Robert Blankenship

Emeritus Professor,

School of Molecular Sciences

blankenship@asu.edu

PS C138 TEMPE, AZ 85287-1604
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Publications

A Melkozernov, J Barber, Robert Blankenship. Light-harvesting in photosystem I supercomplexes. Biochemistry (2006).
Blankenship, Robert E (Author) . Photosynthesis: The Light Reactions. Plant Physiology, 4th Ed (2006).
Melkozernov, A N (Author) ,Blankenship, Robert E (Author) . Photosynthetic Functions of Chlorophylls. Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls: Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biological Function (2006).
Raymond, J (Author) ,Blankenship, Robert E (Author) . How did the Photosystem I Reaction Center Evolve?. In: Photosystem I: The Light-Driven, Plastocyanin:Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase (2006).
Raymond, J (Author) ,Blankenship, Robert E (Author) . How did the Photosystem I Reaction Center Evolve?. Photosystem I: The Light-Driven, Plastocyanin:Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase (2006).
Melkozernov, A, Barber, J, Blankenship, Robert. Light-harvesting in photosystem I supercomplexes. (2006).
Staples, C R, Blankenship, Robert E. Photosynthesis. Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry, Second Edition, R. B. King , Ed., Vol. VII (2005).
A Melkozernov, J Kargul, S Lin, J Barber, Robert Blankenship. Spectral and kinetic analysis of the energy coupling in the PSI-LHCI supercomplex from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii at 77 K. Photosynthesis Research (2005).
A Melkozernov, Robert Blankenship. Structural and functional organization of the peripheral light-harvesting system in Photosystem I. Photosynthesis Research (2005).
J Beatty, J Overmann, M Lince, A Manske, A Lang, Robert Blankenship, C Van Dover, T Martinson, F Plumley. An obligately photosynthetic bacterial anaerobe from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (2005).
M Chen, A Telfer, S Lin, A Pascal, W Larkum A, J Barber, Robert Blankenship. The nature of the Photosystem II reaction centre in the chlorophyll d containing prokaryote, Acaryochloris marina. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences (2005).
M Hohmann-Marriott, Robert Blankenship, R Roberson. The ultrastructure of Chlorobium tepidum chlorosomes revealed by electron microscopy. Photosynthesis Research (2005).
M Hohmann-Marriott, Robert Blankenship, W Sharp, R Roberson. Digital position determination system for electron microscopy. Microscopy Research and Technique (2005).
M Yanyushin, M Del Rosario, D Brune, Robert Blankenship. A New Class of Bacterial Membrane Oxidoreductases. Biochemistry (2005).
R Niederman, H Frank, Robert Blankenship. An introduction to the special issue on photosynthetic antenna pigments and complexes. Photosynth Re (2005).
S Miller, S Augustine, T Olson, Robert Blankenship, J Selker, A Wood. Discovery of a free-living chlorophyll d-producing cyanobacterium with a hybrid proteobacterial cyanobacterial small-subunit rRNA gene. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (2005).
T Brixner, J Stenger, H Vaswani, M Cho, Robert Blankenship, G Fleming. Two-dimensional spectroscopy of electronic couplings in photosynthesis. Nature (2005).
W Swingley, M Hohmann-Marriott, T Olson, Robert Blankenship. Effect of iron on growth and ultrastructure of Acaryochloris marina. Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2005).
Y Xin, S Lin, G MontaÃ±o, Robert Blankenship. Purification and characterization of the B808-866 light-harvesting complexes from green filamentous bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus. Photosynthesis Research (2005).
Blankenship, Robert E (Author) . Natural Organic Photosynthetic Solar Energy Transduction. Organic Photovoltaics: Mechanisms, Materials and Devices (2005).
Dismukes, G C (Author) ,Blankenship, Robert E (Author) . The Origin and Evolution of Photosynthetic Oxygen Production. Photosystem II: The Water/Plastoquinone Oxido-Reductase In Photosynthesis (2005).
