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 Maciej Adamczyk  [Poster]
       Carbonyl-reactive chemiluminescent labels: acridinium hydroxylamines (AHA) 

 Maciej Adamczyk  [Poster]
       Thiol-specific acridinium reagents for labeling proteins and nucleic acids 

 Hashem Akhavan-Tafti  [Talk]
       Recent Advances in Chemiluminescent Enzyme Substrates 

 Luiz H Catalani  [Talk]
       The oxidation of indole derivatives catalyzed by HRP is highly chemiluminescent 

 Alexey M. Egorov  [Poster]
       Reaction products for the enhanced chemiluminescence reaction studied by HPLC method 

 John C. Gebler  [Poster]
       Characterization of acridinium-9-carboxamide-antibody conjugates by mass spectrometry 

 John C. Gebler  [Poster]
       Quantitation of free chemiluminescent acridinium-9-carboxamide salts in bioconjugates 

 Marina A. Gerasimova  [Poster]
       Bioluminescent spectra in the presence of the dyes of xanthene series 

 Ruediger Hardeland  [Poster]
       Phenolic and indolic free-radical scavengers as luminophores 

 N.S. Kudryasheva  [Poster]
       Physico-Chemical Basis of Bioluminescent Monitoring. 

 John Lee  [Poster]
       Protein conformational changes in obelin shown by 15N-HSQC nuclear magnetic resonance 

 Zhi-Jie Liu  [Talk]
       Crystal structure of the photoprotein obelin solved at 1.1 angstrom 

 Zhi-Jie Liu  [Poster]
       Obelin crystal structure: implications for the bioluminescence mechanism 

 Phillip G. Mattingly  [Poster]
       Microwave-assisted synthesis of chemiluminescent acridinium salts 

 Phillip G. Mattingly  [Poster]
       Too much of a good thing? Modulating the signal of acridinium-9-carboxamide salts. 

 Gerald A. Merrill  [Poster]
       Inhibition analysis of chicken heterophil luminol and lucigenin luminescence 

 Hideshi Nakamura  [Talk]
       Syntheses of the mechanism-based inhibitors of coelenterzine bioluminescence 

 E. Nemtseva  [Poster]
       Study of the electronic excited states of bioluminescent emitter with dye molecules 

 Rachel L Price  [Poster]
       Protein engineering and molecular modelling of firefly luciferase 

 Abdolraouf Samadi-Maybodi  [Poster]
       A new visible oscillating chemiluminescence system with tetraalkylammonium hydroxide 

 Malin A R Stigbrand  [Poster]
       Designed catalysts for bright and fast peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence 

 David W. Tapley  [Talk]
       Chemiluminescence as a product of sulfide oxidation in seawater 

 Katsunori Teranishi  [Poster]
       An method for highly efficient chemiluminescence of imidazopyrazinone in water  

 Edwin F. Ullman  [Talk]
       Reversible thermal formation of excited states in donor assisted dioxetane CL 

 Elena V. Vetrova  [Poster]
       Mechanism of influence of redox-active compounds on bioluminescence in vitro. 

 Naohisa Wada  [Poster]
       Ab initio calculation for D-(-)-luciferin and its intermediates in dimethyl sulfoxide 

 Dieter Weiss  [Talk]
       Playing with Luciferine-new Results in the Luminescence of a well known Molecule 

 Chun Wu  [Poster]
       Syntheses of coelenterazine analogs with a conjugated chromophore at 8-position 

 Yumiko Yoshiki  [Poster]
       The quantification of reactive oxygen species and their scavengers by photon emission 

 Fernand F Baguet  [Talk]
        Nitric oxide in luminescence of photophores from  Argyropelecus hemigymnus 

 Maja Berden  [Talk]
       Weak ELF magnetic field effects on Gonyaulax sp. bioluminescence 

 John R Blinks  [Poster]
       Where does Mn bind when it triggers the luminescence of Ca-regulated photoproteins? 

