EMSL Scientific Grand Challenge: Membrane Biology
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- Advisory Committee
- What Are Cyanobacteria?
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- 2005-2007 Progress Report
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Meet the Team
Principal Investigators
Dr. Himadri Pakrasi (Co-principal Investigator)
Washington University in St. Louis
One Brookings Drive
Campus Box 1137
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
phone: (314) 935-6853
email: pakrasi@biology2.wustl.edu
Dr. David W. Koppenaal
EMSL
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
P. O. Box 999, MS K8-98
Richland, WA 99352
phone: (509) 376-0368
fax: (509) 376-7722
email: david.koppenaal@pnl.gov
Washington University in St. Louis
Himadri Pakrasi (Co-principal Investigator)
Gayle Geren (Administrative Assistant)
Bijoy Ghosh
Michelle Liberton
Jana Stockel
Eric Welsh
- Sequencing and annotation of the genome of the cyanobacterium Cyanothece 51142
- Controlled cultivation of cyanobacterial cells
- Global transcriptional studies of cycanobacteria
- Global proteomic studies of cyanobacteria
- Purification of various membrane fractions from cyanobacterial cells
- Purification of key cyanobacterial membrane proteins
- Imaging of cyanobacterial cells
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
David Koppenaal (Co-principal Investigator)
Gordon Anderson
Harvey Bolton
Garry Buchko
Allison Campbell
Alice Dohnalkova
Yuri Gorby
Eric Hill
Jon Jacobs
Tom Metz
Christopher Oehmen
Galya Orr
Elena Peterson
Norma Sandoval (Administrator)
Johannes Scholten
Katrina Waters
- Computational biology & bioinformatics tools (Oehmen)
- Rfr-Domain Protein Family Characterization in Cyanothece (Buchko)
- Investigation of Cyanobacteria using Controlled Cultivation (Scholten)
- Dynamic Changes in Molecular Interactions along the Circadian Rhythm (Orr)
- Morphological, Functional and Redox Studies of Cyanothece Using EM (Dohnalkova)
- Systems Analysis of Cyanobacteria--Proteomics, Metabolomics & Metallomics (Jacobs & Metz)
- Data Assimilation, Visualization & Mining (Peterson)
Purdue University
Louis A. Sherman
Hongtao Min
Tina Summerfield
Jorg Toepel
Deb Sherman
- Development of a genetic exchange system in Cyanothece
- Identification of the gene(s) involved in circadian rhythms and N2 fixation
- EM imaging of Cyanothece grown under N2 fixation conditions
Saint Louis University
Rajeev Aurora
Rangesh Kunnavvakkam
- Design and validation of whole-genome Cyanthece microarray
- Mathematical modeling of oscillators
Aurora Lab (Dept. of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine)
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Tom Smith
Nicole Koropatkin
- Structure determination of the solute binding components of the nitrate (NrtA), ferric ions (FutA), and bicarbonate (CmpA).
- Carbon sequestration in cyanobacteria and structure of ABC transporters
Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology (SIPPE)
Teruo Ogawa
- Study of membrane proteins involved in carbon sequestration, including Ndh-S and Sbt.
Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology (in English)
Contact: Dave Koppenaal | david.koppenaal@pnl.gov | (509) 371-6549
