagenesis

Gerd Pfeifer (USA)
UVA-induced mutagenesis in mouse cells : DNA damage and repair

Hironobu Ikehata (Japan)
In-vivo UVA-induced mutagenesis in mouse skin

Ed de Fabo (USA)
Two pathways to UV-induced melanoma

Evelyne Sage (France)
UVA-induced mutagenesis: the state of art

CS 02B

Light Reactions in Photosynthesis
Chairs: Kevin Redding (USA), Alison Telfer (UK)

John Kennis (The Netherlands)
How carotenoids quench chlorophyll excited states

Sergei Savikhin  (USA)
Triplet excitons: a novel photoprotection mechanism in strongly coupled photosynthetic complexes

John Golbeck (USA)
The role of the hydrogen bond from Leu722 to the A1A phylloquinone in photosystem I

Takumi Noguchi (Japan)
Evolutionary aspects of the special pair chlorophyll P680 in Photosystem II: How was the extremely high oxidation potential achieved?

Johannes Messinger (Sweden)
Light-driven water-splitting in Photosystem II

CS 02C

Cutaneous porphyrias
Chairs: Robert Sarkany (UK), David Bickers (USA)

Robert Sarkany (UK)
What's new in erythropoietic protoporphyria? 

Jorge Frank (The Netherlands) 
Variegate porphyria: where are we today?

Lorraine Jennings, Gillian M. Murphy (Ireland)
Porphyria Cutanea tarda 

Henry Lim (USA) 
Bone marrow transplantation in cutaneous porphyria - prospects for cure

13:10-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:30

PL 04

PLENARY LECTURE
Chair: Akimichi Morita (Japan)

John J. Voorhees (USA):
Photoaging /Aging of Human Skin

14:35-16:15

Concurrent Sessions

CS 03A

UVA-induced signal transduction
Chairs: Rex M. Tyrrell (UK), Susanne Grether-Beck (Germany)

Wolfgang Bäumler (Germany)
Direct detection of singlet oxygen in skin during UVA exposure

Rex M Tyrrell (UK) 
A key role for negative regulatory proteins in the heme oxygenase status of human skin cells following UVA radiation

Meinhard Wlaschek (Germany)
The role of phospholipid-hydroperoxides in UVA signaling

Susanne Grether-Beck (Germany) 
The role of rafts in UVA-induced signaling in human skin

CS 03B

Phytochrome (1) – Structure and function
Chair: Tilman Lamparter (Germany), Peter Hildebrandt (Germany)

Andrew Ulijasz (Madison, USA)
From red to far-red: A structural basis for phytochrome photoconversion

Xiaojing Yang (Chicago, USA)
Crystal structures of P. aeruginosa bacteriophytochrome photosensory core domain in the dark-adapted Pfr state and light-activated states

Jon Hughes (Giessen, Germany)
Phytochrome 3D structures and functions

Norbert Krauß (London, UK)
Structure of the N-terminal chromophore module of Agrobacterium tumefaciens phyto-chrome Agp1 in its Pr state

Peter Hildebrandt (Berlin, Germany)
Elucidation of the chromophore structure in phytochrome - a combined experimental and theoretical approach

CS 03C

UV and malignant melanoma
Chairs: Kenneth Kraemer (USA), Mark Berneburg (Germany)

Ken Kraemer (NIH Bethesda, Washington, USA)
Ultraviolet- type mutations in melanomas from xeroderma pigmentosum patients

Steffen Emmert (Göttingen, Germany)
Modulation of DNA repair and skin cancer risk

Jürgen Bauer (Tübingen,  Germany)
Molecular epidemiology of melanoma development

Thomas Tüting (Bonn,  Germany)
UVB in melanoma – lessons from novel genetically engineered mouse models

Mark Berneburg (Tübingen,  Germany)
UVA and melanoma

16:15-16:45

Coffee Break

16:45-18:25

Concurrent Sessions

CS 04A

Photoprotection 1: UV-filter molecules
Chairs: Michelle Verschoore (France), Antony Young (UK)

William Johncock (Germany)
Past, present and future of UV filters

Henry W. Lim (USA)
Overview and perspectives on evalutation of sunscreens

Laurent Marrot (France)
Modern evaluation of sunscreens:  A biological strategy to define sun protection in vitro

