IUPB-MEPSA World Congress 2024
18th International Congress on Photobiology
Jointly with the International Union of Photobiology (IUPB)
25-30 August 2024
Pan Pacific, Perth, Western Australia
IUPB Presidential Lecture
4:00PM – 4:35PM
Sunday, 25th August
Golden Ballroom – South
Janet Bornman
MEPSA Presidential Lecture
4:35PM – 5:10PM
Sunday, 25th August
Golden Ballroom – South
Scott Byrne
Welcome Reception
5:15PM – 8:15PM
Sunday, 25th August
Golden Ballroom North + Foyer 1 & 2
Welcome Address by the City of Perth Councillor – David Goncalves
Nibbles and Drinks provided as part of your congress registration.
Congress Opening
8:15AM – 8:30AM
Monday, 26th August
Golden Ballroom – South
Janet Bornman – IUPB
IUPB FINSEN MEDAL LECTURE
8:30AM – 9:15AM
Monday, 26th August
Golden Ballroom – South
IUPB EDNA ROE LECTURE
9:15AM – 9:45AM
Monday, 26th August
Golden Ballroom – South
Morning Tea
9:45AM – 10:15AM
Monday, 26th August
Golden Ballroom North + Foyer 1 & 2
Concurrent Session – Structure, function and application of animal “non-conventional” opsins.
10:15AM – 12:45PM
Monday, 26th August
Golden Ballroom – South
Chair: Akihisa Terakita
PAJ symposium
- Molecular properties and optogenetic potentials of diverse animal opsins – Akihisa Terakita
- An ultrafast opsin from the dreaded box jellyfish – Sonja Kleinlogel
- Structure of an active bistable invertebrate rhodopsin: Implications for the mechanistic understanding of bistability – Gebhard Franz Xaver Schertler
- Evolution of the jumping spider rhodopsin and its optogenetic potentials – Mitsumasa Koyanagi
- Melanopsin, from molecule to behavior – Phyllis R ROBINSON
- Differential roles of multiple photoreceptors in regulating background adaptation of zebrafish – Daisuke KOJIMA
Concurrent Session – Targeted photosensitizer delivery strategies
10:15AM – 12:15PM
Monday, 26th August
Golden Ballroom – Centre
Chair: Huang Chiao Huang
- Novel verteporfin-based nanoparticles for targeted photodynamic therapy of ovarian cancer – Carla Arnau del Valle
- Polydopamine-Based Nanophotosensitizing Systems for Targeted Phototherapy – Dennis Ng
- Targeted photo-activable multi-agent liposome for fluorescence-guided photoimmunotherapy enhances survival outcomes – Sumiao Pang
- Light-Activatable, Sustained-exposure Ethanol Injection Technology (LASEIT) for treatment of locally advanced tumors – Huang Chiao Huang
Concurrent Session – Advances in optogenetics and molecular aspects
10:15AM – 11:45AM
Monday, 26th August
Goldsworthy
Chair: Matias Zurbriggen
- Engineering photoreceptors into optogenetic tools for the control and understanding of cellular processes in microbial, animal and plant systems – Matias Zurbirggen
- Optogenetic stimulation of projection neurons – sublime but not physiological – Karin Aubrey
- Optogenetic approaches for restoring vision: Where are we now? – Lay Khoon Too
Concurrent Session – UV radiation in the skin and vitamin D
10:15AM – 12:15PM
Monday, 26th August
Boardroom
Chair: Peter Philipsen
- Making the sunshine vitamin – how much sun exposure is needed to maintain 25 hydroxy vitamin D concentration? – Louisa Collins
- How does natural sun protection and sunscreen use influence vitamin D synthesis? – Antony R Young
- Protection of vitamin D compounds against UV-induced skin carcinogenesis – Katie Dixon
- New action spectrum for vitamin d production in human skin – Does this alter the risk-benefit balance? – Peter A Philipsen
- Increasing Solar UV Radiation in Dortmund, Germany, and Uccle, Belgium – Results of Long-Term UV Monitoring – Sebastian SL Lorenz
