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Director
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Petra Fromme
Petra Fromme is an international leader in photosynthesis, protein macromolecular crystallography using synchrotrons and protein nanocrystallography using X-ray Free Electron Lasers. She has vast experience unravelling the structure and function of Photosystem I and II proteins and ATP synthase. Specifically, she studies the structure-to-function relationship of membrane proteins involved in bioenergy conversion and infectious diseases. Fromme contributed to the development of serial femtosecond nanocrystallography for analyzing proteins using high-intensity XFEL.
Research
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Energy
Oxygenic photosynthesis is one of the most important biological processes that has ever arisen and paved the way for all complex life on Earth.
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Health
The following table provides descriptions of health-related projects being performed in the Fromme lab.
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Methods
As part of the BioXFEL STC consortium, the Fromme lab works in the development and application of free electron lasers (XFELs) to structural biology.