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TEM image of negatively stained trimeric photosystem I particles

Chris G., Chris B., and Himanshu at the 50th Midwest Southeast Photosynthesis Conference at Turkey Runn Inn, Marshall, IN

Photosystem I crystals

Tomogram of a Synechocystis 6803 cell

Blender image of photosystem I and photosystem II structures

AI generated image of Albert Einstein doing photosynthesis research

2D classes of photosystem I particles

Blender image of photosystem I will helical far-red light absorbing allophycocyanin attached
Chris in his old postdoc lab at Arizona State
Photosystem II microcrystals
Photosystem II microcrystals under polarized light
Chris preparing a negative stain grid
Pipetting sample onto a cryo-EM grid in the Vitrobot

Large-scale cyanobacterial growth

Photosystem II microcrystals that look like butterflies (and diffract poorly)

Funky image of the photosystem II active site

Different types of heliobacterial reaction center crystals

Plates of various cyanobacterial species

Liquid cultures of various cyanobacterial species

Chris working in the dark in a glove box in his graduate lab

Laser scanning confocal fluorescence microscopy of Leptolyngbya JSC-1 cells. Image collected by Chris Brininger.

Winners of the 2024 Gisriel Lab Winter Olympics

Gisriel Lab Holiday Party 2024