Melkozernov, A N (Author) ,Blankenship, Robert E (Author) . Photosynthetic Functions of Chlorophylls. Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls: Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biological Function (2005).
Yocum, C F (Author) ,Blankenship, Robert E (Author) ,Ferguson-Miller, S (Author) . Dedication/personal perspective: a tribute to Jerry Babcock. Photosystem II: The Water/Plastoquinone Oxido-Reductase In Photosynthesis (2005).
. Special Issue on Photosynthetic Antenna. (2005).
Oh-oka, H, Blankenship, Robert E. Green Bacteria: Secondary Electron Donor (Cytochromes). Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry, W. J. Lennarz and M. D. Lane, Eds (2004).
A Melkozernov, J Kargul, S Lin, J Barber, Robert Blankenship. Energy coupling in the PSI-LHCI supercomplex from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. J. Phys. Chem. B (2004).
G MontaÃ±o, Y Xin, S Lin, Robert Blankenship. Carotenoid and bacteriochlorophyll energy transfer in the b808-866 complex from Chloroflexus aurantiacus. J. Phys. Chem. B (2004).
H Gest, Robert Blankenship. Time line of discoveries: Anoxygenic bacterial photosynthesis. Photosynth. Res (2004).
J Olson, Robert Blankenship. Thinking about the evolution of photosynthesis. Photosynth. Res (2004).
J Raymond, J Siefert, C Staples, Robert Blankenship. The Natural History of Nitrogen Fixation. Molecular Biology and Evolution (2004).
J Raymond, Robert Blankenship. Biosynthetic pathways, gene replacement and the antiquity of life. Geobiology (2004).
J Raymond, Robert Blankenship. The Evolutionary Development of the Protein Complement of Photosystem 2. Biochim Biophys Acta (2004).
R Ilagan, S Shima, A Melkozernov, S Lin, Robert Blankenship, F Sharples, R Hiller, R Birge, H Frank. Spectroscopic properties of the main-form and high-salt peridinin-chlorophyll a-proteins from Amphidinium carterae. Biochemistry (2004).
Robert Blankenship. Identification of a key step in the biosynthetic pathway of bacteriochlorophyll c and its implications for other known and unknown green sulfur bacteria. J. Bacteriol (2004).
V Lancaster, R LoBrutto, F Selvaraj, Robert Blankenship. Cambialistic superoxide dismutase in the thermophilic photosynthetic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus. J. Bacteriol (2004).
Y Xin, S Lin, G MontaÃ±o, Robert Blankenship. Structure analysis and excitation transfer dynamics in B808-866 light-harvesting complexes of the green bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus. Photosynthesis: Fundamental Aspects to Global Perspectives, A. van der Est and D. Bruce Eds (2004).
A Camara-Artigas, Robert Blankenship, J Allen. The structure of the FMO protein from Chlorobium tepidum at 2.2 Å resolution. Photosynth. Res (2003).
A Melkozernov, Robert Blankenship. Structural modeling of the Lhca4 subunit of LHCI-730 peripheral antenna in photosystem I based on similarity with LHCII. J. Biol. Chem (2003).
A Melkozernov, T Bibby, S Lin, J Barber, Robert Blankenship. Time-resolved absorption and emission show that CP43' antenna ring of iron stressed Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 is efficiently coupled to the Photosystem I reaction center core. Biochemistry (2003).
D Mi, M Chen, S Lin, M Lince, W Larkum A, Robert Blankenship. Excitation Dynamics in the Core Antenna in the Photosystem I Reaction Center of the Chlorophyll d-Containing Photosynthetic Prokaryote Acaryochloris marina. J. Phys. Chem. B (2003).
G MontaÃ±o, B Bowen, J LaBelle, N Woodbury, V Pizziconi, Robert Blankenship. Characterization of Chlorobium tepidum chlorosomes- A calculation of bacteriochlorophyll c per chlorosome and oligomer modeling. Biophys. J (2003).
G MontaÃ±o, H-M Wu, Su Lin, D Brune, Robert Blankenship. Isolation and characterization of the B798 baseplate light-harvesting complex from the chlorosomes of Chloroflexus aurantiacus. Biochemistry (2003).