 John R Blinks  [Poster]
       All three calcium-binding sites participate in the regulation of obelin luminescence  

 Dimitri D. Deheyn  [Talk]
       Bioluminescence in the brittlestar Amphipholis squamata (Echinodermata): An overview 

 Dimitri D. Deheyn  [Poster]
       Heavy Metal Effects on Luminescence of Bacteria and Isolated Brittlestar Photocytes 

 Yannick Dewael  [Talk]
       Calcium requirement in the luminescence control of three ophiuroid species 

 Yannick Dewael  [Poster]
       Pharmacological study of luminescence control of Amphiura filiformis 

 Ruediger Hardeland  [Talk]
       Intracellular views of bioluminescent systems in the genus Pyrocystis 

 Kirsten Heimann  [Poster]
       Regulation of Bioluminescence in the Marine Dinoflagellate Pyrocystis lunula 

 Jerome Mallefet  [Talk]
       Second messengers and luminescence in the brittlestar Amphipholis squamata  

 Carrie A. McDougall  [Talk]
       Mechanosensitivity in a bioluminescent dinoflagellate: role of the actin cytoskeleton 

 Carrie A. McDougall  [Poster]
       Observations on a new luminous ophiuroid (Echinodermata) species 

 Peter von Dassow  [Poster]
       The role of calcium in flow-stimulated bioluminescence of dinoflagellates 

 Carolyn  Bellinger-Kawahara  [Talk]
       Death is No Longer an Endpoint: A Predictive Model of Murine Sepsis 

 Alan P Escher  [Poster]
       Solubility of a luciferase-GFP fusion protein in bacterial and mammalian cells 

 Michael E. Geusz  [Poster]
       Luciferase imaging reveals distinct patterns of gene regulation in live brain slices 

 Philip J Hill  [Talk]
       Dual reporters in bacterial pathogens 

 Darlene Jenkins  [Talk]
       Luciferase-based in vivo imaging system to detect neoplasia and metastasis

 Steve A. Kay  [Talk]
       Molecular Genetic Analysis of Circadian Clocks 

 Hua H Liu  [Poster]
       GDNF-Luciferase Fusion is Fully Functional upon Secretion from Mammalian Cells 

 Elena E. Maksimova  [Poster]
       Mechanisms of lux genes expression in transgenic bacteria  

 Robert S. Negrin  [Talk]
       Luciferase imaging accelerates analyses of antineoplastic therapy in animal models 

 Shahrokh Shabahang  [Talk]
       Visualization of bacteria in live animals using luciferase labeling 

 Tatyana Timiryasova  [Poster]
       Visualization of vaccinia virus infection using the Renilla-luciferase-GFP fusion protein 

 Eugene S. Vysotski  [Poster]
       Efficiency of apophotoprotein charging depends strongly on protein concentration 

 Eugene S. Vysotski  [Poster]
       Sensitivity of obelin and apoobelin to digestion by some proteases 

 Yong A. Yu  [Talk]
       Inducible gene expression in vivo using a Renilla luciferase-GFP fusion construct  

 Yong A. Yu  [Poster]
       Visualization of infection and gene delivery by Listeria monocytogenes in live animal 

 Vassili A Zakhartchenko  [Poster]
       Quantitation of Retroviral-Mediated Transfer Using a Luciferase Gene 

 Weisheng Zhang  [Talk]
       In Vivo Expression Patterns of Heme Oxygenase-1 Gene in Transgenic Mice 

 Marc  Branham  [Talk]
       The evolution of sexual communication in fireflies. 

 Samuel Dupont  [Talk]
       Bioluminescence is an indicator of genetic variability in Amphipholis squamata 

 J. Woodland Hastings  [Poster]
       Evolution of Bioluminescence in Marine Dinoflagellates  

 Timothy C. Johnston  [Talk]
       GC ratio requirements drove the divergence of bacterial bioluminescence proteins 

 Jean-François Rees  [Talk]
       Dark matters: the origins of bioluminescence 

 Uwe Stolz  [Talk]
       Phylogeny of dorsal and ventral Luciferases in the beetle genus Pyrophorus. 

