Trends in Photobiology

I -Photophysics and Photochemistry of Biological Molecules.- Time-Resolved Chromophore Resonance Raman and Protein Fluorescence of Intermediates in some Photobiological Changes.- Synchrotron Radiation Sources for Photobiology and Ultraviolet, Visible and Infrared Spectroscopy.- Photoacoustic Methods Applied to Biological Systems.- Dynamics of Heme Proteins.- Measurement of Rotational Diffusion of Membrane Proteins Using Optical Probes.- Flow Sorting on the Basis of Morphology and Topology.- Primary Processes in the Photochemistry of Proteins.- Models of Photoregulation.- U.V. Induced Formation of Polynucleotide-Protein Cross-linkages as a Tool for Investigation of the Nucleoprotein Structure and Function.- Round Table Summary: Endogeneous and Exogeneous Inhibitors and Sensitizers. Fundamental Aspects.- Round Table Summary: Prebiotic Photochemistry and Photochemical Reactions in Space.- Bioluminescence and its Applications.- The Trends and Future of Photobiology: Physical and Biophysical Aspects.- II -Mutagenesis, Carcinogenesis and DNA Repair.- Cell Inactivation and Mutagenesis by Solar Ultraviolet Radiation.- Photoreactivation of Pyrimidine Dimers Generated by a Photosensitized Reaction in RNA of Insect Embryos (Smittia Spec.).- Molecular Aspects of Error Prone Repair in Escherichia Coli.- Round Table Summary: Genetic Engineering and DNA Repair.- Aspects of Radiation-Induced Mutagenesis and Malignant Transformation.- Genetic Aspects of Repair Deficiency and Skin Cancer.- Immunologic Aspects of U.V. Carcinogenesis.- The Trends and Future of Photobiology: Biochemical and Genetic Aspects.- III -Photomedicine.- Skin: Structure, Natural and Therapeutical Targets of Ultra-Violet Radiation.- Photochemical Reactions of Furocoumarins.- A Photochemical Characterization of Reactions of Psoralen Derivatives with DNA.- Photobiology of Furocoumarins.- Photochemotherapy with Furocoumarins [Psoralens].- Advances in Phototherapy of Skin Diseases.- Advances in Phototherapy of Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia.- Photodynamic Therapy of Infections.- L’Utilisation du Laser en Ophtalmologie.- Ultraviolet Prophylaxis of Adverse Effects of Environmental Chemicals on Organisms.- Round Table Summary: Usage and Testing of Sunscreens.- The Trends and Future of Photobiology: Medical Aspects.- IV -Photophysiology.- Visual Rhodopsin and Phototransduction in the Vertebrate Retina.- Photoregulation of E.coli Growth.- Photomovements of Microorganisms.- The Mechanism of the Circadian Rhythm of Photosynthesis.- Photoregulation of Neuroendocrine Rhythms.- The Effects of Artificial and Natural Sunlight upon some Psychosomatic Parameters of the Human Organism.- Intracellular Location of Phytochrome.- The Role of Phytochrome in the Natural Environment.- Phytochrome and Gene Expression.- The Trends and Future of Photobiology: Physiological Aspects.- V -Photosynthesis and Bioconversion of Solar Energy.- Organization of the Photosynthetic Pigments and Transfer of the Excitation Energy.- Laser Studies of Primary Processes in Photosynthesis.- Systematic Modification of Electron Transfer Kinetics in a Biological Protein: Replacement of the Primary Ubiquinone of Photochemical Reaction Centers with other Quinones.- Direct Measurement of Light Induced Currents and Potentials Generated by Bacterial Reaction Centers.- Primary and Associated Reactions in Photosystem II.- Biophotolysis of Water for H2 Production using Immobilized and Synthetic Catalysts.- Solar Energy Bioconversion at the Ecosystem Level.- Utilization of Solar Radiation by Phytoplankton.- Limiting Factors inPhotosynthesis. From the Chloroplast to the Plant Canopy.- Bioconversion of Solar Energy.- List of Contributors.