Concluding remarks
Our understanding of photosynthesis provides a part of the foundation for large-scale endeavors dedicated to genomic and proteomic approaches, and these will undoubtedly have huge impact on the way in which future photosynthesis research is done (see Vol. 78, No. 3 (2003) of Photosynthesis Research, a special issue on ‘Proteomics’ edited by Robert (Rob) L. Burnap and Willem (Wim) F.J. Vermaas, at http:// www.kluweronline.com/issn/0166-8595/current). The first complete, annotated genome sequence of a photosynthetic organism was of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803 (Kaneko et al. 1996), and the latest is of the purple phototrophic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris (Larimer et al. 2004). The first plant genome sequence (of Arabidopsis thaliana; for the current status, see http://www.arabidopsis.org/info/agicomplete.jsp) is already transformingplant biology.We suggest that thisenormousincreaseininformationwillallownovel approaches and discoveries, the significance of which will depend, not only on other new technologies, but on the prior discoveries described in these history issues of Photosynthesis Research. We began this article with Isaac Newton’s famous quotation about the privileged position of the scientist who is first to see further than others before him. We end with another quotation from Newton. As great as we believe the achievements described in these history issues to have been, time alone will tell their true significance. We should not forget that even the most synoptichistoryofarapidlymovingfieldis,atbest,an interim report.We hope futuregenerationsof students will remember too, that their view of the world will have had an origin and an evolution, and that their contributions may, if they are fortunate, one day become part of someone else’s history. That is both the limit of ambition, and yet the noblest aspiration, for any scientist.
หมายเหตุสรุปOur understanding of photosynthesis provides a part of the foundation for large-scale endeavors dedicated to genomic and proteomic approaches, and these will undoubtedly have huge impact on the way in which future photosynthesis research is done (see Vol. 78, No. 3 (2003) of Photosynthesis Research, a special issue on ‘Proteomics’ edited by Robert (Rob) L. Burnap and Willem (Wim) F.J. Vermaas, at http:// www.kluweronline.com/issn/0166-8595/current). The first complete, annotated genome sequence of a photosynthetic organism was of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803 (Kaneko et al. 1996), and the latest is of the purple phototrophic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris (Larimer et al. 2004). The first plant genome sequence (of Arabidopsis thaliana; for the current status, see http://www.arabidopsis.org/info/agicomplete.jsp) is already transformingplant biology.We suggest that thisenormousincreaseininformationwillallownovel approaches and discoveries, the significance of which will depend, not only on other new technologies, but on the prior discoveries described in these history issues of Photosynthesis Research. We began this article with Isaac Newton’s famous quotation about the privileged position of the scientist who is first to see further than others before him. We end with another quotation from Newton. As great as we believe the achievements described in these history issues to have been, time alone will tell their true significance. We should not forget that even the most synoptichistoryofarapidlymovingfieldis,atbest,an interim report.We hope futuregenerationsof students will remember too, that their view of the world will have had an origin and an evolution, and that their contributions may, if they are fortunate, one day become part of someone else’s history. That is both the limit of ambition, and yet the noblest aspiration, for any scientist.
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