 Elizabeth Torres  [Talk]
       Phylogeny of cypridinid ostracodes and the evolution of cypridinid luciferase. 

 Grzegorz Wegrzyn  [Talk]
       Why do bacteria emit light? 

 Keith V. Wood  [Talk]
       A Three-dimensional Model of Renilla Luciferase 

 Vassili A Zakhartchenko  [Talk]
       On the Origin of Impulse Bioluminescence in Eukaryotes 

 Hidetoshi Arakawa  [Poster]
       New Bioluminescent Assay of Alkaline Phosphatase and Its Application to EIA 

 Bruce R. Branchini  [Talk]
       Mutagenesis studies of stringently conserved firefly luciferase active site residues 

 Rupert H. Davies  [Poster]
       Stabilization of Firefly Luciferase activity with anti-oxidants: a preliminary study 

 Ekaterina I. Dementieva  [Poster]
       Guanidinium chloride-induced inactivation of firefly luciferase and its reactivation 

 Jonas Eriksson  [Talk]
       Development of a Real-time Method for Detection of PPi hydrolysis. 

 Satoshi Fukuda  [Poster]
       Rapid detection of S. aureus and coliforms using firefly luciferase 

 Satoshi Fukuda  [Talk]
       Recombinant firefly luciferases and their applications for the detection of microorganisms 

 Rita R. Hannah  [Talk]
       Evolution of a thermostable luciferase for application in ATP assays 

 Gabriela Ispas  [Poster]
       Luciferase knockout mutants by site-directed mutagenesis of ATP binding site 

 Katsutoshi Ito  [Poster]
       A Novel Bioluminescent Assay for Pyruvate Phosphate Dikinase (PPDK) 

 Arne Lundin  [Talk]
       The Firefly Luciferase Reaction: Applications, Optimisation and Standardisation 

 Tommy Nordström  [Poster]
       Method for real-time detection of terminaltransferase activity 

 D. Gareth Rees  [Poster]
       Inactivation of firefly (P. pyralis) luciferase by phenylglyoxal. 

 Laurence C. Tisi  [Poster]
       Mutagenesis of solvent-exposed hydrophobic residues in firefly luciferase 

 Natalia N. Ugarova  [Talk]
       Thermoinactivation and reactivation of firefly luciferase 

 Natalia Ugarova  [Poster]
       Bioluminescent assay of ATP leakage from yeast cells after their photodynamic damage 

 Peter J White  [Talk]
       Mutants of firefly luciferase with large changes in wavelengths of emitted light 

 Susanna B Blackwell  [Talk]
       The light that diving elephant seals may see 

 Anne Sophie Cussatlegras  [Talk]
       Diel variations of in situ bioluminescence. 

 Josef I. Gitelson  [Poster]
       Luminous bacteria culture collection IBSO: Natural biodiversity and applied aspects 

 Josef I. Gitelson  [Talk]
       Bioluminescent Patrolling of Marine Ecosystems – BioAlarm  

 Christen M. Herren  [Talk]
       Fine-scale coastal bioluminescence using newly developed small bathyphotometers 

 Peter J. Herring  [Talk]
       Large scale bioluminescent phenomena in the ocean 

 Mark A. Moline  [Talk]
       Spatial and temporal variability of bioluminescence potential in coastal regions 

 Mark A Moline  [Poster]
       High-resolution temporal sampling of nearshore vertical structure of bioluminescence 

 Douglas J Neilson  [Talk]
       A generalized technique for modeling bioluminescence in the ocean

 Jean-François Rees  [Poster]
       Seawater as a color filter for marine bioluminescence  

 Philippe Corbisier  [Talk]
       Biosensors for the detection of heavy metals, genotoxic compounds and antibiotics 

 Michael S. Denison  [Talk]
       Mammalian Cell Bioassay Systems for the Detection of Dioxins and Related Toxicants 

 Kaisa Hakkila  [Poster]
       lucFF, luxCDABE, gfp and dsred as reporter genes in sensor bacteria 

 Erik Joly  [Talk]
       BRET: A novel technology for the measurement of signal transduction pathways in cells 

