Tuesday, 27th August 18th International Congress on Photobiology 2024

• Photochemical internalization (PCI). From microscopy to clinic. - Kristian Berg

• Where do microbial rhodopsins come from? What are they? Where are they going? - Keiichi Inoue

• Usefulness of the SmartPDT® digital medical device to optimise the effectiveness and safety of natural daylight PDT (NDL-PDT): a clinical study in Spain - Yolanda Gilaberte
• Long-lasting and safe photoprotection using a skin-bioadhesive technology: a proof of concept with a novel M10 skin-bioadhesive UVA filter - SPONSORED BY: SKINOSIVE - Juliette Bertrand
• Personalized photoprotection - Henry W Lim
• UV-exposure shapes melanoma biology & response to treatment - Marie-Dominique Galibert
• Innovative medical app that uses real-time satellite data and AI to optimise sun exposure behaviour - Antony R Young

• Photoimmunoconjugate nanoconstructs and their multi-tiered cancer targeting mechanisms - Huang Chiao Huang
• Targeted oxidation of HSP90 paralogs induces endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated immunogenic cell death - Chae Gyu Lee
• Mechanisms of cell death induced by photo-activated bacteriochlorins that accumulate at the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi compartments - Lígia C. Gomes-da-Silva
• Photodynamic Therapy-Induced Cell Death Based on Targeted Organelles - Tae-Hyuk Kwon
• Enhanced phototherapeutic efficacy through microbial modulation in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma delays tumour growth and increases survival in the murine EL4 model - Saptaswa Dey

• Biogenesis and regulation of light-harvesting systems in diatoms - Xiaobo Li
• Phytochromes mediate depth sensing and photoacclimation in marine diatoms - Marianne Jaubert
• Study of the biodiversity in photosynthetic light harvesting and regulation in cyanobacteria - Maria Agustina Dominguez Martin
• Phototaxis and motility in natural and synthetic communities - Devaki Bhaya
• Photoreception and signaling in bacterial phytochrome revealed by single particle cryo-EM - Emina A Stojković

SFPb symposium

• Photochemistry of DNA: The role of lesions - Virginie Lhiaubet-Vallet
• Reversible photoregulation of G-quadruplex DNA structures by non-covalent azobenzene derivatives - Pascale Changenet
• Photobehavior of gefitinib and its photoactive metabolites in solution and in protein media - Ignacio Vayá
• Shedding Light on Photoreactivity of Photosensitizer-Loaded Copolymer Micelles with Lipid Membrane Models - Patricia P Vicendo
• BINDING/UNBINDING PROPERTIES OF INDOLE-BASED DIOXETANES IN DNA - Ana Borrego-Sánchez

• Activation of the Mn₄CaO₅ cofactor of Photosystem II as studied by High Field EPR and MCD spectroscopy - Nick Cox
• Real-Time Structural Changes during the S₁-S₂-S₃ state transitions of the Kok cycle of Photosystem II Caught by Time-Resolved Crystallography - Michi Suga
• Of spins and electrons: deciphering biological water oxidation - Dimitrios A. Pantazis
• Elucidating the Mechanisms of Oxyl Species Formation in Photosystem II: Insights from Computational Studies - Alireza Ariafard

• Visualization of intercellular communication upon photo-thermal therapy in 3D tumor model - Hiroshi Uji-i
• Plasmonic nanowire single live-cell endoscopy toward intracellular material delivery - Tomoko Inose
• Precision Assembly of Nanoparticle Superstructures using DNA - Alison M Funston

GRAND RIVER BALLROOM - NEAR SPEAKER PREP

Oral and Poster Abstracts (this selection of abstracts are being presented as both a poster and oral presentation)
To access full abstracts please find them within their allocated session. 

