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Details for Dr Mike Jones
| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr Mike Jones |
| Job title | Reader in Biochemistry |
| Department | School of Biochemistry University of Bristol |
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| Qualifications | B.Sc., Ph.D.(Wales) |
| Professional details | |
| Keywords | structure, mechanism, stability and environment of reaction centres purple photosynthetic bacteria biological electron transfer light-triggered reactions including transient docking of quinones and cytochromes |
| Areas of expertise | Studies in my laboratory are focused on understanding the following: -how the protein controls the rate and efficiency of electron transfer during light energy transduction. -how the protein controls the route of electron transfer through the protein and across the membrane. -interactions of this protein with the proteins and lipids that form the membrane environment. -the relationship between structure and the thermal stability of the protein, including the use of mutagenesis to engineer reaction centres with enhanced thermal stability. |