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Invited Speakers Include:

• Sean Callahan, University of Hawaii, "Heterocyst Pattern Formation in Anabaena PCC 7120"
• Muriel Gugger, Pasteur Institute, "Taxonomy and Phylogeny: How Does that Work for the Cyanobacteria in the Genomic Era?"
• Klaas Hellingwerf, University of Amsterdam, "Biofuel Production with Cyanobacteria using the Photanol Approach"
• David Kehoe, Indiana University, "Integration of Light and Nutrient Responses: Transcriptional, Post-Transcriptional, and Not-So-Small RNA Control"
• Guenter Peschek, University of Vienna, "Cyanobacterial Respiration: "The Fascinating 'Struggle' Between Genes and Physiology."
• Petra Fromme, Arizona State University, "Femtosecond Nanocrystallography Opens New Avenues for Structure Determination of Photosynthetic Proteins"

Workshop-within-a-workshop on Cyanobacterial Annotation Tools

There will be a special session for learning how to use IMG-ER for the annotation of cyanobacterial genomes, including genome sequences that become available as part of a major ongoing collaboration between the PCC and the JGI.*
(*To see the genomes currently in the queue for sequencing go to http://www.jgi.doe.gov/genome-projects and search using PCC-GEBA as "any text")

Proposed Sessions Include:

1. Light Harvesting, Pigments and Antenna Systems
2. Secondary Metabolism
3. Photosynthetic and Respiratory Metabolism
4. Hydrogen and Nitrogen Metabolism
5. Cell Development and Differentiation
6. Stress Metabolism
7. Genomics, Bioinformatics and Diversity
8. Bioengineering in Cyanobacteria