Download Creating a functional 3D image of a photosynthetic organism

Laboratory of
Biophysics
Projects "Monitoring picosecond events in photosynthesis"
"Creating a functional 3D image of a photosynthetic organism"
Fluorescence lifetime imaging spectroscopy provides the possibility to perform picosecond
fluorescence measurements with microscopic resolution. The method can be used to measure the
activity of photosynthesis and to discriminate between for instance between photosystem I and
photosystem II. Although many FLIM measurements have been performed in the recent past on
photosynthetic bacteria and algae, this was always restricted to a 2D cross section of the organism. It
is the goal of the project to combine many 2D measurements to create a full functional 3D image of
the organism. Once the method works it will also become possible to determine how the structure and
organization changes as a function of changing conditions of the environment.
Further information:
Prof. Dr. Herbert van Amerongen, Chair Laboratory of Biophysics
[email protected]