Concurrent Session – Light sensing in plants, algae and cyanobacteria: photosynthesis and photoperception
10:15AM – 12:25PM
Monday, 26th August
Hamersley – North
Chair: Xiaojing Yang
- Phycobilisome assembly and attachment to photosystem II for energy conversion in cyanobacteria – Jindong Zhao
- Photoisomerization Mechanism of Retinal in Different Rhodopsins – Insight from Multiscale Simulations – Igor Schapiro
- Ultrafast primary dynamics and isomerization mechanism of a far-red sensing cyanobacteriochrome – Dongping Zhong
- Light Signaling and Allostery Mechanisms of Bacteriophytochromes – Xiaojing Yang
- Light Intensity-Dependent Photo-Activation Quantum Yield of Orange Carotenoid Protein – Michel Sliwa
Concurrent Session – Phototoxicity – Photostability of drugs
10:15AM – 12:25PM
Monday, 26th August
Hamersley – South
Chair: Giorgia Miolo
SIFB symposium
- Development of organic photo-drugs for the treatment of cancers – Carlos E. Crespo-Hernández
- Phototoxicity of retinoid drugs: from photophysics to photobiology – Virginie Lhiaubet-Vallet
- Photostability of anticancer monoclonal antibodies – Giorgia Miolo
- Photo(un)stability of drugs and biomarkers – Donata Favretto
- What makes the strength of very phototoxic photosensitizers – Zoe A. Arnaut
Lunch
12:45PM – 2:00PM
Monday, 26th August
Golden Ballroom North + Foyer 1 & 2
KEYNOTE LECTURE – Serge PICAUD
2:00PM – 2:30PM
Monday, 26th August
Golden Ballroom – South
KEYNOTE LECTURE – Chikako NISHIGORI
2:30PM – 3:00PM
Monday, 26th August
Golden Ballroom – South
Afternoon Tea
3:00PM – 3:30PM
Monday, 26th August
Golden Ballroom North + Foyer 1 & 2
Concurrent Session – Photobiology and photoprotection in skin of color
3:30PM – 5:30PM
Monday, 26th August
Golden Ballroom – South
Chairs: Antony Young & Indermeet Kohli
- Impact of solar ultraviolet radiation and visible light on human skin – Tasneem Mohammad
- Photodermatoses in Skin of Color – Angeli Eloise Torres
- Impact of melanin on DNA photodamage and vitamin D synthesis – Antony R Young
- Photoprotection: Addressing challenges for skin of color – Tasneem Mohammad
Concurrent Session – Design of photosensitizing systems with improved efficiency
3:30PM – 6:00PM
Monday, 26th August
Golden Ballroom – Centre
Chair: Fabienne Dumoulin
- Synergistic Strategies for Photodynamic Therapy: Harnessing Block Copolymer Nanosytems for Enhanced both Drug Delivery and Photosensitizers Activity – Patricia P Vicendo
- Can phthalocyanines be successful photosensitizers in vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy? Evidence from photochemical studies and biological evaluation on hiPSC-derived organoids and rodent models – Janusz M. Dabrowski
- Inducing Immunogenic Cancer Cell Death through Oxygen-Economized Photodynamic Therapy with Nitric Oxide-Releasing Photosensitizers – Pui Chi Gigi Lo
- Stroma- and immune-modulating photosensitizing systems: antibody conjugates, lipid nanoparticles, and everything in between – Girgis Obaid
- Formulating and delivering phthalocyanines to cancer cells and tissues – Fabienne Dumoulin
Concurrent Session – Designed Photoenzymes
3:30PM – 6:00PM
Monday, 26th August
Hamersley – South
Chairs: Silvia Braslavsky & Pavel Müller
- Natural photoenzymes – Silvia E Braslavsky
- Fatty Acid Photodecarboxylase (FAP): a gateway to non-fossil hydrocarbon fuels and beyond… – Pavel Müller
- Enhanced light-driven DNA repair by a photolyase bearing an artificial light-harvesting chromophore – Junpei Yamamoto
- Photoswitching of Flavin–Inhibitor Complexes in Flavoenzymes – Bo Zhuang
