Conveners
Biophotonics: Biophotonics
- Bryan Trevor Sewell (University of Cape Town)
Single-molecule spectroscopy (SMS) has proven to be a powerful technique for investigating structure-function relationships in light-harvesting systems. In particular, SMS has unraveled dynamics in light-harvesting complexes that are hidden in ensemble measurements. However, the environment used in SMS experiments is a poor representation of the natural cellular environment, and therefore the...
Oxygenic organisms are capable of tuning their photosynthetic capacity on many different timescales to adapt to their environment. As such, they switch on photoprotective mechanisms to harvest solar energy with robust adaptability. Studying these mechanisms at the molecular level gives insight into how solar energy harvesting can sustain life on earth and which design principles can be used to...