Anthony Young (UK)
Sunscreen spectral requirements for different photoprotection endpoints

CS 04B

Melanocyte Photobiology
Chairs: Masamitsu Ichihashi (Japan), Thierry Passeron (France)

Laurent Marrot (France)
(Photo)oxidative stress in human epidermal melanocytes: Impact of melanin related compounds and role of transcription Factor NRF2

Jean-Paul Ortonne, Thierry Passeron (France)
Cell signalling pathways of sun-tanning

Christine Duval (France)
In vitro human pigmented skin models to study constitutive and induced pigmentation

Genji Imokawa (Japan)
Signalling in mechanism UVB-induction of c-KIT in cultured human melanocytes

Yoko Funasaka (Japan)
Effect of vitamins for depigmentation and photoprotection

CS 04C

Short Communications selected from Poster Presentations: Phytochrome & Photoreceptors
Chairs: Wolfgang Gärtner (Germany), NN

Saturday, June 20, 2009

8:00

Poster viewing

8:30-9:20

PL 05

FINSEN MEDAL LECTURE I
Chair: Herbert Hönigsmann (Austria)

Margaret L. Kripke (Huston, USA)
Photoimmunology: A Personal Journey

9:30-11:10

Concurrent Sessions

CS 05A

Photoaging (1): Role of DNA damage, mitochondria and ECM
Chairs: Barbara A. Gilchrest (USA), N.N.

Barbara A. Gilchrest (USA)
Introductory Remarks

Jean Krutmann (Düsseldorf, Germany)
Role of Mitochondrial Damage in Photoaging

Thomas M. Rünger (Boston, USA) 
Intracellular elastin degradation in dermal fibroblasts: possible role in solar elastosis

Thierry Magnaldo (France)
Role of XPC in skin aging

B.A. Gilchrest, J. Krutmann, T. Ruenger, T. Magnaldo
Panel Discussion

CS 05B

DNA Damage and repair
Chairs: Alain Sarasin (France), Philip C. Hanawalt (USA)

Carlos Menck (Brazil):
The biological relevance of CPDs and 6-4PPs induced by UVA and direct sunlight

Daniel B. Yarosh (USA):
DNA repair and photoaging

Alain Sarasin (France):
Gene therapy in xeroderma pigmentosum group C cells by specific meganuclease-induced homologous recombination

Philip C. Hanawalt (USA):
Recognition of DNA damage by RNA polymerases

Fritz Boege (Germany)
Aggravation of light-induced DNA damage by DNA topoisomerases

CS 05C

Phytochrome (2) – Interacting proteins and signal transduction
Chairs: Christian Fankhauser (Switzerland), Akira Nagatani (Japan)

Kerry Franklin (UK)
Light and Temperature Signal Crosstalk in Plant Development

Ida Ruberti (Italy)
Regulatory networks for shade avoidance response

Andreas Hiltbrunner (Germany)
Update on phyA nuclear transport and signalling

Akira Nagatani (Japan)
Complex hierarchy of the shade avoidance response

Christian Fankhauser (Switzerland)
Regulation of shade avoidance by a network of bHLH class transcription factors

11:10-11:35

Coffee Break

11:35-13:15

Concurrent Sessions

CS 06A

Ocular effects
Chairs: Rosalie K. Crouch (USA), Tadeuz Sarna (Poland)

Rosalie K. Crouch (USA)
Rods and cones and their chromophore supply

Tadeuz Sarna (Poland)
Photodynamic inhibition of phagocytic activity of ARPE-19 cells in vitro and the protective effect of zeaxanthin and alpha-tocopherol

Joan Roberts (USA)
Ocular Phototoxicity

Oliver Ernst (Germany)
Photoactivation of the G-protein-coupled receptor rhodopsin

Yoshinori Shichida (Japan)
Functional diversity of vertebrate rhodopsin

CS 06B

Photoprotection (2): The emerging role of actives in photoprotection
Chairs: Daniel Yarosh (USA), William Johncock (Germany)

Sheldon Pinnell (USA)
The advantage of combination antioxidants working together for the Topical photoprotection of skin

Lieve Declercq (Belgium)
Non-sunscreen photoprotection technologies as integral part of an anti-aging strategy

Hitoshi Masaki (Japan)
Metallothionein induction as an approach to regulate UVB-induced ROS, cytokines and MMP

