"Mass spectrometric studies of photosynthetic membrane architecture"
PMB Seminar – Wednesday, 03/05 – 101 Barker Hall – 12-1 PM
Robert Blankenship from Washington University in St. Louis will give the Arnon Lecture for 2014:
"Mass spectrometric studies of photosynthetic membrane architecture"
The research emphasis at the Blankenship Lab is centered on the solar energy storage processes that take place in photosynthetic organisms.
Blankenship's research program spans an extremely wide range of topics ranging from probing ultrafast energy and electron transfer processes in photosynthetic antenna and reaction center complexes to biochemical analysis, molecular evolution and genomic studies of the origin and early evolution of photosynthesis and other metabolic processes such as nitrogen fixation. The Blankenship gropup studies almost every group of photosynthetic organisms, including both anoxygenic and oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria, algae and higher plants, as well as some nonphotosynthetic bacteria.
Reception to follow in 338 Koshland Hall
About the Arnon Lecture
The Arnon Lecture honors the late Professor Daniel I. Arnon, who was known for known for his pioneering research in the fields of photosynthesis and plant nutrition. Arnon spent his career at Berkeley, obtaining his Ph.D. in plant nutrition with Dennis R. Hoagland and later joining the faculty.
The endowed lecture was established with resources from the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, and also supports graduate students who are designated Arnon Fellows. The lecture is held annually during Spring Semester. Speakers have made distinguished contributions to photosynthesis or a related field and are selected by the Arnon Lecture Committee.