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Research into the physiology of the photosynthetic membranes at Queen Mary is led by the groups of Dr. Alexander Ruban, Professor John Allen, and Mrs. Brenda Thake

Biochemical purification and fluorescence analysis techniquesArabidopsis thaliana - a model plantConfocal microscope image of chloroplasts in a cybrid of tobacco and henbane

Selected Publications

Johnson, M.P., Pérez-Bueno, M.L., Zia, A., Horton, P. and Ruban, A.V. (2009) The zeaxanthin-independent and zeaxanthin-dependent qE components of non-photochemical quenching involve common conformational changes within the Photosystem II antenna in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol, 149, 1061-1075.

Kirchhoff H, Haferkamp S, Allen JF, Epstein DBA, Mullineaux CW (2008) Protein diffusion and macromolecular crowding in thylakoid membranes. Plant Physiology 146: 1571-1578

Herfort, L., Thake, B.A. and Taubner, I. (2008) “Bicarbonate stimulation of photosynthesis and calcification in two hermatypic corals.”   Journal of Phycology.  Vol 44 No 1.