J Raymond, O Zhaxybayeva, J Gogarten, Robert Blankenship. Evolution of photosynthetic prokaryotes: a maximum liklihood mapping approach. Phil. Trans of the Royal Soc. B (2003).
J Raymond, Robert Blankenship. Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotic algal evolution. Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. USA (2003).
M Rooney, M Honeychurch, F Selvaraj, Robert Blankenship, A Bond, H Freeman. A thin-film electrochemical study of 'blue' copper proteins, auracyanin A and auracyanin B, from the photosynthetic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus: The reduction potential as a function of pH. J. Biolog. Inorg. Chem (2003).
Blankenship, Robert E (Author) . Antenna Complexes from Green Photosynthetic Bacteria. In: Light-Harvesting Antennas, B. R. Green and W. W. Parson, eds. (Dordrecht: Kluwer) (2003).
D Hu, Robert Blankenship. Rapid one step purification of the BChl-a containing FMO-protein from the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum using a high efficiency immunomatrix. Photosynth. Res (2002).
Blankenship, Robert E. Molecular Mechanisms of Photosynthesis. (2002).
A Melkozernov, S Lin, Robert Blankenship, L Valkunas. Spectral inhomogeneity of photosystem I and its influence on excitation equilibration and trapping in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 at 77K. Biophys. J (2001).
C Bond, Robert Blankenship, H Freeman, J Guss, M Maher, F Selvaraj, M Wilce, K Willingham. Crystal structure of Auracyanin, a 'Blue' copper protein from the green thermophilic photosynthetic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus. J. Molec. Biol (2001).
C Yocum, S Ferguson-Miller, Robert Blankenship. Obituary: Gerald T.Babcock (1946-2000). Photosynth. Res (2001).
K Gibasiewicz, V Ramesh, A Melkozernov, S Lin, N Woodbury, Robert Blankenship, A Webber. Excitation dynamics in the core antenna of PS I from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii CC 2696 at room temperature. J. Phys. Chem. B (2001).
Robert Blankenship. It takes two to tango. Nature Structural Biology (2001).
Robert Blankenship. Molecular evidence for the evolution of photosynthesis. Trends in Plant Science (2001).
Z Kolber, P Falkowski, F Plumley, A Lang, J Beatty, Robert Blankenship, C Van Dover, C Vetriani, M Koblizek, C Rathgeber. Contribution of aerobic photoheterotrophic bacteria to the carbon cycle in the ocean. Science (2001).
Blankenship, Robert, Raymond, J, Lince, M, Larkum, A, Jermiin, L, Lockhart, P, Zhaxybayeva, O, Gogarten, J. Evolution of photosynthetic antennas and reaction centers. CSIRO Publishing (2001).
Jermiin, L, Blankenship, Robert, Lockhart, P, Larkum, A. Phylogenetic reconstruction of ancient photosynthetic lineages using chlorophyll and bacteriochlorophyll biosynthetic genes. CSIRO Publishing (2001).
Melkozernov, A, Lin, S, Schmid, V, Lago-Places, E, Paulsen, H, Blankenship, Robert. Molecular origin of red pigments in a peripheral light-harvesting antenna of Photosystem I: Ultrafast absorption spectroscopy of recombinant Lhca4. CSIRO Publishing (2001).
MontaÃ±o, G, Bowen, B, LaBelle, J, Woodbury, N, Pizziconi, V, Blankenship, Robert. Determination of the number of bacteriochlorophyll molecules per chlorosome light-harvesting complex in Chlorobium tepidum. CSIRO Publishing (2001).
A Melkozernov, S Lin, Robert Blankenship. Excitation dynamics and heterogeneity of energy equilibration in the core antenna of Photosystem I from the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Biochemistry (2000).
A Melkozernov, S Lin, Robert Blankenship. Femtosecond transient spectroscopy and excitonic interactions in Photosystem I. J. Phys. Chem. B (2000).
