6月18日球盟会(中国)创新系列讲座预告（2015－04）
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
