24th Annual Meeting - American Society for Photobiology

At the time of the meeting, the city of Atlanta will be in the final stages of preparation for the 96 Summer Olympics. The city should be brimming with excitement during the meeting.

Brief Preliminary Program Description (Full program below): To honor Michael Kasha's 75th birthday there will be a symposium on singlet oxygen and reactive oxygen species. A string of symposia on various clinical and mechanistic aspects of photodynamic therapy is being planned. Suggested symposia from the Division of Photomedicine include optical diagnostics, and cardiovascular photobiology and photomedicine. The Environmental Photobiology Division suggested symposia on UVA effects, melanin, and photobiology in extreme environments. A string of 5 - 6 symposia dealing with new developments in photosynthesis is being planned. Another string includes symposia on microbial photoreceptors, photosensory transduction, and photomorphogenesis. The photochemistry of DNA and DNA repair will be the subject of another set of related symposia. Electron transfer in biological systems will be explored, and a symposium on mechanisms of photosensitized damage in membranes is under consideration. Finally, workshops on the effects of the ozone hole on marine organisms, UV radiometry, sunscreens, and a round table on photocarcinogenesis are in the planning stages.

ASP '96 PROGRAM
Program Chair: Nicholas E. Geacintov

SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF MICHAEL KASHA'S 75th BIRTHDAY

M. El-Sayed and A.U. Khan, " Michael Kasha: Renaissance Man"

C. Foote, "Michael Kasha Symposium Part I: Singlet Oxygen".

M.A.J. Rodgers, "Michael Kasha Symposium. Part II: Reactive Oxygen Species"

C. Chignell and R. Dabestani. "Environmental Photochemistry."

Photochemistry Symposia

T. Netzel, "Mechanisms of Electron Transfer in Biological Systems."

G. Schuster, "DNA Photonucleases".

J. Cadet, "Mechanisms of DNA Damage".

G. Sancar, "DNA Repair".

A. Girotti and D. Valenzeno, "Photogeneration of Radicals in Tissues and Cells."

Photosensory Biology Symposia

D. Haeder, "Microbial Photoreceptors."

L. Pratt, "Molecular Biology of Photoreceptors."

J. Roberts, "Photoneurology."

R. Crouch, "Applications of Mass Spectrometry to Problems in Photobiology"

Photosynthesis Symposia

A. Moore. "Supramolecular Structures Based on Photosynthesis"

R. Prince. "Diversity and Evolution of Photosynthetic Mechanisms."

G. Schmidt. "Photosynthetic Antenna."

R. Debus. "Photosystem II."

J. Allen. "Bacterial Reaction Centers."

Photomedicine Symposia

T. Hasan "Cardiovascular Photobiology and Photomedicine."

A. Doukas. "Novel applications of high-power short laser pulses in biology and medicine."

S. Nelson and B. Tromberg "Laser diagnostics in photomedicine."

F. Gasparro. "Sunscreens."

B. Vowels. "Photoimmunology and Apoptosis."

M. Holick. "Sunlight: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."

Photodynamic Therapy and Photosensitization Symposia

D. Kessel. "Subcellular Localization of Sensitizers."

C. Gomer. "PDT Mechanisms on a Cellular Level."

R. Pottier. "ALA PDT."

J. Levy. "Clinical Update."

E. Ben-Hur and B. Horowitz. "Improving Blood Safety with Light."

Environmental Photochemistry and Photobiology Symposia (Jointly Sponsored by the American and European Societies for Photobiology).

H. Hill and Z. Abdel-Malek. "Melanin."

A.R. Young. "UVA Photobiology."

WORKSHOPS

D. Forbes and C. Sambuco. "UVR Radiometry: Advances and Applications."

T. Coohill. "Direct Effects of Solar UV on Aquatic Microorganisms."

F. Gasparro. "Sunscreens."

PHOTOBIOLOGY SCHOOLS

F. Gasparro. "Photobiology for the Public."

P. Glazer. "Oligonucleotides in Photobiology Research."

N. Kollias and R. Anderson. "Photodermatology - a Short Course."

ROUNDTABLE

H. Black. "Photocarcinogenesis."

PLENARY LECTURES

H. Gray."Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Biological Molecules."

M. Kasha. "Enhancing Energy-Transfer in Photochemical Systems: A Photon-Antenna Energy-Trap Model."

PERSPECTIVES LECTURES

R. Cogdell, "The Structural Basis of Light-Harvesting in Purple Bacteria."

W. Webb, "Non-Linear Laser Microscopy"

R. Crouch, "Structure-Function Studies of Rhodopsin - Unsolved Mysteries". (Sponsored by The Forum on Women and Minorities and the American Society for Photobiology).

WHAT'S NEW LECTURES

N. Oleinick. "What's New in PDT?"

C. Kirmaier. "Factors Controlling the Directionality and High Quantum Yield of Charge Separation in the Photosynthetic Reaction Center."

SPECIAL LECTURES

ASP Award Lecture, New Investigator Award Lecture

President's Lecture: A. Girotti.

For further information contact:

Dr. Sherwood Reichardt

ASP Secretariat

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