时间：2015年6月18日 星期四 上午10：00

地点：1号实验楼8楼学术报告厅

报告专家： 陈敏教授 悉尼大学

报告题目： Novel chlorophylls and new directions in photosynthesis research

专家简介：

Biographical details:

Ph. D, (2003, Sydney), M.Sc & B Sc. (NENU, China)

Postdoctoral Fellow, ANU, 2003

Australian Research Council (ARC) Postdoctoral Fellow, USyd, 2004 - 2006

Research Fellow, USyd, 2007

ARC QEII Fellow, USyd, 2008 - 2012

Associate Professor, USyd, 2011 - 2014

ARC Future Fellow, USyd, 2013 - 2016

Professor, USyd, 2015 - present

Research interests:

Prof. Chen’s research interests are primarily concerned with elucidating the molecular and biochemical mechanisms of the energy-storing reactions and photo-regulatory processes in photosynthetic organisms, especially the function of red-shifted chlorophylls in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms (cyanobacteria and algae). They exploit the relative simplicity of oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria (cyanobacteria) or unicellular algae to study the light-harvesting systems, natural variation of the light-harvesting strategy, energy transfer and the function/structure of the pigment-protein complexes involved in these processes. They use a variety of approaches - molecular genetics, protein engineering, confocal fluorescence microscopy, liquid chromatography as well as structural and spectroscopic methods.

As a part of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, they are now increasingly concentrating on improving light harvesting efficiency by extending the photosynthetic active solar spectral region, enhancing light penetration into crop canopies and reducing the wastage of excess sunlight.

Broad research areas: Plant molecular biology, biochemistry of pigments, photosynthesis

Awards and honours:

Peter Goldcare Award of the Australian Society of Plant Sciences 2013

The Robin Hill Award of International Society of Photosynthesis Research 2013

ARC Future Fellowship 2013-2016

Finalist in Scientific Research by Australian Museum Eureka Prize 2012

Science Minister’s Prize for Life Scientist of Year 2011

ARC QE II Fellowship 2008-2012

ARC APD Fellowship 2004-2006