 Jorma Lampinen  [Talk]
       VitotoxTM, a Simultaneous Microplate Assay for Genotoxicity and Cytotoxicity  

 Patrizia Pasini  [Talk]
       A chemiluminescent whole cell biosensor for assessing estrogenic activity 

 Ludmila Yu. Popova   [Poster]
       Cloning lux-operon for ecological research 

 Gary S. Sayler  [Talk]
       Development and Field Use of Bioluminescent Bioreporter Strains for Chemical Sensing 

 Simon Silver  [Talk]
       Biosensors based on microbial toxic metal resistance 

 Michael L. Simpson  [Talk]
       Bioluminescent Bioreporter Integrated Circuits: Bioreporters as Electronic Components 

 Jessica W Smith  [Poster]
       Optimizing biosensor design with computer modeling: a case study involving creatine 

 Isabelle  Trezzani  [Talk]
       On-line control of fermentation processes using recombinant bioluminescent bacteria 

 Jan Roelof van der Meer  [Talk]
       Use of GFP-tagged biosensors to study bioavailability of pollutants on microscale 

 Tina K. Van Dyk  [Talk]
       Genome-wide expression profiling with luxCDABE gene fusions 

 Marko Virta  [Talk]
       Designing luminescent whole-cell sensors: how to choose reporter gene 

 Siouxsie Wiles  [Talk]
       BIOMATE: Development of custom-designed bioluminescent sensors for toxicity testing 

 Gregor Zlokarnik  [Talk]
       FRET-based Sensors of Cellular Signals and their Application to Drug Discovery 

 Barbara Bernache-Baker  [Poster]
       Bioluminescent Bays of Vieques 

 Albert D Carlson  [Talk]
       Central control of larval firefly luminescence 

 James F. Case  [Talk]
       A neurobehavioral approach to firefly flash code evolution 

 Mauro Cavallaro  [Poster]
       Morphological comparison of photophores of two species of bathypelagic teleosts. 

 Jonathan Copeland  [Poster]
       Flash heterogeneity and mating behavior in the synchronic North American firefly 

 Jonathan Copeland  [Talk]
       Mechanisms of synchrony in a coastal Georgia (USA) firefly 

 Kathleen A. Daumer  [Poster]
       Effects of dinoflagellate bioluminescence on the foraging success of the flamefish 

 Raphaël De Cock  [Talk]
       Bioluminescence in Lampyrid larvae: tests on the hypothesis of aposematism with toads 

 Raphaël De Cock  [Poster]
       The ecology of spontaneous glowing in glow-worm larvae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). 

 Samuel Dupont  [Poster]
       Aggregation of brittle-stars: origin and consequences on bioluminescence distribution 

 Abner B. Lall  [Talk]
       Spectral tuning of bioluminescence emission and visual sensitivity among beetles 

 Michael I. Latz  [Talk]
       Hydrodynamic Basis of Flow-Stimulated Dinoflagellate Bioluminescence 

 Michael I. Latz  [Poster]
       Shear-Stimulated Dinoflagellate Bioluminescence in an Accelerating Flow Field 

 Jerome Mallefet  [Poster]
       New observations on California coastal ophiuroids 

 Svetlana E. Medvedeva  [Poster]
       Growth and Development of Colonies of Photobacterium leiognathi 54 

 Andrew Moiseff  [Talk]
       Mating behavior of a synchronous North American firefly 

 James G. Morin  [Talk]
       Diversity of luminescent display patterns in Caribbean ostracod crustaceans 

 Imelda Nava  [Poster]
       Gene flow and bioluminescence capability in the midshipman,Porichthys notatus. 

