Past Collaborations

In bacteria and archaea, the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)–associated (Cas) targeting complexes use CRISPR RNA (crRNA) guides to bind and destroy complementary nucleic acid targets. In the Type I-E CRISPR-Cas system in E. coli, these CRISPR transcripts are processed into short RNAs that are incorporated into a large ribonucleoprotein surveillance complex called [...]

In collaboration with the Kerfeld Lab we work on phycobilisomes (PBS): The PBS is an elaborate antenna that is responsible for light-harvesting in most cyanobacteria, the most abundant primary producers on Earth. The PBS captures incident sunlight and transfers the energy via a network of pigment molecules to the photosynthetic reaction centers. The PBS of [...]