Ludger Kolbe (Germany)
Photoprotective properties of licochalcone A on human skin in vitro and in vivo

Gabriele Vielhaber (Germany)
A new strategy for cellular UVB protection: Inhibition of the arylhydrocarbon receptor

CS 06C

Bioluminescence
Chairs: Vadim Viviani (Brasil), Chiao-Shun Tu (Houston, USA)

Chiao-Shun Tu (USA)
An update of catalytic roles of essential residues of bacterial luciferase 

Vadim Viviani (Brasil)
Comparative properties of the active site of 3 beetle luciferases: relationship with bioluminescence spectra

Eugene S. Vysotsky (Russia)
Design of calcium-regulated photoproteins with required properties: Approach based on three-dimensional structure

Yoshihiro Ohmiya (Japan)
Application of beetle luciferase for reporter assay and molecular imaging

Elisa Michelini (Italy)
New luciferases for multicolor-based bioanalytical applications

13:15-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:30

PL 06

Jan Hoeijmakers (The Netherlands): 
DNA repair and the choice between cancer and aging

14:35-16:15

Concurrent Sessions

CS 07A

IRA radiation-induced signaling: biological consequences
Chairs: Peter Schroeder (Germany), Jin Ho Chung (Korea)

Tiina Karu (Moskow, Russia)  
Mitochondrial signaling in mammalian cells activated by red and near IR radiation  

Jürgen Lademann (Berlin, Germany) 
Formation of free radicals in human skin during irradiation with infrared light  

Jin Ho Chung (Seoul , Korea)
Effects of infrared radiation and heat on human skin aging in vivo 

Peter Schroeder (Düsseldorf, Germany)
Infrared A radiation induced signaling leads to skin aging

Leonhard Zastrow (Monaco)
The missing link - light induced free radicals in human skin ! Actionspectra, consequences and threshold value

CS 07B

Photochemistry and Phototoxicity of Drugs
Chairs: Miguel A. Miranda (Spain), Neil Gibbs (UK)

Giampietro Viola (Italy)
UVA irradiation of fluvastatin and pitavastatin a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, induce the formation of photoproducts endowed with high cellular phototoxicity

Miguel A. Miranda (Spain)
Phototoxicity mechanism of atorvastatin: a phenanthrene-like photoproduct as singlet oxygen photosensitizer

Manfred Liebsch (Germany)
Ten years experience with in vitro tests in phototoxicology - a review and proposal

Neil Gibbs (UK)
Reverse translation from bed to bench; how the dermatological problem of fluoroquinolones phototoxicity led to a reassessment of the basic energy requirements for thymine dimer formation

Virginie Lhiaubet-Vallet (Spain)
Fluoroquinolone-photosensitized thymine dimer formation in DNA

CS 07C

Photoperiodism and Rhythm in Plants
Chairs: Seth J. Davis (Germany), Dorothee Staiger (Germany)

Anthony Hall (UK)
Changes in clock architecture with temperature

Alex Webb (UK) 
Systems Analysis of Circadian Calcium Signalling

Paloma Mas (Spain)
Casein Kinase 2 and the Arabidopsis circadian clock

Dorothee Staiger (Germany)
Life in a rotating world - RNA-binding proteins as mediators of circadian clock output in Arabidopsis thaliana

Julin Maloof (USA) 
A timely coincidence: diurnal regulation of plant growth

16:15-16:45

Coffee Break

16:45-18:25

Concurrent Sessions

CS 08A

Cosmetic Sunscreens and medical devices. photoprotectors in the prevention of photocarcinogenesis -  risks of confusion
Chairs: Thomas Luger (Germany), Jean Krutmann (Germany)

Jean Krutmann (Düsseldorf, Germany)
Introducing remarks

Thomas Diepgen (Heidelberg, Germany)
Epidemiology of skin photocarcinogenesis

Thomas Schwarz (Kiel, Germany)
Skin cancer prevention by sunscreens and medical devices – where do we stand ?

Jean Krutmann (Düsseldorf, Germany)
Prevention of skin carcinogenesis – fact or fiction? Are existing clinical studies relevant and convincing?