A Melkozernov, V Schmid, S Lin, H Paulsen, Robert Blankenship. Excitation energy transfer in the Lhca1 subunit of LHC I-730 peripheral antenna of Photosystem I. J. Phys. Chem B (2000).
A Melkoznerov, S Lin, V Schmid, H Paulsen, G Schmidt, Robert Blankenship. Ultrafast excitation dynamics of low energy pigments in reconstituted peripheral light-harvesting complexes of photosystem I. FEBS Letters (2000).
C Young, G Small, H Wu, M RÃƒÂ¤tsep, Robert Blankenship. High pressure and stark hole burning studies of chlorosome antennas from green sulfur bacterium
Chlorobium tepidum. Biophysical J (2000).
J Raymond, O Zhaxybayeva, S Gerdes, J Gogarten, Robert Blankenship. Whole genome analysis of photosynthetic prokaryotes. Science (2000).

Research Activity

Blankenship,Robert E*. Structure, function, and reconstitution of antenna complexes from green photosynthetic bacteria. DOE-CHICAGO(9/1/2004 - 10/14/2006).
Blankenship,Robert E*. PS 2004 Light-harvesting Systems Workshop. DOE-CHICAGO(8/15/2004 - 8/14/2005).
Francisco,Wilson Alex*, Blankenship,Robert E, Brune,Daniel Charles, Hayes,Mark A, Skibo,Edward B. Mass Spectrometry Across the Chemistry & Biochemistry Curriculum. NSF-EHR(7/15/2004 - 6/30/2007).
Blankenship,Robert E*, Touchman,Jeffrey William. Collaborative Research: Genome Sequences for Four Photographic Prokaryotes. NSF-BIO(7/15/2004 - 6/30/2007).
Blankenship,Robert E*. Novel Nitrogenase-like Proteins and the Evolution of the Nitrogen Cycle. NSF-BIO(6/15/2004 - 11/30/2005).
Blankenship,Robert E*. Evolution of Photosynthesis and the Transition from an Anaerobic to an Aerobic World. NASA-GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR(6/1/2004 - 8/31/2006).
Dowling,Thomas Edmunds*, Bingham,Scott Edward, Blankenship,Robert E, Jacobs,Bertram Lewis, Wojciechowski,Martin Francis. A capillary DNA and denaturing HPLC for molecular genetics, ecogenomics, and experimental bioinformatics. NSF-BIO(9/1/2003 - 2/29/2008).
Blankenship,Robert E*. U.S.-AUSTRALIA JOINT WORKSHOP ON ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. NSF-SBE(2/15/2003 - 2/29/2004).
Mckelvy,Michael J*, Beaudoin,Stephen, Blankenship,Robert E, Buseck,P R, Carpenter,Ray W, Chandler,Douglas E, Chizmeshya,Andrew V, Drucker,Jeffery S, Farmer,Jack, Massia,Stephen Paul, Picraux,Samuel Thomas, Pizziconi,Vincent B, Razatos,Anneta P, Roberson,Robert Wayne, Vermaas,Willem F J. MRI: ACQUISITION OF A FIELD-EMISSION, CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY. NSF-ENG(10/1/2002 - 9/30/2004).
Gust,John Devens*, Arntzen,Charles, Bieber,Allan Leroy, Blankenship,Robert E, Brophy,Colleen M, Brune,Daniel Charles, Capco,David George, Chandler,Douglas E, Francisco,Wilson Alex, Hu,Qiang, Jacobs,Bertram Lewis, Leket-Mor,Tsafrir Shlomo, Lindsay,Stuart, Lorson,Christian L, Massia,Stephen Paul, Misra,Rajeev, Moore,Ana L, Moore,Thomas Andrew, Panitch,Alyssa, Sommerfeld,Milton R, Trelease,Richard Norman, Vermaas,Willem F J, Vernon,Brent, Williams,Peter, Woodbury,Neal Walter. PURCHASE OF A MALDI-TOF MASS SPECTROMETER. NSF-MPS(2/1/2002 - 1/31/2005).
