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  • Simulation reveals how bacterial organelle converts sunlight to chemical energy

    Nov 14, 2019 10:15 am by Diana YatesResearch
    chemistry professor Zaida (Zan) Luthey-Schulten, Beckman Institute research programmer Barry Isralewitz, chemistry professor Taras Pogorelov, physics professor Aleksei Aksimentiev, University of Calgary chemistry professor Peter Tieleman, NCSA senior research programmer Jim Phillips, U. of I. physics postdoctoral researcher Christopher Maffeo, Beckman Institute senior research programmer John Stone and biochemistry professor Emad Tajkhorshid.

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    This is a major step toward understanding how some biological structures convert sunlight into chemical energy, a biological innovation that is essential to life.

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