International Conferences

Plenary or invited lecture

Invited Lecture

2004

4th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Crystallization of the Reaction Center of Photosystem II.

Invited Lecture

1994

Gordon Conference on Biophysical Aspects of Photosynthesis
New Hampton, New Hampshire, USA.
Co-Crystallization of the Reaction Center and Cytochrome c2 of Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Invited Lecture

1997

3rd Workshop on Photosystem II
Shluchot, Israel.
Progress in the crystallization of Photosystem II.

Invited Lecture

1997

The 62nd Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society
Haifa, Israel 1997.
Metal-cofactor interactions in Photosystem II.

Invited Lecture

1998

The 63rd Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society
Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Progress in the Determination and Characterization of the Reaction Center of Photosystem II.

Invited Lecture

1999

“From Photosynthesis to Molecular Cell Biology”
Jerusalem, Israel.
The structure of Photosystem II: Do we need it?

Invited Lecture

1999

Pigment – Protein Complexes of Thylakoids from Oxygenic Organisms: Isolation, Purification, Structural and Functional Analysis.
Berlin, Germany.
Photosystem II – Crystallization and Structural Analysis.

Invited Lecture

2000

The 19th European Crystallographic Meeting
Nancy, France.
Crystallization of the reaction center of Photosystem II and of Reaction center components.

Invited Lecture

2002

The 67th Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society
Jerusalem, Israel.
Insights into Photosystem II structure N. Adir, R. Anati, V. Rukhman, Y. Dobrovetski, N. Lerner.

Invited Lecture

2002

The 3rd Federation of Israel Societies for Experimental Biology Congress
Eilat Israel.
Insights into Photosystem II function via structure determination. N. Adir, R. Anati, V. Rukhman, Y. Dobrovetski, N. Lerner.

Invited Lecture

2002

The XIX Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography
Geneva, Switzerland
Membrane Protein Crystallography.

Invited Lecture

2003

The Annual meeting of the Israel Crystallographic Association.
Beer Sheva, Israel.
The crystal structure of a novel unmethylated form of C-phycocyanin, a possible connector between cores and rods in phycobilisomes. Adir, N. and Lerner, N.

Invited Lecture

2004

The Israel Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting
Haifa, Israel.
Crystal structure analysis of KDO8P synthase from E. Coli in binary complexes with PEP, E and Z Isomers of 3-Fluoro-PEP AND 1-Deoxy-A5P.
Adir, N., Belakhov, V., Rabkin, E.,   Sau, A.,  Furdui, C.,  Anderson, K.S., Baasov, T.  and R. Vainer.

Invited Lecture

2005

The 4th Federation of Israel Societies for Experimental Biology Congress
Eilat, Israel.
Crystallographic analysis of initial modes of ligand binding in KDO8P synthase
Adir, N., Vainer, R., Belakhov, V., Rabkin, E., Sau, A. Furdui, C., Anderson, K. S., and Baasov, T.

Invited Lecture

2005

The 70th Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society
Tel-Aviv, Israel.
The MntC Crystal Structure Suggests That Import of Mn2+ in Cyanobacteria is Redox Controlled.
Rukhman, V., Anati, R., Melamed-Frank M. and Adir, N.

Invited Lecture

2005

The Annual meeting of the Israel Crystallographic Association.
Rehovot, Israel.
The 3D structure of the MntC solute Binding Protein: Is the destiny of imported Mn2+ in Cyanobacteria Redox Controlled?
Rukhman, V., Anati, R., Melamed-Frank M. and Adir, N.

Invited Lecture

2005

Gordon Research Conference on Photosynthesis
Bryant University, Rhode Island USA.
The 3D structure of the MntC solute Binding Protein: Is the destiny of imported Mn2+ in Cyanobacteria Redox Controlled?
Rukhman, V., Anati, R., Melamed-Frank M. and Adir, N.

Invited Lecture

2007

The 14th International Congress on Photosynthesis.
Glasgow, UK.
Structural Aspects of the Assembly and Disassembly of the Phycobilisome.
Adir, N., Dines, M., Klartag, M., McGregor, A., Melamed-Frank, M., Sendersky, E., and Schwarz, R.

Invited Lecture

2007

The 5th Federation of Israel Societies for Experimental Biology Congress
Eilat, Israel.
Crystal structures of the Cyanobacterial Phycobilisome Antenna complex: Assembly and Disassembly of a Giant.
Adir, N., Dines, M., David, L., Klartag, M., McGregor, A., Melamed-Frank, M., Sendersky, E. and  Schwarz, R.

Invited Lecture

2008

The 2008 Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Human Genetics
Haifa, Israel.
Computational and experimental tools can reveal structural details of proteins of medical and genetic interest.