Round table discussion
Thomas Luger, Jean Krutmann, Thomas Diepgen, Thomas Schwarz

Thomas Luger (Münster, Germany)
Concluding remarks

CS 08B

Photomovement and Phototaxis
Chairs: Francesco Lenci (Italy), Masahiko Ikeuchi  (Japan)

Mineo Iseki (Japan)
Single molecule analyses of structure and function of photoactivated adenylyl cyclase (PAC), a sensor for photomovement in Euglena

Klaas Hellingwerf (The Netherlands)
Tactic responses in bacteria to blue light

Pascal Plaza (France)
Primary photoprocesses involved in the putative sensory protein of the photophobic ciliate Blepharisma japonicum

Masahiko Ikeuchi  (Japan)
Phototactic regulation of unicellular cyanobacteria

Devaki Bhaya (USA)
Social Dynamics, Signaling, and Phototaxis in Cyanobacteria: Integrating Models and Experiments

CS 08C

Short Communications selected from Poster Presentations: Photochemistry / DNA damage & repair
Chairs: Alfred R. Holzwarth (Germany), Fritz Boege (Germany)

18:30-19:30

IUPB Business Meeting

Sunday, June 21, 2009

8:00-9:00

Poster viewing

9:00-9:50

PL 07

Finsen Medal Lecture II
Chair:Masamatsu Wada (Japan)

Kimiyuki Satoh (Okayama, Japan)
Protein-pigments and the photosystem II reaction center

9:50-10:40

PL 08

EDNA ROE AWARD LECTURE
Chair: Francesco Ghetti (Italy)

Evelyne Sage (Orsay, France)
Cellular and molecular response to UVA irradiation : from yeast to human cells

10:40-11:10

Coffee Break

11:10-12:50

Concurrent Sessions

CS 09A

Photoaging (2): Role of oxidative stress
Chairs: Francoise Bernerd (France), Helmut Sies (Germany) 

Lars-Oliver Klotz (Germany)
UV-induced senescence-related signaling

Georg Wondrak (USA) 
Drug discovery targeting skin cell photooxidative stress through upregulation of endogenous stress response pathways

Claire Marionnet (France)
Different oxidative stress response in keratinocytes and fibroblasts of reconstructed skin exposed to daily ultraviolet light

Albena T. Dinkova-Kostova (UK)
Protection against oxidative stress caused by ultraviolett rediation by inducers of the KEAP1/NRF2/ARE pathway

CS 09B

PDT (3): PDT for the treatment of skin diseases
Chairs: Percy Lehmann (Germany), Rolf-Markus Szeimies ( Germany)

Percy Lehmann (Wuppertal, Germany)
Side effects of PDT of skin diseases

Rolf-Markus Szeimies (Regensburg, Germany)
Photosensitizers and irradiation sources for PDT of skin diseases

Carola Berking (Munich, Germany)
Future Indications - the newest data and perspectives

CS 09C

Regulation of Photosynthesis
Chairs: Eva-Mari Aro (Finland), Christine Foyer (UK)

Toshiharu Shikanai (Japan)
Machinery of photosystem I cyclic electron transport

Klaas J. van Wijk (USA)
Chloroplast biogenesis and formation of the photosynthetic machinery requires Clp protease activity; a 'systems view' of chloroplast homeostasis

Terry M. Bricker (USA)
Roles for the Extrinsic Proteins in the Assembly/Stability of Higher Plant Photosystem II

Dario Leister (Germany)
Reversible phosphorylation of thylakoid proteins: mechanisms, enzymes and physiological relevance

Christine Foyer (UK)
Dorso-ventral variations in the regulation of photosynthesis in monocotyledonous leaves

19:30

Conference Banquet

Monday, June 22, 2009

8:00

Poster Viewing

8:30-9:00

PL 9

Barbara Gilchrest (USA): 
Oligonucleotides for skin photoprotection 

Concurrent Sessions

CS 10A

Sunbeds: Risks and Benefits
Chairs: Rüdiger Greinert (Germany), Michael F. Holick (USA)

Michael F. Holick (Boston, USA)
Vitamin D for Health: A D-Lightful Story

Rüdiger Greinert (Buxtehude, Germany)
Health effects of sun beds?