Concurrent Session – Biomolecular condensates in plant light signaling
3:30PM – 5:40PM
Monday, 26th August
Goldsworthy
Chair: Giltsu Choi
- What is the phyB photobody made of? – Giltsu Choi
- Function of photobodies in phytochrome signaling in plants – Meng Chen
- Role of CRY2 condensates in controlling light-responsive gene expression in Arabidopsis – Xu Wang
- Translation control by the cytosolic biomolecular condensate P-bodies optimizes early seedling developments in Arabidopsis – Shu-Hsing Wu
- Circadian Rhythm Regulation by Iron Deficiency and Chloroplast Signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana – Kuo-Chen Yeh
Concurrent Session – Quantum efficiency of photobiological processes: an experimental and theoretical view from femtosecond to millisecond time-scale
3:30PM – 6:00PM
Monday, 26th August
Boardroom
Chair: Michel Sliwa
SFPb symposium
- From color-tuning to optogenetics: relationship between red-light absorption and fluorescence intensity in an archaerhodopsin model. – Massimo Olivucci
- Multiscale conformational dynamics in proteins and DNA probed by time-resolved circular dichroism from femtoseconds to milliseconds – Pascale Changenet
- Light activation mechanism of Orange Carotenoid Protein resolved by femtosecond stimulated Raman Spectroscopy – Miroslav Kloz
- Spectroscopic study on the photoreaction dynamics of ion-transporting microbial rhodopsins – Keiichi Inoue
- To twist or not to twist: photoisomerization bottlenecks in negative reversibly photo switchable fluorescent proteins – Nanna Holmgaard List
- How the protein cage controls the photoswitching mechanism of reversibly photoswitchable fluorescent proteins. – Michel SLIWA
IUPB Board Meeting
6:00PM – 7:30PM
Monday, 26th August
Pilbara
IUPB FINSEN MEDAL LECTURE
8:30AM – 9:15AM
Tuesday, 27th August
Golden Ballroom – South
IUPB FINSEN LECTURE
9:15AM – 9:45AM
Tuesday, 27th August
Golden Ballroom – South
Morning Tea
9:45AM – 10:15AM
Tuesday, 27th August
Golden Ballroom North + Foyer 1 & 2
Concurrent Session -What’s new and controversial on sunscreens and photoprotection
10:15AM – 12:25PM
Tuesday, 27th August
Golden Ballroom – South
Chair: Henry Lim
Sponsored by:
- 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
Concurrent Session – Cell death mechanisms involved in photodynamic activation
10:15AM – 12:25PM
Tuesday, 27th August
Golden Ballroom – Centre
Chair: Tayyaba Hasan
- 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
Concurrent Session – Photobiology in aquatic phototrophs
10:15AM – 12:15PM
Tuesday, 27th August
Goldsworthy
Chairs: Devaki Bhaya & Arthur Grossman
- 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
Concurrent Session – Photoreactivity of biomolecules: diversity in the mechanisms
10:15AM – 12:25PM
Tuesday, 27th August
Boardroom
Chair: Patricia Vicendo
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
Concurrent Session – Photosystem II and water oxidation
10:15AM – 12:15PM
Tuesday, 27th August
Mount Newman
Chair: Nick Cox
- 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
Concurrent Session – Nanobioplasmonics
10:15AM – 11:45AM
Tuesday, 27th August
Hamersley – South
Chair: Tomoko Inose
- 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
2025 Group Photo
12:25PM – 12:45PM
Tuesday, 27th August
GRAND RIVER BALLROOM – NEAR SPEAKER PREP
Lunch
12:30PM – 1:30PM
Tuesday, 27th August
Golden Ballroom North + Foyer 1 & 2
Poster Session
1:30PM – 3:30PM
Tuesday, 27th August
Golden Ballroom North + Foyer 1 & 2
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.
| Differential roles of multiple photoreceptors in regulating background adaptation of zebrafish | Daisuke | Kojima |
| Circadian Rhythm Regulation by Iron Deficiency and Chloroplast Signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana | Kuo-Chen | Yeh |
| Light activation mechanism of Orange Carotenoid Protein resolved by femtosecond stimulated Raman Spectroscopy | Miroslav | Kloz |
| Using blue light to control transpiration: improving growth in low VPD | Sheona N. | Innes |
| Photosynthetic bacteria in biohybrid devices | Rossella | Labarile |
| Photosensitization of FICZ and ICZ in mimetic models of membranes | Lohanna | Lopes |
| The role of UV-induced regulatory T cells in the establishment of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma | Shoaib | Anwaar |
| Photoimmunotherapy â how light collaborates with interferon to induce anti-tumor immune responses | Ying | Liu |
| Research progress and trends in laser treatment of acne scars:a bibliometric analysis of related research over the period of 2014-2023 | Yuan | Cai |
| Cyclic AMP-regulatory element-binding protein:Â A novel early marker that could predict the efficacy of sun protective agents in reducing skin carcinogenesis. | Julianne | Nayar |
| Efficacy of oral nicotinamide monotherapy versus combinational treatments in the prevention of ultraviolet radiation-induced skin cancer | Celina | Pihl |
| Mueller matrix-based label-free measurement of structures of skin | Xiupin | Wu |
| N6-Methyladenosine Modification in UVB-induced Cellular Senescence of Skin Photoaging | Ni | Zeng |
| Melanopic equivalent daylight illuminance regulated by smart shading in office buildings | Yujie | Wu |
| The role of the carotenoid β2-ring and the N-terminal domain in the OCP photocycle: new insights | Volha | Chukhutsina |
| Genome-wide impact of cytosine methylation on UV-induced damage formation | Hannah | Wilson |
| The effect of UV-induced Cdkn2a/p16 promoter mutations on the binding of ETS transcription factors | Masaoki | Kawasumi |
| Increasing Solar UV Radiation in Dortmund, Germany and Uccle, Belgium â Results of long-term UV-Monitoring | Sebastian | Lorenz |
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
Afternoon Tea
3:00PM – 3:30PM
Tuesday, 27th August
Golden Ballroom North + Foyer 1 & 2
Concurrent Session – PDT combinations and drug delivery
3:30PM – 6:00PM
Tuesday, 27th August
Golden Ballroom – South
Chair: Kristian Berg
- 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
Concurrent Session – Biodiversity in photosynthetic light harvesting and regulation
3:30PM – 5:50PM
Tuesday, 27th August
Golden Ballroom – Centre
Chair: Roberta Croce
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
Concurrent Session – Melanin pigments: how photochemistry affects their biological role
3:30PM – 5:30PM
Tuesday, 27th August
Goldsworthy
Chair: Tadeusz Sarna
- 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
Concurrent Session – Nanobiophotonics – nanoscience to address biological challenges
3:30PM – 5:30PM
Tuesday, 27th August
Boardroom
Chair: Maria Jose Marin Altaba
- 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
Concurrent Session – Melanoma heterogeneity and therapeutic approaches
3:30PM – 5:30PM
Tuesday, 27th August
Mount Newman
Chair: Nikolas Haass
- 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
Concurrent Session – Photosensitivity diseases and photodiagnostics
3:30PM – 5:30PM
Tuesday, 27th August
Hamersley – South
Chair: Sally Ibbotson
- 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
IUPB General Assembly
6:00PM – 7:00PM
Tuesday, 27th August
Golden Ballroom – South
Appointment of President and Vice Presidents
MEPSA AGM
6:00PM – 7:00PM
Tuesday, 27th August
Boardroom
IUPB FINSEN MEDAL LECTURE
8:30AM – 9:15AM
Wednesday, 28th August
Golden Ballroom – South
- Beyond DNA repair: Novel functions of Cockayne syndrome B (CSB) and Xeroderma pigmentosum A (XPA) proteins – Jean Krutmann
KEYNOTE LECTURE – Francesca TOMA
9:15AM – 9:45AM
Wednesday, 28th August
Golden Ballroom – South
- Advancements in Solar Fuel Generation: Exploring the Frontier of Artificial Photosynthesis – Francesca Maria Toma
Morning Tea
9:45AM – 10:15AM
Wednesday, 28th August
Golden Ballroom North + Foyer 1 & 2
Concurrent Session – Hyperpigmentation. The role of visible light
10:15AM – 12:15PM
Wednesday, 28th August
Golden Ballroom – South
Chair: Francoise Bernerd
Sponsored by:
- Hyperpigmented disorders, role of sunlight and photoprotection needs – Michelle Rodrigues
- Impact of visible light on human skin – Henry Lim
- New insights in visible light-induced pigmentation and means of protection – Francoise Bernerd
- A new sunscreen filter protects against pigmentation, and molecular damage in vivo and in vitro at the UVA/visible boundary region – Antony R Young
Concurrent Session – Endogenous photosensitizers and the skin redoxome
10:15AM – 12:45PM
Wednesday, 28th August
Golden Ballroom – Centre
Chair: Mauricio Baptista
- Balancing the harms and benefits of sun exposure – Rachel Neale
- Ironing out skin photoaging with multifunctional natural-based products with potent iron chelating and antioxidant properties – Charareh Pourzand
- cNOS: A Key Regulator of Redox Homeostasis and DNA-damage Repair in Skin Cells Post-UV Exposure – Shiyong Wu
- Oxidative modifications of melanin pigments increase their photosensitizing ability – Tadeusz Sarna
- Visible light excites lipofuscin and induces photoaging in skin cells – Mauricio Baptista
- Photosensitization of FICZ and ICZ in mimetic models of membranes – Lohanna F Lopes
Concurrent Session – Photodynamic therapy resistance mechanisms in cancer
10:15AM – 12:15PM
Wednesday, 28th August
Boardroom
Chair: Pål Kristian Selbo
Sponsored by:
NOFFOF symposium
- Photosensitization as a Tool for addressing Drug Resistance – Tayyaba Hasan
- Can cancer cells escape photodynamic therapy? – Adriana G. Casas
- Resistance in non-melanoma skin cancer: how to overcome it – Yolanda Gilaberte
- Using PCI to overcome PDT resistance mechanisms in cancer – Pål Kristian Selbo
Concurrent Session – Photoimmunology: effect of solar radiation on the immune system
10:15AM – 12:35PM
Wednesday, 28th August
Mount Newman
Chair: Scott Byrne
MEPSA symposium
- Advancing Glioma Immunotherapy: Photodynamic Therapy-Induced Immunogenic Cell Death and Dendritic Cell Vaccines – Dmitri Krysko
- Repairing a sunburn: flipping the skin-immune switch – Kurt Q Lu
- More than skin-deep: exploring the immunomodulatory effects of ultraviolet radiation – Rachael A Ireland
- Seasonal sunlight exposure (daylength and UV) is associated with regulatory T-cell and Th17 levels in adolescent and adult females, a potential risk factor for MS – Margaret Clark
- The role of UV-induced regulatory T cells in the establishment of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma – Shoaib Anwaar
Concurrent Session – Acclimation of photosynthetic machineries
10:15AM – 12:15PM
Wednesday, 28th August
Hamersley – South
Chair: Jun Minagawa
- State Transition in Green Algae : Structural Dynamics and Evolutionary Perspectives – Jun Minagawa
- A dynamic pair: Photosystem I and the cytochrome b6f complex in focus – Michael Hippler
- Rewiring photosynthetic electron transfer using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing – Matt Johnson
- Photosynthetic light-harvesting regulation utilizing protein dynamics – Toru Kondo
KEYNOTE LECTURE – Henry LIM – Beyond sunscreens: Oral and systemic photoprotection’
12:45PM – 1:45PM
Wednesday, 28th August
Golden Ballroom – South
Sponsored by:
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.
Lunch
12:45PM – 1:45PM
Wednesday, 28th August
Golden Ballroom North + Foyer 1 & 2
Concurrent Session – Phototherapy
2:00PM – 3:00PM
Wednesday, 28th August
Golden Ballroom – South
Chair: Franz Trautinger
- Phototherapy of inflammatory skin diseases in 2024 – Monisha Gupta
- Phototherapy of vitiligo – Giovanni Leone
- Research progress and trends in laser treatment of acne scars:a bibliometric analysis of related research over the period of 2014-2023 – Ni Zeng
Concurrent Session – Role of nanoparticles in PDT and beyond
2:00PM – 3:00PM
Wednesday, 28th August
Golden Ballroom – Centre
Chair: Gang Zheng
- Recent Progress on Phototherapy and Fluorescent Imaging Probes – Juyoung Yoon
- New treatment option for rectal cancer: X-ray activated photodynamic therapy – Wei Deng
Concurrent Session – Plant responses to UV-B mediated by the UVR8 photoreceptor
2:00PM – 3:00PM
Wednesday, 28th August
Goldsworthy
Chair: Ruohe Yin
- Dynamics and mechanism of UVR8 dimer dissociation – Dongping Zhong
- Role of BBX proteins in UV-B signaling – Sourav Datta
Concurrent Session – Role of UV radiation in the breakdown of plastic waste
2:00PM – 3:00PM
Wednesday, 28th August
Boardroom
Chair: Anthony Andrady
- Photooxidation-Induced Weathering and Fragmentation of Thermoplastics under Simulated Sunlight Exposure – Young Kyoung Song
- Harnessing, protecting from, and evaluating effects of UV radiation: Case studies of cellulose nanocrystals, nanodiamond-laden gels and biodegradable polymers – Saad Khan
Concurrent Session – Ocular photobiology : non-visual interaction of light with eye
2:00PM – 3:00PM
Wednesday, 28th August
Mount Newman
Chair: Patrick Rochette
- Flicker and other effects of Temporal Light Modulation (TLM) – Tony Bergen
- How is the RPE melanin modified during the life-long exposure to sunlight? – Shosuke Ito
Concurrent Session – Keratinocyte cancer – prediction, prevention, diagnosis – skin photoaging.
2:00PM – 3:00PM
Wednesday, 28th August
Hamersley – South
Chair: James Wells
Oral Communications Symposium
- Cyclic AMP-regulatory element-binding protein: A novel early marker that could predict the efficacy of sun protective agents in reducing skin carcinogenesis. – Julianne C Nayar
- Efficacy of oral nicotinamide monotherapy versus combinational treatments in the prevention of ultraviolet radiation-induced skin cancer – Celina Pihl
- Reversing the carcinogenesis-enhancing effects of tacrolimus following exposure to UVB light – Maria Parra Reyes
- Mueller matrix-based label-free measurement of structures of skin – Xiupin Wu
- N6-Methyladenosine Modification in UVB-induced Cellular Senescence of Skin Photoaging – Ni Zeng
Afternoon Tea
3:00PM – 3:30PM
Wednesday, 28th August
Golden Ballroom North + Foyer 1 & 2
Concurrent Session – Phototherapy (Continued)
3:30PM – 5:00PM
Wednesday, 28th August
Golden Ballroom – South
Chair: Franz Trautinger
- Phototherapy of cutaneous T-cell lymphomas – Franz Trautinger
- Photodynamic Therapy of Non-Oncologic Skin Conditions – Rolf-Markus Szeimies
- Human exposure to Far-UVC: balancing risk and benefit – Sally H Ibbotson
Concurrent Session – Role of nanoparticles in PDT and beyond (Continued)
3:30PM – 4:30PM
Wednesday, 28th August
Golden Ballroom – Centre
Chair: Gang Zheng
- Natural Nanoparticle-Photosensitizer complexes: From design to photodynamic therapy (PDT) application. – Vincent SOL
- Porphysome Nanotechnology: Beyond Lab, Beyond Light and Beyond Cancer – Gang Zheng
- A new nanoformulation of verteporfin for photodynamic therapy of glioblastoma – Huang Chiao Huang
Concurrent Session – Plant responses to UV-B mediated by the UVR8 photoreceptor (Continued)
3:30PM – 4:30PM
Wednesday, 28th August
Goldsworthy
Chair: Ruohe Yin
- Plants to humans: Arabidopsis for translational research – Sridevi Sureshkumar
- Functional characterization of tomato COP1, COP1h and SPA3 in UVR8-mediated UV-B signaling – Ruohe YIN
Concurrent Session – Role of UV radiation in the breakdown of plastic waste (Continued)
3:30PM – 4:30PM
Wednesday, 28th August
Boardroom
Chair: Anthony Andrady
- The design of nanomaterials for degradation of plastics and toxic compounds by UV-radiation – Liping Zhu
- Photodegradation of Plastics and Wood-Plastic Composites under Desert Natural Weathering Conditions – Halim Redhwi
Concurrent Session – Ocular photobiology : non-visual interaction of light with eye (Continued)
3:30PM – 4:40PM
Wednesday, 28th August
Mount Newman
Chair: Patrick Rochette
- Toxic synergistic toxicity between blue light and atmospheric pollutants for the retina – Patrick J Rochette
- The right light at the right time in the right place: Optimising lighting to promote well-being – Tony Bergen
- A new light-adaptive lens improves vision in challenging and varying light situations – Annette Hoskin
Concurrent Session – Keratinocyte cancer – prediction, prevention, diagnosis – skin photoaging. (Continued)
3:30PM – 3:50PM
Wednesday, 28th August
Hamersley – South
Chair: James Wells
Oral Communications Symposium
Congress Dinner
7:00PM – 11:00PM
Wednesday, 28th August
Frasers at Kings Park
Buses will begin transporting guests from Pan Pacific reception at 7.00pm
You must have pre-purchased dinner tickets.
MEPSA AWARD Vivienne Reeve Lecture
8:30AM – 9:15AM
Thursday, 29th August
Golden Ballroom – South
KEYNOTE LECTURE – Tayyaba HASAN
9:15AM – 9:45AM
Thursday, 29th August
Golden Ballroom – South
Morning Tea
9:45AM – 10:15AM
Thursday, 29th August
Golden Ballroom North + Foyer 1 & 2
Concurrent Session – Novel approaches to photochemical mechanisms in PDT
10:15AM – 12:15PM
Thursday, 29th August
Golden Ballroom – South
Chair: Santi Nonell
- 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
Concurrent Session – Biomolecular and biohybrid systems for solar energy conversion
10:15AM – 11:45AM
Thursday, 29th August
Golden Ballroom – Centre
Chair: Roberta Croce
- 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
Concurrent Session – Light dosimetry and delivery in tissue in PDT
10:15AM – 12:15PM
Thursday, 29th August
Goldsworthy
Chair: Luis Arnaut
- 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
Concurrent Session – Photosynthetic pigments: Tetrapyrroles & carotenoids
10:15AM – 12:25PM
Thursday, 29th August
Boardroom
Chair: Tatsuru Masuda
- 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
Concurrent Session – Light in the onset, prevention and treatment of myopia
10:15AM – 12:15PM
Thursday, 29th August
Mount Newman
Chair: Gareth Lingham
- 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
Concurrent Session – Computational chemistry and photochemistry of biological and nanotechnological systems
10:15AM – 12:15PM
Thursday, 29th August
Hamersley – South
Chair: Daniel Roca-Sanjuán
- 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
Lunch
12:45PM – 1:45PM
Thursday, 29th August
Golden Ballroom North + Foyer 1 & 2
KEYNOTE LECTURE – Robert RAMSAY
12:45PM – 1:45PM
Thursday, 29th August
Golden Ballroom – South
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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
KEYNOTE LECTURE – Maria Gabriela LAGORIO
2:00PM – 2:30PM
Thursday, 29th August
Golden Ballroom – South
- Integrating plant fluorescence, photosynthesis dynamics and the surveillance of chemical risk in the environment – María Gabriela Lagorio
KEYNOTE LECTURE – Anthony ANDRADY
2:30PM – 3:00PM
Thursday, 29th August
Golden Ballroom – South
Concurrent Session – Photosynthetic organisms as biofactories
3:30PM – 5:30PM
Thursday, 29th August
Golden Ballroom – South
Chair: Yagut Allahverdiyeva-Rinne
- 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
Concurrent Session – Photodiagnosis and photodynamic therapy
3:30PM – 5:30PM
Thursday, 29th August
Golden Ballroom – Centre
Chair: Qian Peng
- 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
Concurrent Session – Mechanisms of defense against sunlight induced DNA damage
3:30PM – 6:00PM
Thursday, 29th August
Goldsworthy
Chair: Carlos F M Menck
- 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
Concurrent Session – ROS & nitric oxide in PDT
3:30PM – 5:30PM
Thursday, 29th August
Boardroom
Chair: Salvatore Sortino
- 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
Concurrent Session – Photobiology and Antarctic organisms
3:30PM – 5:40PM
Thursday, 29th August
Mount Newman
Chair: Melinda Waterman
- 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
Activities Day
8:45AM – 5:00PM
Friday, 30th August
Captain Cook Cruise: Fremantle Lunch Cruise (2 hrs 45 mins)
Date: Friday 30th August
Departing Fremantle: 11:15am
Returning: 2:00pm
Bus Transfers back to Pan Pacific Perth: Approx 2:45pm
Includes scenic Swan River cruise with captain’s commentary, buffet lunch, dessert, and two complimentary glasses of house wine, beer, or soft drink.
