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

10:30 AM
(S6B-1) Environmental stress-induced expression of photosynthesis-related genes. (Abstract 117)
Iwane Suzuki^{*,1, 2}, Yu Kanesaki^{1, 3}, Hiroshi Yamamoto¹, Norio Murata, ¹ Department of Regulation Biology, Okazaki, Japan² Department of Molecular Biomechanics, Okazaki, Japan³ Satellite Venture Business Laboratory, Matsuyama, Japan

11:00 AM
(S6B-2) mRNA and metabolite dynamics in Arabidopsis plants exposed to short- and long-term high light. (Abstract 118)
Talila Golan^*,1, B. Markus Lange², Majid Ghassemian², Jason Lutes², Sherman Chang², Makoto Ono³, Tong Zhu³, Krishna Niyogi¹, ¹ Dept. of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA² Torrey Mesa Research Institute, 3115 Merryfield Row, San Diego, California, USA³ Syngenta Biotechnology Inc., 3054 Cornwallis Rd., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

11:20 AM
(S6B-3) Global patterns of gene expression in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 in response to inorganic carbon limitation and the inactivation of ccmR (sll1594), a LysR family regulator. (Abstract 119)
Hong-Liang Wang¹, Bradley Postier¹, Robert Burnap^*,1, ¹ Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

11:40 AM
(S6B-4) FtsH metalloproteases VAR1 and VAR2 involved in the repair cycle of Photosystem II. (Abstract 120)
Wataru Sakamoto^*,1, ¹ Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

12:00 PM
(S6B-5) Mutational analysis of atProRS1, encoding an essential mitochondrion-targeted prolyl-tRNA synthetase, reveals mitochondrion-dependent down-regulation of photosynthesis. (Abstract 121)
Paolo Pesaresi^*,1, Dario Leister¹, ¹ Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Koeln, Germany