Chen, Min - University of Sydney - School of Biological Sciences

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My research interests are primarily concerned with elucidating the molecular and biochemical mechanisms of the energy-storing reactions and photo-regulatory processes in photosynthetic organisms, especially the function of red-shifted chlorophylls in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms (cyanobacteria and algae). We exploit the relative simplicity of oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria (cyanobacteria) or unicellular algae to study the light-harvesting systems, natural variation of the light-harvesting strategy, energy transfer and the function/structure of the pigment-protein complexes involved in these processes. We use a variety of approaches - molecular genetics, protein engineering, confocal fluorescence microscopy, liquid chromatography as well as structural and spectroscopic methods. As a part of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, we are now increasingly concentrating on improving light harvesting efficiency by extending the photosynthetic active solar spectral region, enhancing light penetration into crop canopies and reducing the wastage of excess sunlight. Broad research areas: Plant molecular biology, biochemistry of pigments, photosynthesis

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Brazao, S., Chen, M., Murphy, R., Simpson, S., Coleman, R. (2016). A method for growing a monospecific epilithic cyanobacterial biofilm for use in marine ecological experiments. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 480, 17-25. [More Information] Li, Y., Lin, Y., Garvey, C., Birch, D., Corkery, R., Loughlin, P., Scheer, H., Willows, R., Chen, M. (2016). Characterization of red-shifted phycobilisomes isolated from the chlorophyll f-containing cyanobacterium Halomicronema hongdechloris. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1857 (1), 107-114. [More Information] Chen, M. (2016). Martin F. Homann-Marriott (ed.): The structural basis of biological energy generation. Photosynthesis Research, in press. [More Information] Loughlin, P., Duxbury, Z., Mukasa-Mugerwa, T., Smith, P., Willows, R., Chen, M. (2016). Spectral properties of bacteriophytochrome AM1_5894 in the chlorophyll d-containing cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina. Scientific Reports, 6, 1-12. [More Information] Akimoto, S., Shinoda, T., Chen, M., Allakhverdiev, S., Tomo, T. (2015). Energy transfer in the chlorophyll f-containing cyanobacterium, Halomicronema hongdechloris, analyzed by time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopies. Photosynthesis Research, 125, 115-122. [More Information] Li, Y., Chen, M. (2015). Novel chlorophylls and new directions in photosynthesis research. Functional Plant Biology, 42(6), 493-501. [More Information] Chen, M. (2014). Chlorophyll Modifications and Their Spectral Extension in Oxygenic Photosynthesis. Annual Review of Biochemistry, 83, 317-340. [More Information] Paul, R., Jinkerson, R., Buss, K., Steel, J., Mohr, R., Hess, W., Chen, M., Fromme, P. (2014). Draft Genome Sequence of the Filamentous Cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya sp. Strain Heron Island J, Exhibiting Chromatic Acclimation. Genome Announcements, 2(1), 1-2. [More Information] Tomo, T., Shinoda, T., Chen, M., Allakhverdiev, S., Akimoto, S. (2014). Energy transfer processes in chlorophyll f-containing cyanobacteria using time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy on intact cells. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1837 (9), 1484-1489. [More Information] Niedzwiedzki, D., Liu, H., Chen, M., Blankenship, R. (2014). Excited state properties of chlorophyll f in organic solvents at ambient and cryogenic temperatures. Photosynthesis Research, 121(1), 25-34. [More Information] Loughlin, P., Willows, R., Chen, M. (2014). In vitro conversion of vinyl to formyl groups in naturally occurring chlorophylls. Scientific Reports, 4, 1-9. [More Information] Foster, C., Portman, N., Chen, M., Slapeta, J. (2014). Increased growth and pigment content of Chromera velia in mixotrophic culture. FEM Microbiology Ecology, 88(1), 121-128. [More Information] Li, Y., Lin, Y., Loughlin, P., Chen, M. (2014). Optimization and effects of different culture conditions on growth of Halomicronema hongdechloris - a filamentous cyanobacterium containing chlorophyll f. Frontiers in Plant Science, 5(FEB), 1-12. [More Information] Loughlin, P., Lin, Y., Chen, M. (2013). Chlorophyll d and Acaryochloris marina: current status. Photosynthesis Research, 116(2-3), 277-293. [More Information] Chen, M., Scheer, H. (2013). Extending the limits of natural photosynthesis and implications for technical light harvesting. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 17(1), 1-15. [More Information] Blankenship, R., Chen, M. (2013). Spectral expansion and antenna reduction can enhance photosynthesis for energy production. Current Opinion In Chemical Biology, 17(3), 457-461. [More Information] Li, Y., Cai, Z., Chen, M. (2013). Spectroscopic properties of chlorophyll f. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B, 117(38), 11309-11317. [More Information] Willows, R., Li, Y., Scheer, H., Chen, M. (2013). Structure of Chlorophyll f. Organic Letters, 15(7), 1588-1590. [More Information] Chen, M., Li, Y., Birch, D., Willows, R. (2012). A cyanobacterium that contains chlorophyll f - A red-absorbing photopigment. FEBS Letters, 586(19), 3249-3254. [More Information] Larkum, A., Chen, M., Li, Y., Schliep, M., Trampe, E., West, J., Salih, A., Kuhl, M. (2012). A Novel Epiphytic Chlorophyll d-containing Cyanobacterium Isolated from a Mangrove-associated Red Alga. Journal of Phycology: an international journal of algal research, 48(6), 1320-1327. [More Information]