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Sunblock for Bacteria

Research from the Pakrasi Lab was recently highlighted by Frontiers in Energy Research, the Energy Frontier Research Center’s newsletter. The article is entitled “Sunblock for Bacteria,” and features a publication authored by Pakrasi Lab graduate student Steven Chen.

Steven worked with scientist Darek Niedzwiedzki, head of the Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center’s Ultrafast Laser Facility, to perform the study. The data generated provide new insight into the quenching of chlorophyll a fluorescence in antenna protein IsiA .

The full article can be found at:

http://www.energyfrontier.us/content/sunblock-bacteria#full