Thursday, 29th August 18th International Congress on Photobiology 2024

• Photobiological mechanisms in the development and treatment of multiple sclerosis - Prue H Hart

• A perspective on photodynamic activation - Tayyaba Hasan

• Lighting the way: Cluster-triggered emission materials as an upstart for the development of biophotonic applications - Roger Bresolí Obach
• Using photochemistry to help solve problems in photomedicine and photobiology: Mechanistic details - Alexander Greer
• Enhanced singlet oxygen generation for Hemoporfin-mediated photodynamic therapy - Buhong Li
• Photochemical strategies to overcome hypoxia in photodynamic therapy - Santi Nonell

• Bringing Living Photovoltaics to Life with Nanobioengineering - Ardemis Boghossian
• Solar-driven biocatalysis for unlocking a sustainable future - Joanna Kargul
• Molecular engineering of the abiotic/biotic interface for efficient solar-converting biophotovoltaics - Margot Jacquet

• PhotoDynamic Therapy Dosimetry: Where from? Where to? - Brian C. Wilson
• Optimal positioning of cylindrical light distributors used for interstitial PDT - Georges Wagnieres
• Interstitial PDT treatment planning: Managing dosimetry with heterogeneities and uncertainties. - Lothar Lilge
• Flash Photodynamic Therapy (Flash-PDT) - Luis G Arnaut

• Membrane lipids play crucial roles in chlorophyll biosynthesis during chloroplast biogenesis - Koichi Kobayashi
• Involvement of a 'super-rogue' photosystem II complex in chlorophyll f biosynthesis - Peter J. NIXON
• Biosynthetic pathways for chlorophyll pigments branched by chlorophyllide oxidoreductase and their evolution   - Yusuke Tsukatani
• Alternative localization of HEME OXYGENASE 1 in plant cells regulates cytosolic heme catabolism   - Tatsuru Masuda
• The role of the carotenoid β2-ring and the N-terminal domain in the OCP photocycle: new insights - Volha Chukhutsina

• Current Treatment Interventions for Myopia Progression in Children  - Loren (Loreto) Rose
• Light-based interventions for myopia prevention and control: from bench to classrooms - Raymond P. Najjar
• Biomarkers of sun exposure and eye diseases: Pterygium and Myopia (opposite sides of the coin)   - David A Mackey
• Investigating the Effects of Short-term, Supra-threshold Red Laser Light Irradiation on Retinal Structure and Function in Pigmented Rabbits - Yongli Zhou

• Multiconfigurational quantum chemistry to study macromolecular systems in photobiology - Daniel Roca-Sanjuán
• Multiscale simulations insights into triplet thymine formation and reactivity. - Elise Dumont
• Light-induced anticancer therapies: A computational perspective - Antonio Francés-Monerris
• MRSF-TDDFT: A New Quantum Mechanical Workhorse for Photobiology - Cheol Ho Choi

Join us for a keynote lecture during lunchtime in the Golden Ballroom (South). Please feel free to grab your lunch and bring it with you to enjoy while listening to this important presentation.

• PHOTOCHECK - Photodynamic Therapy with Checkpoint Inhibition for Elimination of Anal SCC - Robert G Ramsay

• Integrating plant fluorescence, photosynthesis dynamics and the surveillance of chemical risk in the environment - María Gabriela Lagorio

• Microplastics and solar UV radiation - Anthony Andrady

• Biocatalytic production of solar chemicals by photosynthetic microbes - Yagut Allahverdiyeva-Rinne
• SynBio strategies in photoautotrophs for improved carbon fixation, growth, and yield - Bruno E Rojas
• Engineering solar lipid production in oleaginous microalgae: a focus on the prospects and challenges on the path to optimization and industrialization.   - SARAH D'ADAMO
• Exploring the Marvels of Anoxic Photosynthesis for Revolutionary Agri-Energy Production - Iftach Yacoby

• Current status and future opportunities in PDT - Colin Hopper
• Fluorescence-guided resection of brain tumours with ALA - Kate Drummond
• Modification of extracorporeal photopheresis with 5-aminolevulinic acid (Gliolan) - Qian Peng

• Sunlight oxidative impact in xeroderma pigmentosum variant mutagenesis and tumors - Carlos F M Menck
• Novel insights about melanoma response after melanogenesis stimulation and phototherapy - Glaucia Martinez
• The role of UVA and UVB induced DNA damage and mutations in melanoma - Gerd P Pfeifer
• Genome-wide studies of nucleotide excision and photolyase repair mechanisms for UV damage in yeast - John J Wyrick
• Genome-wide impact of cytosine methylation on UV-induced damage formation - Hannah E. Wilson
• The effect of UV-induced Cdkn2a/p16 promoter mutations on the binding of ETS transcription factors - Masaoki Kawasumi
• Effect of dose-delivery and exposed area on thymidine dimer excretion in urine. -A study in healthy volunteers - Catharina M Lerche

• State-of-the-Art and Perspectives for Nanomaterials Combined with Nitric Oxide Donors for Biomedical Applications - Amedea B Seabra
• Molecular and supramolecular constructs for combined PDT and NO-PDT - Salvatore Sortino
• Nitric oxide derivative ruthenium compounds as prototypes for Photodynamic Therapy and X-ray Photodynamic Therapy with low radiation doses - Roberto Santana da Silva
• Tailoring nanocarriers to empower the therapeutic potential of photosensitizers - Fabiana Quaglia

• Consequences of extended ozone depletion and reduced snow and ice cover for Antarctic biodiversity - Johanna D Turnbull
• Ultraviolet photoprotection in Antarctic mosses and liverworts - Melinda Waterman
• Sunheat, water content and temperature as the main drivers of carbon uptake capacity of mosses - Alicia Victoria Perera Castro