Events

Dates: 31 July - 2 August 2026

Location: G.E. Fogg Building Queen Mary University of London Mile End Road, Bethnal Green London E1 4DQ United Kingdom Map 

Join us for the 1st Satellite Meeting on the Evolution of Photosynthesis!

The meeting will cover all subjects relevant to the topic ranging from deep time and origin questions to recent radiations and adaptations of photosynthetic organisms and the photosynthetic machinery.

This is an international meeting gathering experts in the subject at all stages of their career. The Satellite Meeting is linked to the International Congress of Photosynthesis Research to be held in Liverpool this summer immediately before the satellite.

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Keynote Speakers

Stefan Lalonde, CNRS / Nantes Universite: Dating the origin of oxygenic photosynthesis

Nancy Kiang, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies: Astrobiology perspectives / Extraterrestrial photosynthesis / Detection

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Themes of the Meeting

Day 1: Friday 31 July

Deep-time events, origin and early-diversification

Day 2: Saturday 1 August

Cyanobacteria adaptations

Origin of photosynthetic eukaryotes and plastids

Photosynthetic eukaryotes, light harvesting and photoprotection

Evolution of heterotrophic strategies

Day 3: Sunday 2 August

Rubisco, Carbon fixation and concentration

Geobiology and Astrobiology

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Accommodation and getting here
You will need to make your own accommodation arrangements. QMUL provides a list of nearby hotels. However, London is easy to navigate, and QMUL is conveniently reachable from many areas within the city centre, especially locations with straightforward access to the Elizabeth line, District line, Hammersmith & City line, or Central line. The closest Underground station to the venue is Stepney Green, followed by Mile End.