Special Groot Colloquium and ID team session
As a new joint initiative within the Groot Colloquium organisers and the ID team, we gladly present a special session given by the Groot Colloquium speaker, Dr. Nicoletta Liguori from ICFO, on an Inclusion and Diversity related topic.
Title
Parenthood in Academia, a chat with Dr. Niccoletta Liguori
Abstract
Starting a research group while becoming a parent has been a wonderful and intense experience for me. It has made me reflect even more on how we can balance academic life with family (and I do not have any answer yet).
I’d love to invite anyone interested to join me to share with each other anecdotes, ideas, and experiences. The goal is to create a relaxed and open space where we can reflect together on what has helped (or not helped) us so far, and exchange thoughts on how we might navigate these efforts in academia even better.
Groot Colloquium
Speaker: Dr. Niccoletta Liguori
Title
Photosynthetic proteins in action! Towards a real‐time investigation of how light‐harvesting is regulated in photosynthetic organisms
Abstract
Plants and algae provide a natural example of how solar energy can be converted into chemical energy in the presence of oxygen while preventing photodamage. It has now been established that plants and algae prevent photooxidation by activating a rapidly inducible and reversible photoprotective mechanism at the level of their light-harvesting complexes. However, the precise activation process of this photoprotective mechanism remains unknown. We will here introduce our current understanding of how light-harvesting is regulated in plants and algae and, more generally, in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms. We will then highlight the spectroscopic and computational tools developed by our group aimed at unraveling the molecular mechanisms governing the activation of photoprotection in photosynthetic organisms – in real time.
Contact:
Esther Alarcón Lladó
