Krishna Niyogi

Research interests

Publications

• Soybean photosynthesis and crop yield are improved by accelerating recovery from photoprotection

  Science · 2022 · 10.1126/science.adc9831

• Chromosome-level genome assembly and transcriptome of the green alga Chromochloris zofingiensis illuminates astaxanthin production

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1619928114

• Enhanced FIB-SEM systems for large-volume 3D imaging

  eLife · 2017 · 10.7554/elife.25916

• Improving photosynthesis and crop productivity by accelerating recovery from photoprotection

  Science · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aai8878

• Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1424031112

• Light stress and photoprotection inChlamydomonas reinhardtii

  The Plant Journal · 2015 · 10.1111/tpj.12825

• Evolution of flexible non-photochemical quenching mechanisms that regulate light harvesting in oxygenic photosynthesis

  Current Opinion in Plant Biology · 2013 · 10.1016/j.pbi.2013.03.011

• Genome, Functional Gene Annotation, and Nuclear Transformation of the Heterokont Oleaginous Alga Nannochloropsis oceanica CCMP1779

  PLoS Genetics · 2012 · 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003064

• High-efficiency homologous recombination in the oil-producing alga Nannochloropsis sp.

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 10.1073/pnas.1105861108

• Manipulation of Photoprotection to Improve Plant Photosynthesis

  PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 2010 · 10.1104/pp.110.168831

• An ancient light-harvesting protein is critical for the regulation of algal photosynthesis

  Nature · 2009 · 10.1038/nature08587

• Sensing and Responding to Excess Light

  Annual Review of Plant Biology · 2008 · 10.1146/annurev.arplant.58.032806.103844

• Architecture of a Charge-Transfer State Regulating Light Harvesting in a Plant Antenna Protein

  Science · 2008 · 10.1126/science.1154800

• The Chlamydomonas Genome Reveals the Evolution of Key Animal and Plant Functions

  Science · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1143609

• Carotenoid Cation Formation and the Regulation of Photosynthetic Light Harvesting

  Science · 2005 · 10.1126/science.1105833

• Regulation of Photosynthetic Light Harvesting Involves Intrathylakoid Lumen pH Sensing by the PsbS Protein

  Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2004 · 10.1074/jbc.m402461200

• Is PsbS the site of non-photochemical quenching in photosynthesis?

  Journal of Experimental Botany · 2004 · 10.1093/jxb/eri056

• PAA1, a P-Type ATPase of Arabidopsis, Functions in Copper Transport in Chloroplasts

  The Plant Cell · 2003 · 10.1105/tpc.011817

• PsbS-dependent enhancement of feedback de-excitation protects photosystem II from photoinhibition

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 10.1073/pnas.232447699

• Non-Photochemical Quenching. A Response to Excess Light Energy

  PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.125.4.1558

• A pigment-binding protein essential for regulation of photosynthetic light harvesting

  Nature · 2000 · https://doi.org/10.1038/35000131

• Safety valves for photosynthesis

  Current Opinion in Plant Biology · 2000 · 10.1016/s1369-5266(00)00113-8

• PHOTOPROTECTION REVISITED:Genetic and Molecular Approaches

  Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology · 1999 · https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.arplant.50.1.333

• The violaxanthin cycle protects plants from photooxidative damage by more than one mechanism

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1999 · 10.1073/pnas.96.15.8762

• Arabidopsis Mutants Define a Central Role for the Xanthophyll Cycle in the Regulation of Photosynthetic Energy Conversion

  The Plant Cell · 1998 · 10.1105/tpc.10.7.1121

• The roles of specific xanthophylls in photoprotection

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1997 · 10.1073/pnas.94.25.14162

Current projects

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