Many conference participants took advantage of the brief breaks from science to partake in friendly matches (see Figs. 5 and 6). Fig. 5 The soccer match has long been a tradition of the Photosynthesis Gordon Research Conferences. Top Players break for water and a group photo, left bottom Sergei Savikhin spar on the field, right bottom Enthusiastic fans watch from the sidelines (from left to right Laura Houille-Vernes, Lærke Marie M. Lassen, Carolyn

Wetzel, and Aparna Nagarajan) Fig. 6 High (92°F) temperature and busy science sessions didn’t stop intense play on the field. Clockwise from top left Sergei Savikhin (striped shirt) with another player; Gary Brudvig selleck chemicals llc takes a tumble against Steven www.selleckchem.com/products/LDE225(NVP-LDE225).html Burgess, Bill Rutherford gears up for a kick, with

Lisa Olshansky watching; Sergei Savikhin protects the ball against Nickolas Ross; Lisa Olshansky defends against Kris Niyogi Concluding remarks The 2011 Gordon Research Conference on Photosynthesis provided leading and up-and-coming researchers the opportunity to present the latest developments in our field and was a wonderful environment for socializing with colleagues both old and new. Many attendees NSC23766 purchase (such as those pictured in Fig. 7) happily await the next conference in 2012. Fig. 7 Photosynthesis researchers gather to say goodbye until the next Gordon Conference. Top left Rick Debus (USA), Rob Burnap (USA), Gary Brudvig (USA), Terry Bricker (USA) and Kevin Redding (USA); Top right Jeremy Hall (USA), Kelsey McNeeley (USA), David Vinyard (USA), Govindjee (USA), Liron David (Israel), Lærke Marie M. Lassen (Denmark) and

Nicholas Skizim (USA); Bottom left Jayashree Sainis (India), Bob Blankenship (USA), Sangeeta Negi (USA), Preston Dilbeck (USA), Aparna Nagarajan (USA), Alka Gupta (India); Tangeritin Bottom right Nicholas Skizim (USA) and Gail McLean (USA) We wish success to Richard (Rick) Debus and David (Dave) Kramer, who will serve as Chair and the Vice-Chair, respectively, at the next Gordon Research Conference on Photosynthesis to be held in 2012 (July 8–13, Davidson College). In 2013, however, we hope to see everyone at the 16th International Photosynthesis Congress to be held in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA during August 11–16, 2013. The co-organizers of this congress are Bob Blankenship (St. Louis, Fig. 4) and Don Ort (Urbana, Illinois, USA). Information on previous international photosynthesis congresses can be found in Govindjee and D. Knaff (Photosynth. Res. 89: 1–2, 2006) and in Govindjee and H. Yoo (Photosynth. Res. 91: 95–105, 2007). Acknowledgments We end this News Report by expressing our appreciation to all of the attendees for valuable discussions on various aspects of photosynthesis at the 2011 conference. We thank Kris Niyogi and Rick Debus for their help with the section on the Awards. For the description on the Awardees, we are grateful to Aaron M.