 Bruce H. Robison  [Poster]
       Light-emitting arm tips in the bathypelagic cephalopod Vampyroteuthis infernalis 

 Lorenza Salpietro  [Talk]
       Effect of habitat on intraspecific diversity of bioluminescence in ophiuroids 

 Edith A. Widder  [Talk]
       Revealed in a flash: Signal complexity among coelenterate bioluminescence displays 

 Gustav  Bernroider  [Talk]
       The metabolic cost of information behind ultra-weak light emissions 

 Christa C Chrovian  [Poster]
       Acridan Phosphates as Chemiluminescent Labeling Compounds 

 Renuka de Silva  [Poster]
       Novel Red Chemiluminescent Substrates for Alkaline Phosphatase 

 Patrick Ferris  [Talk]
       Development of a method for the detection of intraluminal colonisation in catheters 

 Massimo Guardigli  [Poster]
       Development of a time-resolved fluorescence microscope for imaging analysis 

 Erika M. Hawkins  [Talk]
       Design of Homogeneous Bioluminescence Reagents 

 Robert M. Hoffman  [Talk]
       Whole-body optical imaging of green fluorescent protein-expressing tumors growth 

 Isuke Imada  [Talk]
       Analysis of neutrophile-derived active oxygens using a chemiluminescence probe L-012 

 Amane Kokado  [Poster]
       CL assay of ALP using dihydroxyacetone phosphate as substrate with lucigenin 

 Giovanni Maglia  [Poster]
       Effect of polymers on the boronic acid enhanced peroxidase-luminol- peroxide reaction 

 Melenie J. Murphy  [Poster]
       Rapid detection of food-borne bacteria using bacteriophage and AK bioluminescence 

 Bradley Rice  [Talk]
       High-Sensitivity In Vivo Imaging and Analysis Tools for Bioluminescent Reporters 

 A. Paul Schaap  [Poster]
       Detection of Alkaline Phosphatase using Red Chemiluminescence with a CCD Camera 

 Dinesh O. Shah  [Poster]
       A Fluorometric Method to Quantitate Acridinium in Acridinium Labeled Proteins 

 Ruth Siewe  [Talk]
       Importance of luminometer design for the development of new luminescent applications 

 David J Squirrell  [Talk]
       Rapid bacterial detection using adenylate kinase (AK) in a magnetic bead immunoassay 

 David Trudil  [Talk]
       ATP Method for the Screeing for Bacteria in Food and Water Samples 

 John C. Voyta  [Talk]
       The NorthStar(TM) HTS Workstation Luminescence Detection System 

 Robert C. Allen  [Talk]
       Molecular Oxygen, Phagocyte Microbicidal Action and Luminescence 

 Ali S Al Tuwaijri  [Poster]
       Effects of hypoxia-reoxygenation on isolated human neutrophils CL response 

 Martina Bancirova  [Poster]
       The chemiexcitation of the photosensitizers on the cellular cultures 

 Adriana Basile  [Poster]
       Actinidia chinensis leaf extracts in contact with Eubacteria and Eukarya 

 Adriana Basile  [Poster]
       Biomodulant activities in different parts of Feijoa sellowiana fruit 

 Luba Y. Brovko  [Talk]
       Bioluminescence for the developing of bacterial biosorbents for food-borne pathogens 

 Luba Y. Brovko  [Poster]
       Bioluminescent method to control the bactericidal effect of blood 

 Ian A Cree  [Talk]
       Development of an ATP-based chemosensitivity assay 

 Pasquale De Sole  [Talk]
       Effect of methotrexate on PMN and monocyte CL of patients with rheumatoid arthritis 

 Pasquale De Sole  [Poster]
       Critical leg ischemia: in vitro modulation of blood leukocyte activity by cathechin 

 Tony A. Endozo  [Poster]
       Evaluation of CHEMICON’s Bioluminescent XpressPack for analysis of mRNA expression 

 Tony A. Endozo  [Poster]
       Luminometer Comparison Using ChemFLASHTM Aequorin and DemoLite 

 Fabiana Fini  [Poster]
       Chemiluminescent immunoassays for the detection of organochlorine pesticides 

 Elena M. Golenok  [Poster]
       Comparison of human saliva influence on different bioluminescent biotests. 