Woodbury,Neal Walter*, Allen,James Paul, Bingham,Scott Edward, Blankenship,Robert E, Brune,Daniel Charles, Chapsky,Lars, Francisco,Wilson Alex, Frasch,Wayne D, Garcia,Antonio Agustin, Gould,Ian R, Gust,John Devens, Hayes,Mark A, Kozicki,Michael N, Lin,Su, Lindsay,Stuart, Lindsay,Stuart, Lobrutto,Russell, Massia,Stephen Paul, Moore,Ana L, Moore,Thomas Andrew, Nieman,Ronald A, Pauken,Christine Marie, Phelan,Patrick E, Pizziconi,Vincent B, Raupp,Gregory Bruce, Sankey,Otto F, Taguchi,Aileen Kazuko, Tao,Nongjian, Thornton,Trevor John, Towe,Bruce C, Vermaas,Willem F J, Webber,Andrew Neil, Williams,Joann Clara. IGERT: OPTICAL BIOMOLECULAR DEVICES: FROM NATURAL PARADIGMS TO PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. NSF-EHR(9/15/2001 - 8/31/2008).
Blankenship,Robert E*. THE PROTECTIVE ROLES OF THE ANTIOXIDANT ENZYMES SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE AND CATALASE FROM CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS. NASA-AMES RESEARCH CTR(9/1/2001 - 8/31/2003).
Blankenship,Robert E*. STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND RECONSTITUTION OF ANTENNA COMPLEXES FROM GREEN PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA. DOE-SAN FRANCISCO(8/16/2001 - 8/31/2004).
Blankenship,Robert E*. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PHOTOSYNTHETIC ANTENNAS. USDA(8/1/2001 - 7/31/2002).
Blankenship,Robert E*. THE EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND THE TRANSITION FROM AN ANAEROBIC TO AN AEROBIC WORLD. NASA-GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR(4/1/2001 - 3/31/2005).
Blankenship,Robert E*. PRIMARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOSYSTEM I. NSF-BIO(3/1/2001 - 2/28/2007).
Gust,John Devens*, Allen,James Paul, Blankenship,Robert E, Gould,Ian R, Lin,Su, Moore,Ana L, Moore,Thomas Andrew, Vermaas,Willem F J, Woodbury,Neal Walter. PURCHASE OF AN INSTRUMENT FOR ULTRAFAST FLUORESCENCE AND MULTIPULSE TRANSIENT ABSORBANCE. NSF-MPS(2/15/2001 - 1/31/2005).
Pizziconi,Vincent B*, Blankenship,Robert E. NANOSCALE OPTICAL BIOMOLECULAR HYBRID DETECTION SYSTEM. NSF-ENG(4/1/2000 - 3/31/2002).
Pizziconi,Vincent B*, Blankenship,Robert E. NANOSCALE OPTICAL BIOMOLECULAR HYBRID DETECTION SYSTEM. NSF-ENG(1/1/2000 - 6/30/2003).
Farmer,Jack*, Blankenship,Robert E, Buseck,P R, Buseck,P R, Christensen,Philip R, Cronin,John Read, Dowling,Thomas Edmunds, Dowling,Thomas Edmunds, Elser,James Joseph, Elser,James Joseph, Fagan,William Fredric, Garcia-Pichel,Ferran, Greeley,Ronald, Holloway,John Requa, Knauth,L Paul, Leshin,Laurie Ann, Mccartney,Martha Rogers, Minckley,W L, Oday,Peggy Anne, Pizzarello,Sandra, Sharp,Thomas, Tang,Carol Marie. EXPLORING THE LIVING UNIVERSE: ORIGIN, EVOLUTION & DISTRIBUTION OF LIFE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM. NASA-AMES RESEARCH CTR(7/1/1998 - 12/31/2004).
Blankenship,Robert E*. PRIMARY PROCESSES IN FE-S-TYPE PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTERS. NSF-BIO(1/1/1998 - 12/31/2000).
Blankenship,Robert E*. STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, & REGULATION OF ANTENNA COMPLEXES OF GREEN PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA. DOE-SAN FRANCISCO(7/1/1997 - 12/31/2000).
Blankenship,Robert E*, Vermaas,Willem F J. EVOLUTION OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS. NASA-GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR(7/1/1997 - 9/30/1998).
Blankenship,Robert E*. MOLECULAR ORGANIZATION OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC ANTENNAS. NSF-SBE(4/15/1997 - 3/31/1998).
Woodbury,Neal Walter*, Allen,James Paul, Blankenship,Robert E, Bloom,Linda Boswell, Frasch,Wayne D, Gust,John Devens, Kozicki,Michael N, Moore,Ana L, Moore,Thomas Andrew, Pizziconi,Vincent B, Rose,Seth David, Webber,Andrew Neil. RESEARCH TRAINING GROUP IN OPTICAL BIOMOLECULAR DEVICES. NSF-BIO(9/15/1996 - 8/31/2003).
Lobrutto,Russell*, Blankenship,Robert E, Frasch,Wayne D, Gust,John Devens, Vermaas,Willem F J, Webber,Andrew Neil. ACQUISITION OF A PULSED FT-EPR SPECTROMETER. NSF-BIO(6/24/1996 - 8/31/1999).
Blankenship,Robert E*, Vermaas,Willem F J. EVOLUTION OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS. NASA(7/1/1995 - 6/30/1997).
Blankenship,Robert E*. PRIMARY PROCESSES IN FE-S-TYPE PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTE. NSF-BIO(5/15/1995 - 12/31/1996).
Vermaas,Willem F J*, Blankenship,Robert E, Dowling,Thomas Edmunds, Stout,Valerie G, Trelease,Richard Norman. DNA SEQUENCING FACILITY FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOLOGICAL. NSF-BIO(3/15/1995 - 2/28/1997).
Blankenship,Robert E*. PRIMARY PROCESSES IN FE-S-TYPE PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTE. NSF-BIO(1/1/1995 - 6/30/1998).
Blankenship,Robert E*. RESEARCH COLLABORATION IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS. NATL RESEARCH COUNCIL(9/1/1994 - 3/31/1995).
Blankenship,Robert E*. PRIMARY PROCESSES IN HELIOBACTERIAL REACTION CENTER. NSF-BIO(8/1/1991 - 2/28/1995).
Blankenship,Robert E*. REACTION CENTERS & CYTOCHROMES OF GREEN BACTERIUM CHLOROFLEX. USDA-CSREES(7/15/1991 - 7/31/1994).
Blankenship,Robert E*. EPR ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROMETER FOR PHOTOSY. DOE(9/24/1990 - 9/23/1993).
Blankenship,Robert E*. A CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF EARLY EVENTS IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS. DOE-CHICAGO(9/1/1988 - 8/31/1994).
Blankenship,Robert E*. EVOLUTION OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS. NASA(7/1/1988 - 6/30/1995).
Blankenship,Robert E*. ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROTEIN IN GREEN PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA. USDA(6/1/1988 - 6/30/1991).
Blankenship,Robert E*. URIP-PICOSECOND FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETER FOR PHOTOSYN RES. DOE(9/15/1987 - 9/14/1989).
Blankenship,Robert E*. ANTENNA ORGANIZATION IN GREEN PROTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA. DOE(7/1/1985 - 6/30/1997).

Presentations

Blankenship, Robert. Evolution and Religion. Scottsdale Community College Adult Education, World Religions class (Feb 2006).
Blankenship, Robert, Gholba, Sumedha, Raymond, Jason. The Evolutionary Transition from Anoxygenic to Oxygenic Photosynthesis and How it Changed the Earth. Symposium on "100 years of the Endosymbiotic Theory: From Prokaryotes to Eukaryotic Organelles" (Oct 2005).
Blankenship, Robert, Gholba, Sumedha, Raymond, Jason. The Evolutionary Transition from Anoxygenic to Oxygenic Photosynthesis and How it Changed the Earth. NASA Exobiology Grantees meeting, Ames Research Center (Aug 2005).
Blankenship, Robert. Session Chair and Discussion Leader. Gordon Research Conference on Biochemistry of Photosynthesis (Jul 2005).
Blankenship, Robert. The role of the red edge in detection of habitable planets. NASA Terrestrial Planet Finder Biosignatures Workshop, Pasadena CA (Jul 2005).
Blankenship, Robert, Gholba, Sumedha, Raymond, Jason. The evolutionary transition for anoxygenic to oxygenic photosynthesis and how it changed the Earth. American Society of Plant Biology annual meeting, Seattle, WA (Jul 2005).
Blankenship, Robert, Gholba, Sumedha, Raymond, Jason. The evolutionary transition from anoxygenic to oxygenic photosynthesis and how it changed the world. Molecular Biology and Evolution 05, Auckland, NZ (Jun 2005).
Blankenship, Robert. Comparison of quantum dots and green fluorescent protein. Center for Photochemical Sciences Advisory Board Meeting, Bowling Green, Ohio (Oct 2004).
Xin, Yueyong, Lin, Su, Blankenship, Robert. Structure analysis and excitation transfer dynamics in B808-866 light harvesting complexes of the green photosynthetic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus. XIII Internation Congress on Photosynthesis (Sep 2004).
Blankenship, Robert. Discussion leader for session on "Evolution of Photosynthesis". XIII International Congress on Photosynthesis (Aug 2004).
Blankenship, Robert. Genomic and biochemical analysis of the transition from an anaerobic to an aerobic world. Geobiology Summer School, sponsored by Agouron Instiute, Catalina, CA (Jul 2004).
Blankenship, Robert. Genomic and biochemical analysis of the transition from an anaerobic to an aerobic world. International Congress on Photobiology, Jeju, Korea (Jun 2004).
Blankenship, Robert. Novel metabolic processes. Limits of Organic Life of Planetary Systems, National Academy of Sciences Workshop (May 2004).
Blankenship, Robert. Energy collection by photosynthetic antenna systems. Chemical Biophysics Symposium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (Apr 2004).
Yanyushin, Mikhail, Blankenship, Robert, del Rosario, Melissa, Brune, Daniel. Characterization of a new class of membrane-bound oxidoreductases in the green bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus. Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon), NASA Ames (Apr 2004).
Yanyushin, Mikhail, Blankenship, Robert, del Rosario, Melissa, Brune, Daniel. CHARACTERIZATION OF A NEW CLASS OF MEMBRANE-BOUND OXIDOREDUCTASES IN THE GREEN BACTERIUM CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS. 13th Asilomar Photosynthesis Conference
Blankenship, Robert. Photosynthesis: Current Status and Future Prospects. Molecular Paleobiology Workshop, sponsored by NSF, San Francisco, CA
Blankenship, Robert, Raymond, Jason. Biosynthetic Pathways, Gene Replacement and the Antiquity of Life. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA
del Rosario, Melissa C, Blankenship, Robert. OPTIMIZATION OF OVEREXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION OF A RECOMBINANT AURACYANIN A. 13th Asilomar Photosynthesis Conference
Hohmann-Marriott, Martin, de Meene, Allison, Roberson, Robert, Blankenship, Robert. THE ULTRASTRUCTURE OF THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC APPARATUS OF THE GREEN SULFUR BACTERIUM CHLOROBIUM TEPIDUM. 13th Asilomar Photosynthesis Conference
Melkozernov, Alexander, Kargul, Joanna, Su, Lin, Barber, James, Blankenship, Robert. ENERGY COUPLING IN THE PSI-LHCI SUPERCOMPLEX FROM THE GREEN ALGA CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII. 13th Asilomar Photosynthesis Conference
Olson, Tien, Blankenship, Robert, Wood, Michelle. PIGMENT ANALYSIS OF CHLOROPHYLL D-CONTAINING OXYGENIC PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS. 13th Asilomar Photosynthesis Conference
