Session W26: Focus Session: Biological Photophysics

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Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: J. Timothy Sage, Northeastern University
Baltimore Convention Center - 323


Thursday, March 16, 2006
2:30PM - 3:06PM

W26.00001: Direct Observation of Thymine Dimer Repair in DNA by Photolyase
Invited Speaker: Dongping Zhong

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
3:06PM - 3:18PM

W26.00002: Near-infrared femtosecond laser assisted cell membrane permeabilization
Cheng Peng , Robert Palazzo , Ingrid Wilke

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
3:18PM - 3:54PM

W26.00003: Biological Photophysics with Small Photons: Terahertz measurements of the protein dynamical Transition
Invited Speaker: Andrea Markelz

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
3:54PM - 4:06PM

W26.00004: DFT calculation of photo-induced charge transfer in organic molecule
Mark Pederson , Tunna Baruah

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
4:06PM - 4:18PM

W26.00005: Structural colours in blue-banded bee
Jones Wan , Lixiin Dai , Jensen Li , Kwok-Kwong Fung , Che-Ting Chan

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
4:18PM - 4:30PM

W26.00006: Wavelength-Dependent Conformational Changes of Collagen in Mid-IR Ablation
M. Shane Hutson , Yaowu Xiao , Mingsheng Guo

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
4:30PM - 4:42PM

W26.00007: Novel protection mechanisms against singlet oxygen formation by the Chl $a$ molecule in the cytochrome $b_{6}f$ complex of oxygenic photosynthesis
Sergei Savikhin , Hanyoup Kim , Naranbaatar Dashdorj , Huamin Zhang , Jiusheng Yan , William Cramer

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
4:42PM - 4:54PM

W26.00008: Electrostatic Steering of Functional Dynamics in GFP
J. Timothy Sage , Georgi Y. Georgiev , Jasper J. van Thor

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
4:54PM - 5:06PM

W26.00009: Terahertz Dielectric Response of Photoactive Yellow Protein (PYP): Influence of Conformational-Vibrational State during Photocycle and Hydration Effects
Joseph Knab , Jing-Yin Chen , Wouter Hoff , Andrea Markelz

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
5:06PM - 5:18PM

W26.00010: Novel Photo-Protecticon Mechanisms in Chlorosomes from Green Sulfur Bacterium \textit{Chlorobium Tepidum}
Hanyoup Kim , Sergei Savikhin , Hui Li , Julia Maresca , Donald Bryant

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
5:18PM - 5:30PM

W26.00011: Hydration Dependence of Energy Relaxation Time for Cytochrome C
Shuji Ye , Jing-Yin Chen , Joseph R. Knab , Andrea Markelz

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