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

10:30 AM
(S3B-1) Light harvesting in plants: Molecular patterns of adaptability. (Abstract 51)
Alexander Ruban^*,, Peter Horton,

11:00 AM
(S3B-2) Multiple mechanisms of zeaxanthin function in thermal dissipation, photoinhibition, and signal transduction. (Abstract 52)
Barbara Demmig-Adams^*,1, Volker Ebbert¹, C Zarter¹, Kristine Bachmann¹, Véronique Amiard¹, Anna Sokolenko², Autar Mattoo³, William Adams¹, ¹ Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Boulder, Colorado, USA² Department Biologie I, München, Germany³ USDA-ARS Vegetable Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, USA

11:20 AM
(S3B-3) Nitrogen partitioning in the photosynthetic apparatus of Plantago asiatica leaves acclimated to different temperature and light regimes. (Abstract 53)
Kouki Hikosaka^*,1, ¹ Tohoku University, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Sendai, Japan

11:40 AM
(S3B-4) Activation of photosynthesis and resistance to photoinhibition in cyanobacteria within biological desert crust. (Abstract 54)
Yariv Harel¹, Itzhak Ohad², Aaron Kaplan^*,1, ¹ Dept. Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, Israel² Dept. Biological Chemistry, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, Israel

12:00 PM
(S3B-5) Genome diversification in marine cyanobacteria: Implications for photosynthetic physiology and environmental stress response mechanisms. (Abstract 55)
Claire Ting^*,1, ¹ Department of Biology, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA