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DUNDEE Local Secretary: Professor John A. Raven Division of Environmental and Applied Biology School of Life Sciences University of Dundee Dundee DD1 4HN Tel: 01382 34428l  email: j.a.raven@dundee.ac.uk Professor John Raven Retirement Symposium Algae, Photosynthesis and Global Change 12^th September 2008, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee. 8.45 – 9.00 Introduction and Welcome – Professor John Brown, Division of Plant Sciences 9.00 – 9.30 Dr Mitchell Andrews, University of Sunderland From Chara to Impatiens via carbon and nitrogen assimilation pathways: my work with John Raven 9.30 – 10.00 The Society for Experimental Biology Lecture Professor John Beardall, Monash University, Australia Living in a high CO2 world: Impacts of global change on marine phytoplankton 10.00 – 10.30 Professor Charles Cockell, Chair of Microbiology, Open University Extrasolar Photosynthesis – Raven beyond the Nest 10.30 – 11.00 COFFEE 11.00 – 11.30 The Botanical Society of Scotland Lecture Professor Dianne Edwards FRS, Cardiff University Old plants, new challenges and Ravenesque approaches 11.30 – 12.00 Professor Kevin Flynn, Swansea University Does size really matter? 12.00 – 12.30 Professor Richard Geider, University of Essex Cost-benefit analysis of photon absorption by phytoplankton 12.30 – 1.30 BUFFET LUNCH 1.30 – 2.00 The British Phycological Society Lecture Professor Mario Giordano, University of Ancona FTIR Spectroscopy as a tool for the taxonomic, ecological and (eco) physiological characterization of phytoplankton 2.00 – 2.30 Plant, Cell and Environment Lecture Professor Howard Griffiths, University of Cambridge A Discriminating guide to photosynthetic carbon concentrating mechanisms 2.30 – 3.00 Dr Stephen Maberly, CEH, Lancaster DIC, CCMs, ^13C and aquatic ecology 3.00 – 3.15 COFFEE 3.15 – 3.45 Plant, Cell and Environment Lecture Professor Bruce Osborne, University College, Dublin Plants and Oxygen: A Ravenesque Paleobotanical Perspective 3.45 – 4.15 The Marine Biological Association Lecture Professor Katherine Richardson, University of Copenhagen Title to be confirmed 4.15 – 5.00 Discovery Lecture Professor Paul Falkowski, Rutgers University The evolution of Earth's core metabolism 5.00 – 6.00 Drinks Reception To register, go to http://www.lifesci.dundee.ac.uk/news/control_contentType/news_list/display_open/newsevent_1773 For further info. Contact Morven Pearson +44 (0)1382 560014