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In Preparation: Tentative title, subject to change
July 5, 2006
Biophysical Techniques in Photosynthesis II
Edited by
Thijs J. Aartsma and Jörg Matysik
Leiden University, The Netherlands
[Series Editor: GOVINDJEE (gov@uiuc.edu)]
Biophysical Techniques in Photosynthesis, Volume 2. This book is a follow-up of the book “Biophysical Techniques in Photosynthesis” (Volume 3 in the series “Advances in Photosynthesis”) edited ten years ago by Jan Amesz and Arnold J. Hoff. At the Photosynthetic Congress in Montreal it became evident that over the past decade many new techniques and methods were developed or improved significantly. Examples are imaging, crystallography, single-molecule methods and high-field EPR. Furthermore, theoretical methods made an enormous step forward.
“Biophysical Techniques in Photosynthesis II” describes the underlying principles of novel biophysical techniques as well as their applications in photosynthesis research, with specific emphasis on the “how to” principle. It focuses on recent developments, with essentially no overlap with topics in the previous volume. The articles address the current possibilities and limitations of new methods from a technical as well as a scientific point of view, allowing the reader not only to recognize the potential of a particular method for his/her own quest, but also assess the resources that are required for implementation.
Current developments in science show a strong proliferation of interdisciplinary research, and investigators come more and more in contact with techniques from other disciplines. Photosynthesis research has a long history of interdisciplinary research, and often has been pioneering in the application of biophysical techniques. Therefore, the book also appeals to an audience beyond the boundaries of photosynthesis research. In particular, it is of special interest of junior scientists and postdocs for whom the book provides an overview of new methods which have not yet been included into the normal teaching curriculum.
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Contents
Dedication
Editorial
Contents
Preface
Author Index
Color Plates
1. Introduction
Acronyms used in Biophysical Techniques in Photosynthesis
IMAGING
2. The supramolecular architecture of the bacterial photosynthetic
apparatus studied by atomic force microscopy (AFM)
Simon Scheuring
3. Three-dimensional electron microscopy - A gateway to photosynthetic
structure
Martin F. Hohmann-Marriott, Allison M. L.
van de Meene, and Robert W. Roberson
4. Non-linear contrast mechanisms for optical microscopy
Virginijus Barzda
5. Magnetic resonance imaging on plants: Water balance and water transport
in relation to photosynthetic activity
Henk Van As and C. W. Windt
STRUCTURE
6. Crystallization methods of membrane proteins: A practical experience
with crystallization of plant light-harvesting complex
Zhenfeng Liu and Wenrui Chang
7. X-ray structure determination
Petra Fromme
8. Electron crystallography in photosynthesis research
Paula C.A. da Fonseca, Edward P. Morris and Claudia Büchel
9. X-ray scattering for bio-molecule structure characterization
David M. Tiede and Xiaobing Zuo
10. Mass spectrometry-based methods for studying kinetics and dynamics in biological systems
Lars Konermann, Johannes Messinger and Warwick Hillier
OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY
11. Femtosecond time-resolved infrared spectroscopy
Marie Louise Groot and Rienk van Grondelle
12. Nonlinear femtosecond optical spectroscopy techniques in photosynthesis
Donatas Zigmantas, Ying-Zhong Ma, Elizabeth L. Read and Graham R. Fleming
13. (Sub)-picosecond spectral evolution of fluorescence studied with
a synchroscan streak-camera system and target analysis
Ivo H. M. van Stokkum, Bart van Oort, Frank van Mourik, Bas Gobets, and Herbert van Amerongen
14. Optical spectroscopy of individual pigment-protein complexes
Thijs J. Aartsma and Jürgen Köhler
MAGNETIC RESONANCE
15. High-field/high-frequency electron paramagnetic resonance involving
single- and multiple-transition schemes
Klaus Möbius and Daniella Goldfarb
16. High-time resolution electron paramagnetic resonance study of
quantum beat oscillations in photosynthetic reaction centers (RCs)
Gerd Kothe, James R. Norris, Oleg G. Poluektov and Marion C. Thurnauer
17. Distance measurements in photosynthetic reaction centers by pulsed
electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)
Andrei V. Astashkin and Asako Kawamori
18. Spin labeling of photosynthetic systems
Igor V. Borovykh and Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff
19. Magic angle spinning (MAS) Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) for structure determination
Huub J.M. de Groot
20. Photo- chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization (CIDNP) magic-angle spinning NMR
Eugenio Daviso, Gunnar Jeschke and Jörg Matysik
THEORY
21. Calculations of electrostatic energies in proteins: Using microscopic,
semimicroscopic and macroscopic models and free-energy perturbation approaches
William W. Parson and Arieh Warshel
22. Energy transfer and excitons in photosynthetic systems
Alfred R. Holzwarth and Thomas Renger
23. Molecular dynamics for functional studies
Klaus Schulten and Ioan Kosztin
24. Equilibrium and dynamical path integral methods in bacterial photosynthesis
Nancy Makri
25. Density functional theory and Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics methods
Francesco Buda
Index
Springer,
2006, xxix+8 Color Plates+669 pp
Volume 26 in
the series: Advances
in Photosynthesis, Govindjee, series editor.
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