Swingley, Wesley, Blankenship, Robert. GENETIC MANIPULATIONS ON THE NOVEL CHLOROPHYLL D IN THE CYANOBACTERIUM ACARYOCHLORIS MARINA. 13th Asilomar Photosynthesis Conference
Xin, Yueyong, Lin, Su, Blankenship, Robert. FEMTOSECOND ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY OF CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS REACTION CENTERS. 13th Asilomar Photosynthesis Conference
Cunow, Amanda, Blankenship, Robert. Isolation of chlorosomes from Chloroflexus aurantiacus. 14th Western Photosynthesis Conference, Asilomar, CA
del Rosario, Melissa, Blankenship, Robert. Expression and EPR spectroscopy of auracyanins A and B. 14th Western Photosynthesis Conference, Asilomar, CA
Hohmann-Marriott, Martin, Blankenship, Robert. Electron tomographic study of the photosynthetic apparatus of the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum. 14th Western Photosynthesis Conference, Asilomar, CA
Le Olson, Tien, Melkozernov, Alexander, Blankenship, Robert. The in vitro analysis and reconstitution of chlorophyll d Lhca4 complex. 14th Western Photosynthesis Conference, Asilomar, CA
Swingley, Wesley, Hohmann-Marriott, Martin, Blankenship, Robert. Acaryochloris marina culture growth optimization and growth characteristics. 14th Western Photosynthesis Conference, Asilomar, CA
Blankenship, Robert. How photosynthetic bacteria became oxygenic. The Evolution of Aquatic Photoautotrophs, Rutgers Univ
Blankenship, Robert, Gholba, S, Raymond, J. The evolutionary transition from anoxygenic to oxygenic photosynthesis, and how it changed the Earth. 15th Western Photosynthesis Conference, Asilomar, CA

Service

Agouron Institute Conference on Oxygen, Santa Fe, NM, Co-organizer (2006 - Present)
National Science Foundation, Prokaryotic Molecular Biology Program, Grant Review Panel Member (2004 - Present)
Biochemistry, Editorial Board Member (2001 - Present)
Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Scientific Advisory Board (2001 - Present)
International Journal of Astrobiology, Editorial Board Member (2001 - Present)
Biochemistry, Editorial Board Member (2001 - 2009)
International Scientific Committee for the Symposia on Phototrophic Prokaryotes, Executive Committee (2000 - 2009)
International Society for Photosynthesis Research, Past President (2004 - 2007)
Internaitonal Journal of Astrobiology, Editorial Board Member (2001 - 2006)
CLAS Proteomics and Protein Analysis Facility, Advisor (1990 - 2006)
Dean's Strategic Planning and Academic Resources Advisory Council, Member (2003 - 2006)
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Chair (2002 - 2006)
University of Washington, External Review Team Member, Astrobiology Program, 2005 (2005 - 2005)
National Science Foundation, Microbial Genome Sequencing Program, Grant Review Panel Member (2005 - 2005)
Arizona State University, Director, NSF Summer Program on Bacterial Genome Annotation (2005 - 2005)
Cancer Research Institute, Interim Director (2004 - 2005)
Conference on Photosynthetic Antennas, Montreal, Canada, August 2004, Co-organizer (2004 - 2004)
International Society for Photosynthesis Research, President (2001 - 2004)
School of Life Sciences Director selection committee, Member (2003 - 2004)
Louisiana Board of Regents review of nanotechnology at Louisiana Tech University, External Review Team Member (2003 - 2003)
Life Science Reorganization Committee, Member (2002 - 2003)
Biophysical Journal, Editorial Board Member (2000 - 2003)
Molecular and Cellular Biology, Executive Committee Member (1999 - 2003)
Astrobiology Science Conference, Co-organizer (2003)
US-Australia Joint Workshop on Artificial Photosynthesis, Co-organizer (2003)
Western Regional Photosynthesis Conference, Co-organizer (2003)
Bio and Molecular Photonics Initiative, Director (1999 - 2002)
Biomedical Strategic Planning Committee, Member (1998 - 2001)
International Society for Photosynthesis Research, Executive Committee (1995 - 2001)