10:20 AM
() Chair's Introduction. (Abstract )

10:30 AM
(S3C-1) Phylogenetic engineering of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rubisco) in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. (Abstract 56)
Robert Spreitzer^*,1, Srinivasa Peddi¹, Sriram Satagopan¹, ¹ University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA

11:00 AM
(S3C-2) Structure-function relationship between rubisco-like protein of Bacillus subtilis and photosynthetic rubisco. (Abstract 57)
Yohtaro Saito^*,1, Agnieszka Sekowska², Hiroki Ashida¹, Antoine Danchin², Akiho Yokota¹, ¹ Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Ikoma-city, Nara, Japan² Genetics of Bacterial Genomes Institut Pasteur, France

11:20 AM
(S3C-3) Transplanting sunflower rubisco subunits into tobacco chloroplasts – strategies and consequences. (Abstract 58)
Robert Sharwood^*,1, Spencer Whitney¹, John Andrews¹, ¹ Molecular Plant Physiology, Research School of Biological Sciences, Canberra, ACT, Australia

10:40 AM
(S3C-4) Enhancing photosynthesis by improving rubisco carboxylase activity, specificity and rubisco activase thermostability thru DNA shuffling. (Abstract 59)
Genhai Zhu^*,, Itzhak Kurek¹, Thom True¹, Xin Zhang, Monica Majumdar¹, Lu Liu¹, ¹ Verdia Inc., Redwood City, California, USA

12:00 PM
(S3C-5) Does the current C2 cycle scheme need a major revision? (Abstract 60)
Hermann Bauwe^*,, Uener Kolukisaoglu, Ralf Boldt, Kirsten van den Daele, Christoph Edner, Nadja Engel, Thomas Hartwig, Nanette Sievers¹, ¹ Rostock University, Plant Physiology Department, Rostock, Germany