Invited Lecture

2009

2009 Fall workshop of the Israel Society for Microbiology.
Ein Gedi, Israel.
Where do cyanobacteria go when they’re hungry? Insights into pigment disassembly.

Invited Lecture

2010

The 75th Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society
Tel-Aviv, Israel.
What do cyanobacteria do when they get hungry? Structural insights into physiological responses to nutrient and Mn deficiencies.

Invited Lecture

2010

The Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Satellite Meeting to the 15th International Congress of Photosynthesis
Nankai University, Tianjin China.
Functional aspects of Phycobilisome architecture: understanding the blueprints of assembly and disassembly.
Adir, N. David, L., Dines, M., Klartag, M., Marx-McGregor, A., Sendersky, E. and Schwarz, R.

Invited Lecture

2010

Light-driven Bioprocesses: from Basics to Applications. Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Engineering of an alternative electron transfer pathway in Photosystem II.
Adir, N., Salama, F., Larom, S. and Schuster, G.

Invited Lecture

2011

International Conference on Tetrapyrrole Photoreceptors of Photosynthetic Organisms (ICTPPO) Berlin, Germany. Functional aspects of Phycobilisome architecture: Revealing protein directed spectral tuning.
Adir, N. David, L., Klartag, M., Marx-McGregor, A.

Invited Lecture

2012

Photoprotection in Cyanobacteria.
Paris, France.
The Phycobilisome: Assembly and functionality.
Adir, N., David, L. Klartag, M. and Marx-McGregor, A.

Invited Lecture

2012

International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanins – 7
Jeju Island, Korea.
Revealing structural facets that enable chromophore spectral tuning and energy pathways in the Phycobilisome.

Invited Lecture

2012

Gordon Research Conference on Photosynthesis.
Davidson College, North Carolina, USA.
Progress in the engineering of Photosystem II for clean energy production.

The 2012 photosynthesis GRC group photo.
The photograph was provided as a courtesy of the Gordon conference

Invited Lecture

2013

Production of Liquid Fuels from renewable sources: 1st I-Core Solar fuels workshop.
Dead Sea, Israel.
Progress in the engineering of Photosystem II for clean energy production.

Invited Lecture

2013

The Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Satellite Meeting to the 16th International Congress of Photosynthesis
Washington University, St. Louis, USA.
X-ray crystallographic and cryo-TEM structures of the phycobilisome photosynthetic antenna complex indicate functional plasticity 
N. Adir, L. David, A. Marx, O. Tal, D. A. Elmlund, M. Prado and R.E. Blankenship.

Invited Keynote Lecture

2013

International Conference on Tetrapyrrole Photoreceptors of Photosynthetic Organisms (ICTPPO)
Wuhan, China.
Deciphering the structure of the Phycobilisome photosynthetic antenna complex indicates functional plasticity
Adir, N. David, L, Marx, A., Tal, O., Elmlund, D.E., Prado, M. and Blankenship, R.E.

Invited Lecture

2013

2nd Meeting of the Israel Society for Biotechnology Engineering.
Tel Aviv, Israel.
Progress in the engineering of Photosystem II for clean energy production.
N. Adir, S. Larom, R. Pinhassi, F. Salama and G. Schuster. Invited lecture.

Invited Lecture

2014

The 79th Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society
Tel-Aviv, Israel
Utilizing photosynthetic complexes for solar energy conversion: Building a Bio-generator.
N. Adir, S. Larom, R. Pinhassi, D. Kol-Kalman, G. Saper, R. Ben Harosh, A. Rothschild and G. Schuster.

Invited Lecture

2014

Biomaterials and Bioinspired Assemblies for Nanoengineered Optobioelectronic Systems>
Berlin, Germany.
Bio-electrochemical devices based on crude photosynthetic material.

Invited Lecture

2015

The 6th Peter Brojde Center Conference – Quantum Biology
Neve Ilan, Israel.
Does the structure of the Phycobilisome photosynthetic antenna complex help decipher its energy transfer properties?

Invited Lecture

2015

3rd International Symposium on Energy Challenges and Mechanics.
Aberdeen, Scotland UK.
Utilizing photosynthetic complexes for solar energy conversion: Building a Bio-generator.
N. Adir, S. Larom, R. Pinhassi, D. Kol-Kalman, G. Saper, R. Ben Harosh, H. Dotan, A. Rothschild and G. Schuster.

Invited Lecture

2015

Biomaterials and Bioinspired Assemblies for Nanoengineered Optobioelectronic Systems II
Jerusalem, Israel.
Hybrid Bio-Photo-Electro-Chemical Cells for Solar Water Splitting.

Invited Lecture

2015

International Conference on Tetrapyrrole Photoreceptors of Photosynthetic Organisms (ICTPPO).
Kibbutz Hagoshrim, Israel.
The extraordinary energy transfer capabilities of the phycobilisome.

