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Photosynthesis and the Web: 2008 Group SitesOne of the largest group sites, the Arizona State University (ASU) Photosynthesis Center site, went online in 1995. It was developed and is currently maintained by one of us (LO) and can be accessed at http://photoscience.la.asu.edu/CB&P/. This award-winning site is very comprehensive and showcases not only the operations and work of the Center, but also provides original material and numerous annotated links to individual and group photosynthesis research sites of interest to researchers, educators, students and the general public. One of its most popular items is the educational section that contains links to sites of interest to students and educators and has been annotated as to subject matter and appropriate age-level of understanding (http://photoscience.la.asu.edu/photosyn/education/learn.html). Another popular area is its Nicelist, a list of photosynthesis researchers who don't mind receiving and answering emails (hence they are "nice") and includes their email addresses and, in most cases, their web site URLs (http://photoscience.la.asu.edu/photosyn/nicelist.html). Some of the Center's other web pages will be mentioned in the other sections. Recently, the Center expanded its areas of interest to include bioenergy research into alternative fuels derived from photosynthetic bacterial biomass, the production of hydrogen from photosynthetic influenced model systems, and participation with other ASU initiatives to study climate change and energy sustainability issues at the scientific and public policy levels. In recognition of this evolution, the Center has changed its name to the ASU Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis, though it will still be known to us as the Photosynthesis Center. An artistic representation of the promise of bioenergy from photosynthesis is shown.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), the home of NCSA and Mosaic and therefore the "mother" of all modern web browsers, hosts several important sites. A site by one of us (G) (http://www.life.uiuc.edu/govindjee/), is much more than an individual site as it includes information on a variety of topics, including course web pages, a major tutorial/essay on "The Photosynthetic Process" (by J. Whitmarsh and Govindjee), movies, photos and several items of historical importance including PDF files of Personal Perspectives of some eminent scientists, as well as some Obituaries, and comments on Robert Emerson, Eugene Rabinowitch, William Arnold, Lou Duysens and Stacy French. There is also a tutorial on "Photosynthesis and Time" and other teaching materials such as slides which can be used in the classroom. A significant new addition is the availability of the complete references of all the chapters in Volumes 1–25 of Govindjee’s Series ‘Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration’ (Springer) (http://www.life.uiuc.edu/govindjee/Reference-Index.htm). UIUC is also the home of the wonderful and highly educational site of A. R. Crofts (http://www.life.uiuc.edu/crofts/ahab/index.html). The Photosynthesis Research Unit (http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/docs.htm?docid=3333), affiliated with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service, covers many areas of photosynthesis crop research. The Theoretical Biophysics Group at UIUC is also present with an excellent site (http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/) with many important pages including "Quantum Biology of the Photosynthesis Unit" (http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/psu/psu.html), animations of various structures (http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Overview/movie_gallery/) and much more. The Biology group of John Allen at Queen
Mary London, UK (http://jfa.bio.qmul.ac.uk/~john/webstar/index.html) Uppsala University is the home of the Photosynthesis Group (http://www.fotomol.uu.se/Forskning/Biomimetics/fotosyntes/index.shtm), led by Stenbjörn Styring, which studies Photosystem II and artificial photosynthesis. The Photosynthesis Group at the University of Southern Denmark (Odense University) maintains a site about their work with light-harvesting antennas of green photosynthetic bacteria (http://www.sdu.dk/Nat/bmb/groups/photo/index.html). The Department of Biophysics at Leiden University (http://www.biophys.leidenuniv.nl/) hosts information about several important subjects. Follow the numbered links at that site to find information about "Mechanism of oxygen-evolution in photosynthesis," "Single-molecule spectroscopy of pigment-protein complex" and "Physics of Photosynthetic Reaction Centers." The Photosynthesis Group at Göteborg University, Sweden, has a nice site with detailed descriptions of their work with plastocyanin and other areas of photosynthesis (http://www.bcbp.gu.se/photosyn/). The Avron-Wilstätter Center for Photosynthesis Research is located at the Weizmann Institute of Science (http://www.weizmann.ac.il/acadaff/Scientific_Activities/current/wilstatter_center.html) and is working with several groups to study many areas of photosynthesis. The Chemistry Division of Argonne National Laboratory is working on several areas of photosynthesis (http://chemistry.anl.gov/photosynthesis/index.html). The Robert Hill Institute, Centre for Photosynthesis Reserch at the University of Sheffield (http://www.photosynth.org/) has links to several of the researchers working at the Institute. Acad. M. Popov Institute of Plant Physiology, Dept. of Photosynthesis, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (http://www.bio21.bas.bg/ipp/photosynth/photosynth.html) is conducting research on biophysical, biochemical and ecological aspects of photosynthesis and photorespiration in higher plants. The Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Dept. of Photobiology, Russian Academy of Sciences [formerly the Institute of Soil Science and Photosynthesis] http://www.ibbp.psn.ru/engl/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=71&Itemid=80 conducts research in several important areas. The connection to this site is often very slow, so be patient.
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Author Contact Information : Larry Orr Govindjee This article is based on a Review published |