Johan Moan, Alina Porojnicu (Oslo, Norway) 
Sun, sunbeds, sunscreens and health

Phillippe Autier (Lyon, France) 
Epidemiology of sun bed risks and vitamin D status

ARNOLD RIKLI AWARD CEREMONY

CS 10B

Photoimmunology
Chairs: Stephen E. Ullrich (USA), Thomas Schwarz (Germany)

Stephen E. Ullrich (Houston, Texas, USA)
Skin cancer prevention: lessons from the immune system

Thomas Schwarz (Kiel, Germany)
Title to be announced

Gary Halliday (Sydney, Australia)
UVB, UVA and interactive effects contribute to sunlight-induced immunosuppression in humans

Stefan Beissert (Münster, Germany)
The role of regulatory T cells during ultraviolet (UV) irradiation-induced skin cancer

CS 10C

Photobiology of Circadian Rhythms
Chairs: Russell Foster (UK), Ellen Fritsche (Germany)

Shelly A. Tischkau (USA)
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor activation by trytophan photoproducts alters circadian light responses

David Whitmore (UK)
Light responsive tissues: how does light set the zebrafish peripheral clock?

Russell Foster (UK)
VA opsin-based photoreceptors in the hypothalamus of birds

Robert Lucas (UK)
Functional interactions between melanopsin and rod/cone visual pathways for circadian photoentrainment and visual perception

10:50-11:20

Coffee Break

11:20-13:00

Concurrent Sessions

CS 11A

Photoprotection (3): Systemic Photoprotection
Chairs:  Regina Goralczyk (Switzerland), Wilhelm Stahl (Germany)

Ulrike Heinrich (Witten, Germany)
Systemic Photoprotection 

Regina Goralczyk (Switzerland)
Combinations of Lycopene and EGCG protect against UVA induced markers for photoaging

Patricia Manissier, Nathalie Piccardi (France) 
Dietary photoprotection through a specific probiotic

Wilhelm Stahl, Hans Dieter Martin (Germany)
Basic studies on "new" carotenoids

CS 11B

UV and Ecosystems
Chairs: Francesco Ghetti (Italy), Donat Peter Haeder (Germany)

Lorenzo Fulgentini (Italy)
UV effects in extremophile ciliates

Manfred Klisch (Germany)
Survival in a hostile environment - how cyanobacteria cope with the sun

Walter Helbling (Argentinia)
Responses of phytoplankton from mid-latitudes of Patagonia in a scenario of global change

CS 11C

Light-Driven proton pumps
Chairs: Sergei P. Balashov (USA), Hideki Kandori (Japan)

Janos K. Lanyi (USA)
Eubacterial rhodopsins extend the range of structural requirements for proton transport

Hideki Kandori (Japan)
FTIR study of rhodopsins in action

Chistian Bamann (Germany)
Channelrhodopsin 2 - a leaky light-driven proton pump?

Klaus Gerwert (Germany)
Proton transfer via protein bound water

Sergei P. Balashov (USA)
Xanthorhodopsin: excitation energy transfer and interaction between carotenoid antenna and retinal

13:00-13:50

Lunch

13:50-14:20

PL 10

Hasan Mukhtar (Madison, USA): 
Chemoprevention of photocarcinogenesis

14:30-16:10

Concurrent Sessions

CS 12A

Epidemiology and Prevention of Photoaging
Chairs: Jean Krutmann (Germany), Mary Matsui (USA)

Akimichi Morita (Nagoya, Japan):
Ethnic differences in skin ageing between Japanese versus Caucasian women: The JAGE study

Paul J. Beisswenger (Hanover, USA)
Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in photoaging

Chat Baron (Cleveland, USA):
Insights into photoaging from a study using a cohort of twins

Olivier de Lacharrière (Clichy, France)
Skin aging on French and Chinese women - A comparative study

André Rougier (Lyon, France)
Biological effects of suberythemal doses of UVA

CS 12B

Photodermatology and Phototherapy
Chairs: Craig A. Elmets (USA), Pierre Thomas (France)

John Hawk (UK)
Photodermatology - New Data  

Pierre Thomas (France)
UVA1  Phototherapy

Jin Ho Chung (Korea)
Skin Photoaging and its Rejuvenation

Gillian Murphy (Ireland)
Skin cancer in transplant recipients

Craig A. Elmets (USA)
Chemoprevention of Skin Cancer Beyond Sunscreens   

CS 12C

Cryptochrome - Signal transduction
Chairs: Alfred Batschauer (Germany), Chentao Lin (USA)

Chentao Lin (USA)
Cryptochrome signal transduction and regulation

Alfred Batschauer (Germany)
Structure-function analysis of a plant DASH-type cryptochrome