Invited Lecture

2016

Israel Sustainable Energy Society Annual Meeting 2016.
Tel Aviv, Israel.
Utilizing photosynthetic complexes for solar energy conversion: building a bio-generator.

Invited Lecture

2016

International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanins 9.
Nanjing, China.
The extraordinary energy transfer capabilities of the phycobilisome.
N. Adir, Shira Bar Zvi, Roy Ben Harosh, Liron David, Sudeshna Ghosh, Dvir Harris, Ofir Tal, Ido Eisenberg, Nir Keren, Yossi Paltiel, Collins Nganou, Martin Mkandawire, Robert E. Blankenship.

Invited Lecture

2016

The Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Satellite Meeting to the 17th International Congress of Photosynthesis
Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands.
Deciphering the remarkable functionalities of the phycobilisome.
N. Adir, D. Harris, O. Tal, S. Bar Zvi, A. Lahav, L. David, R. Ben Harosh, D. Jallet, A. Wilson, D. Kirilovsky, R.E. Blankenship, I. Eisenberg, N. Keren, Y. Paltiel and C. Nganou.

Invited Lecture

2016


The 3rd Solar Fuels Workshop.

Nahsholim, Israel.
Harnessing photosynthesis for green energy and hydrogen production.

Invited Keynote Lecture

2017

The 81st Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society
Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Deciphering the Extraordinary Energy Transfer Capabilities of the Phycobilisome Photosynthetic Light Harvesting Complex.

Invited Lecture

2017

International Conference on Tetrapyrrole Photoreceptors of Photosynthetic Organisms (ICTPPO) 2017.
Chicago, USA.
Deciphering the structural sources of phycobilisome functionalities

Invited Lecture

2018

International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanins 10.
Munich, Germany.
Phycocyanin can serve as the terminal emitter in the absence of allophycocyanin in A. marina.
N. Adir, S. Bar-Zvi, A. Lahav, D. Harris, D.M. Niedzwiedzki and R.E. Blankenship.

Invited Lecture

2019

ESP-IUPB World Congress on Light and Life.
Barcelona, Spain.
Phycocyanin can be significantly red-shifted in A. marina Phycobilisomes
N.Adir, S. Bar Zvi, M. Suissa, A. Lahav, D. Harris, D.M. Niedzweidzki, and R.E. Blankenship.

Invited Lecture

2020

237th Electrochemical Society Meeting.
Montreal, Canada
Engineering Cells, Membranes and Light Harvesting/Photosystem II Super-Complexes in Bio-Photoelectrochemical Cells.
Cancelled due to COVID-19

Invited Lecture

2021

238th Electrochemical Society Meeting.
Chicago, USA.
Engineering Cells, Membranes and Light Harvesting/Photosystem II Super-Complexes in Bio-Photoelectrochemical Cells.

Invited Lecture

2021

19th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology
Salzburg, Austria (Virtual).
Engineering Cells, Membranes and Light Harvesting/Photosystem II Super-Complexes in Bio-Photoelectrochemical Cells.

Invited Lecture

2021

Nanomeet 2021.
Porto, Portugal.
Engineering Photosystem II with Nanomaterials in BioPhotoelectrochemical Cells for Clean Solar Energy Conversion.

Invited Lecture

2022

Bioderived Electronics 2022.
Ein Gedi, Israel.

Invited Lecture

2022

Journées de la Société Française de Photosynthèse
Gif sur Yvette, France.
Harvesting electrical current from live photosynthetic organisms: The greenest of all green energy.

Invited Lecture

2023

Diana Kirilovsky’s Day: Workshop on the Orange Carotenoid Protein.
Paris, France. (Hybrid)
From not enough to way too much: Different ways the Phycobilisome deals with light intensity.
French Society for Photobiology.

Invited Lecture

2023

243th Electrochemical Society Meeting.
Boston, USA
Live Cell and Hybrid Material Based Bio-Photoelectrochemical Cells for Clean Solar Energy Conversion.

Invited Lecture

2023

2023 Annual Meeting of the Israel Crystallographic Association.
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
The amazing Phycobilisome.

Invited Lecture

2023

20th Congress of the European Society of Photobiology.
Lyon, France
Enhancing Photosystem II driven photocurrent in a hybrid nano-bio-photoelectrochemical cells.

Invited Lecture

2023

20th Congress of the European Society of Photobiology.
Lyon, France
Extreme heterogeneity in the A. marina Phycobilisome.

Invited Lecture

2023

International Conference on Tetrapyrrole Photoreceptors of Photosynthetic Organisms (ICTPPO) 2023.
Shizuoka, Japan.
Extreme heterogeneity in the A. marina Phycobilisome.