 Hans Güsten  [Talk]
       Immobilized chemiluminescent reagents to measure ambient ozone in the sub-ppb range 

 Paul Hengster  [Talk]
       The function of neutrophil granulocytes after radiotherapy  

 Paul Hengster  [Poster]
       Impaired granulocyte function precedes infection in immunocompromised allograft recipients

 James C Mc Hillis  [Talk]
       Response of an enhanced chemiluminescence assay to selected substances 

 U.-C. Hipler  [Poster]
       Fluorescence analysis of reactive oxygen species by six isolates of A. fumigatus 

 Steffi Kopprasch  [Poster]
       NADPH oxidase activity changes by atherogenic and atheroprotective lipoproteins 

 Takashi Kumae  [Poster]
       Training effects on chemiluminescent response of alveolar macrophage in matured rats. 

 Friedemann Laube  [Poster]
       Detection of surface antigens on tumor cells by immunoluminescence and enzymic tests  

 Olga Maznyak  [Poster]
       Investigation of the siccine acid adaptogen properties by bioluminescent biotest 

 Mara Mirasoli  [Poster]
       Development and application of a bioluminescent immunoassay using aequorin as a label 

 Pål C Nyrén  [Talk]
       PyrosequencingTM - a new method for fast DNA sequencing 

 Natalya Remmel  [Poster]
       Bioluminescent assay of lipid peroxidation products after rat liver perfusion.  

 Maya  Rubtsova  [Poster]
       Dipstick Tests With Enhanced Chemiluminescence Detection 

 Paul S. Satoh  [Poster]
       Chemiluminescence putrescine assay for fish freshness 

 Dinesh O Shah  [Poster]
       Combined HIV Antigen and Antibody Assay on Automated Chemiluminescence Analyzer 

 Nobutaka Suzuki  [Talk]
       Decomposition of "environmental hormones" by singlet oxygen

 Yuriy S. Vinnik  [Poster]
       Bioluminescent method in estimation of severity of patients with surgical sepsis 

 Maria Luisa Vuotto  [Poster]
       Leukocytoclastic vasculitis: whole blood CL in a hyper- IgE associated case 

 Maria Luisa Vuotto  [Poster]
       The effects of surgical stress on phagocyte CL activity in old and young mice 

 Eric R. Weber  [Talk]
       Detection of allergen-specific IgE using a FcERIalpha-luciferase genetic fusion 

 Xiaolin Yang  [Poster]
       Luminescent PCR-ELISA Assay to Detect TB 

 Gijsbert Zomer  [Poster]
       Development of a chemiluminescence immunoassay for Clara Cell Protein at sub-pM level 

 Byron Ballou  [Talk]
       Properties of a new luciferase from the copepod Gaussia princeps 

 Vladimir S. Bondar  [Poster]
       Fast purification of the recombinant apophotoproteins with no chromatography 

 Anthony K Campbell  [Poster]
       Cloning and expression of the photoprotein pholasin from the bivalve mollusc Pholas dactylus 

 Alan P Escher  [Talk]
       Secreted Renilla luciferase as a marker of gene expression in mammalian systems  

 Monika G. Gruber  [Poster]
       Design strategy for synthetic luciferase reporter genes 

 Daniel Joh  [Talk]
       Engineering Bioluminescent Gram-Positive Bacteria for In Vivo Monitoring 

 Koji Kobayashi  [Poster]
       Purification and properties of the luciferase from the marine ostracod V. hilgendorfii 

 Satoshi Kojima  [Poster]
       Purification and Characterization of the Luciferase from the Freshwater Shell 

 John Lee  [Poster]
       Obelin hyperexpression in E. coli, purification and characterization 

 Liyun Liu  [Talk]
       N-terminal histidines are responsible for the decrease in luciferase activity at pH 8 

 John Makemson  [Talk]
       Measurement of Acyl-Homoserine Lactones with Mass Spectrometry 

 Yoshihiro Ohmiya  [Poster]
       Substitution of Thr226 in beetle luciferases affect bioluminescence color  

 Aileen P Paguio  [Talk]
       Synthetic Luciferase Genes as Better Reporter Molecules 

 Alexei P. Puzyr  [Poster]
       Nanodiamond particles in purification of the recombinant apoobelin 

 Christopher Szent-Gyorgyi  [Talk]
       New bioluminescent proteins from coelenterazine-dependent systems 

 Nika van Tilburg  [Poster]
       The effect of cyclic AMP and CRP on the Vibrio fischeri lux control region. 