Poster Only Abstracts

• The Effect of Photodynamic Therapy on Prostate Cancer. - Scott Carpenter
• Characterization of  the possible acclimation strategies and remodeling in photosystems under short-term and long-term hypersaline conditions  in Dunaliella salina; a halophilic microalgae - Pavithra Ramachandran
• Functionalized phthalocyanines: synthetic challenges for improved PDT outcomes - Umit Isci
• HUMAN WAVELENGTH DISCRIMINATION THRESHOLD AND SPAN ON THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM. - Cesar Bernardo
• Imbalanced Expression of Chlorophyll Biosynthetic Genes Causes Photobleaching in Arabidopsis - Kyujin Kim
• Induction of skin cancer by long-term blue light irradiation - Keiichi Hiramoto
• Persistent phytophotodermatitis masquerading as pyoderma gangrenosum - Sally Ibbotson
• Photosensitivity Diseases in a Paediatric Population: Lessons Learned from the Scottish Photodiagnostic Service     - Sally H Ibbotson
• Phytochromes inhibit the longitudinal expansion of cotyledon pavement cells - Sangwon Cho
• Pyrene-modified cyclic peptides for detecting ions in water - Mizuki KITAMATSU
• Recovery of the absorption band of B800 bacteriochlorophyll a in B800-free LH2 under neutral pH conditions - Shota Kawato
• Simultaneous Detection of Glutathione and Iron Ions in the Frozen Tissues Using Thin-layer Chromatography and Raman Spectroscopy - Rika Tsukame
• Synthesis of DNA oligomers with Ru complex and regulation of photochemical ¹O₂ generation by conformational change - Sae Harada
• Unraveling UVA1-induced Photo Modifications of Eumelanin and Pheomelanin: Insights into Pigment Darkening in Human Skin - Shosuke Ito
• ANALYSIS OF THE MODIFICATION OF SKIN AND GUT MICROBIOTA IN PSORIASIS PATIENTS TREATED WITH PHOTOTHERAPY - Yolanda Gilaberte
• Identification and characterisation of phyllochlorin sodium, a novel chlorin-derived photosensitiser - Daniel Garama
• Synthesis of new derivatives of purpurine imide for potential phototherapy dynamic applications - Vincent SOL
• Antibacterial activity of photoactivatable CO-releasing molecules (photoCORMs) and corresponding materials based on rhenium(I) complexes and cellulose nanocrystals - Vincent SOL
• Chlorin e6 is not a U.S. FDA Approved Photosensitiser - Seb. Marcuccio
• The German Solar UV Monitoring Network – Implementation of diode array radiometers and low cost broadband filter radiometer - Sebastian Lorenz
• Digital monitoring of personal solar dose - Piergiacomo Calzavara-Pinton
• Intratumoral therapeutic cancer vaccination and cure of mice after photochemical internalisation (PCI) in combination with a HPV-peptide and the TLR3-agonist poly(I:C)  - Pål Kristian Selbo
• Photoimmunotherapy â how light collaborates with interferon to induce anti-tumor immune responses - Ying Liu

• Light-enhanced VEGF₁₂₁/rGel induce immunogenic cell death and increase the antitumor activity of αCTLA4 treatment - Alf Kristian Berg
• Targeting and blocking the PD-L1 immune checkpoint in pancreatic cancer using self-penetrating, light-responsive liposomes. - Girgis Obaid
• The Crucial Role of Atropisomerism in Enhancing Amphiphilicity and Cellular Internalization of Photosensitizers - Lígia C. Gomes-da-Silva
• Cell-penetrating peptide/photosensitizer conjugates for photo-triggered cytosolic delivery of RNAs and peptides - Takashi Ohtsuki
• Photochemical immune stimulation of melanoma - Brian C. Wilson

ISPR symposium

• Balancing Photon Harvesting Between Photosystems   - Roberta Croce
• Biodiversity of Nonphotochemical Quenching  - Lijin Tian
• Biophysical Insights into Light Harvesting Acclimation and Regulation in Oxygenic Photosynthesis - Herbert van Amerongen
• Diversity and evolution of far-red light photoacclimation in cyanobacteria - Dennis Nürnberg
• Using blue light to control transpiration: improving growth in low VPD - Sheona N Innes
• Assessing temperature and light interactions on non-photochemical quenching in microalgae - Andrei Herdean

• Photo-modification of Eumelanin and Pheomelanin and Its Biological Implications - Shosuke Ito
• Modification of DNA photodamage by melanin in human skin in vivo - Antony R Young
• Photosensitization of melanin in skin cells and in hair fibers - Mauricio Baptista
• Photooxidaton of eumelanin affects its efficiency to photogenerate and quench singlet oxygen - Tadeusz Sarna

• Molecular beacons as optical switching probes for intracellular theranostics and optical biosensing - Francesco Baldini
• Applications of minimalistic delocalized lipophilic cations: from nanocarriers to mitochondrial markers - Francisco Galindo
• Luminescence nanoparticles as "our spies inside" for manometry or thermometry at the biomedical arena   - Antonio Benayas
• Exploring the potential of fluorescent nanoprobes for the versatile detection and quantification of nitric oxide in live cells - Maria Jose Marin Altaba

• The genomic landscape of melanoma-prone skin - Mitchell S Stark
• Dissecting the roles of BAP1 in uveal melanoma - Vivian Chua
• BackTIL the Future: Cell Therapy for Immunotherapy Resistant Metastatic Melanoma  - Peter Lau
• Targeting Melanoma Heterogeneity to Improve both Targeted and Immune Therapy - Nikolas Haass

• Immunological photodermatoses and photoaggravated diseases - Piergiacomo Calzavara-Pinton
• What’s New in Drug, Genetic and Metabolic Photodermatoses? - Henry W Lim
• Shedding Light on Photodiagnostics - Sally H Ibbotson
• Photoprotection and management of the photosensitivity diseases - Yolanda Gilaberte

Appointment of President and Vice Presidents