Margaret Ahmad (France)
Mechanism of light activation in plant and animal cryptochromes

Gijsbertus T. J. van der Horst (The Netherlands)
Mammalian cryptochomes and photolyase

Jun Hirayama (Japan)
Light-dependent transcriptional regulation of zebrafish Cryptochrome

16:10-16:40

Coffee Break

16:40-18:20

Concurrent Sessions

CS 13A

Photocarcinogenesis
Chairs: Frank de Gruijl (The Netherlands), Vivienne Reeve (Australia)

Pieter Voskamp (Leiden, The Netherlands)
Effects of the immunosuppressant rapamycin on skin carcinoma formation by chronic UV exposure

Vivienne Reeve (Sidney, Australia)
Does oestrogen receptor signalling regulate photocarcinogenesis?

Gary M. Halliday (Sidney, Australia)
Suberythemal ultraviolet A and B both induce p53 mutations

Herbert Pfister (Cologne, Germany)
HPV and UV exposure in skin carcinogenesis; mouse models

CS 13B

Photochemistry of flavin photoreceptors
Chairs: Klaas Hellingwerf (The Netherlands), Masahide Terajima (Japan)

Klaas Hellingwerf (The Netherlands)
Introduction to the session

John Kennis (The Netherlands)
Ultrafast spectroscopy of flavin-binding photoreceptors

Peter J. Hore (UK)
Radical pairs in cryptochromes as putative magnetoreceptors

Masahide Terazima (Japan)
Time-resolved studies of spectral silent process of BLUF domain

Kevin Gardner (USA)
Comparison of the signaling mechanisms of LOV and BLUF domains

16:40-18:30

CS 13C

PHOTOAGING; PHOTOPROTECTION; PHOTOMEDICINE
Chair: N.N.

Frank Janßen (Germany)
UV-protection with skin care products: Scientific background for consumer benefits

Short communications selected from poster presentations

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

8:00-9:00

Poster viewing

9:00-10:50

Plenary Lectures

9:00-9:50

PL 11

FINSEN MEDAL LECTURE III
Chair: Francesco Lenci (Italy)

Pill-Soon Song (Korea)
From spectroscopy of photoreceptors to photobiotechnology of grasses

10:20-10:50

PL 13

Herbert Hönigsmann (Austria)
Photomedicine - quo vadis ?

10:50-11:15

Coffee Break

11:15-12:55

Concurrent Sessions

CS 15A

The vitamin D controversy
Chairs: Philippe Autier (France), NN

Jean-François Doré (France)
Is latitude a surrogate for vitamin D synthesis?

Elisabeth Thieden (Denmark)
Sunbed use and endogenous vitamin D systhesis

Sara Gandini (Italy)
Meta analysis of studies on vitamin D status and cancer

Philippe Autier (France)
Establishing a cause-effect relationship between vitamin D status and chronic diseases

Hans Christian Wulf (Denmark) 
Dose response UV induced vitamin D synthesis and importance of skin pigmentation

CS 15B

Phototropin - Structure and Function, and Signaling
Chairs: John Christie (UK), Satoru Tokutomi (Japan) 

John Christie (UK)
Functional roles of phototropin LOV domains

Satoru Tokutomi (Japan) 
Regulation of phototropin kinase by blue light 

Kenichiro Shimazaki (Japan)
Type 1 protein phosphatase is a crosstalk point between phototropin and abscisic acid signaling in guard cells

Peter Hegemann (Germany)
Function and photochemistry of Chlamydomonas phototropin

Luis Corrochano (Spain)
A photoreceptor complex for phototropism and other 
responses to blue light in the fungus Phycomyces

CS 15C

PDT 4: Drug delivery technologies for PDT
Chairs: Kristian Berg (Norway), NN

Tayyaba Hasan (USA)
Delivery of photosensitizers and other therapeutic agents using nanocells

Alexander MacRobert (UK)
Nanoparticle delivery of photosensitising agents for photodynamic therapy

Ryan Donnelly (UK)
Application of pharmaceutical technology to topical delivery of photosensitisers for PDT

Kristian Berg (Norway)
Photochemical internalization: A technology for site-specific drug delivery

Norbert Lange (Switzerland)
Macromolecular drug delivery in photodynamic therapy

13:00

Closing Ceremony