 Vadim R. Viviani  [Talk]
       The new bioluminescent system of the dipteran Orfelia fultonii  

 Vadim R. Viviani  [Poster]
       Bioluminescence color determinants of Phrixothrix  railroad worm luciferases 

 Nadya G Gurskaya  [Poster]
       Mutagenesis of Anthozoa green and yellow fluorescent proteins 

 Elena S. Klimtchuk  [Poster]
       Ptilosarcus GFP: spectral comparison and modeling based on Aequorea victoria GFP 

 Konstantin A Lukyanov  [Poster]
       Natural animal coloration can be determined by a non-fluorescent GFP homolog 

 Mikael Maksimow  [Poster]
       Flow cytometric detection of bacteria expressing gfp and dsred genes 

 Mikhail V. Matz  [Talk]
       Diversity and evolution of GFP-like fluorescent proteins 

 Mikhail V. Matz  [Poster]
       More autocatalysis is required to make a GFP-like protein red 

 Mario Pazzagli  [Talk]
       Public Understanding of Science and Health: The Florence Project. 

 Alexander P Savitsky  [Talk]
       Origin of yellow and red fluorescence of novel proteins from corals 

 C. Neal  Stewart  [Talk]
       GFP in plant biotechnology and agriculture 

 Alexey Terskikh  [Talk]
       "Fluorescent Timers": Proteins That Change Color Over Time. 

 Catherine M.  Thomson  [Talk]
       Heterodimerization between blue and green forms of the Aequorea victoria GFP 

 Rebekka Wachter  [Poster]
       Structural and energetic analysis of GFP-based halide sensors 

 Yubao Wang  [Talk]
       Study of Protein-Protein Interactions Using LRET from Renilla luciferase to GFP 

 William W. Ward  [Talk]
       GFP as an Educational Tool in Biotechnology Distance Learning 

 Daniel K Yarbrough  [Poster]
       Crystal structure of a red-emitting GFP homologue from Discosoma sp. Red 

 David A. Zacharias  [Talk]
       Biochemistry, oligomerization and chromophore structure of DsRed, a RFP from coral 

 Margaret J. McFall-Ngai  [Talk]
       The effects of bacterial luminescence on host development 

 Edward A. Meighen  [Talk]
       Multiple Regulatory Proteins Control Induction of Luminescence in Vibrio harveyi 

 Spencer V. Nyholm  [Talk]
       Recruiting symbiotic vibrios during the colonization of a squid light organ 

 Edward G. Ruby  [Talk]
       Cheaters never prosper: linking luminescence activity to symbiotic competence 

 Galina A. Vydryakova  [Poster]
       The Luminous Bacteria - Marine Animals Symbiosis: Model of the Functioning. 

 Agata Czyz  [Poster]
       A role for the cgtA gene function in quorum sensing regulation of bioluminescence 

 Edward A. Meighen  [Poster]
       Chimeric Bacterial Luciferases 

 Edward A. Meighen  [Poster]
       Kinetics and fluorescence of a bacterial luciferase mutant with only two tryptophans 

 Irina V Sokolova  [Poster]
       Formation of the myristic acid by bioluminescence of Photobacterium leiognathi 

 Natalya A Tyulkova  [Poster]
       Kinetic analysis bacterial bioluminescence in water-organic media 

 Lia A. Vitukhnovskaya  [Poster]
       Monovalent cations influence on bioluminescence of Vibrio harveyi bacteria 

 Peter J. Herring  [Talk]
       Observations of bioluminescence on the abyssal seafloor 

 Edith A. Widder  [Talk]
       Secret Lights in the Sea: How marine organisms use bioluminescence to survive 

 Kenneth H. Nealson  [Talk]
       Following the light -- from inner to outer space 

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