Selected Publications
High-Throughput Engineering to Revitalize a Vestigial Electron Transfer Pathway in Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Centers, K. M. Faries, L. L. Kressel, M. J. Wander, D. Holten, P. D. Laible, C. Kirmaier, and D. K. Hanson J. Biol. Chem. 2012, 287, 8507-8514.
Photochemistry of a Bacterial Reaction Center Missing the Initial Bacteriochlorophyll Electron Acceptor, B. Carter, S. G. Boxer, D. Holten and C. Kirmaier J. Phys. Chem. B. 2012, 116, 9971-9982
Protein Influence on Charge-Asymmetry of the Primary Donor in Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Centers Containing a Heterodimer: Effects on Photophysical Properties and Electron Transfer, M. A. Harris, C. A. Luehr, K. M. Faries, M. Wander, L. Kressel, D. Holten, D. K. Hanson, P. D. Laible and C. Kirmaier J. Phys. Chem. B. 2013, 117, 4028-4041.
Putative Hydrogen Bond to Tyrosine M208 in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers from Rhodobacter capsulatus Significantly Slows Primary Charge Separation, M. Saggu, B. Carter, X. Zhou, K. Faries, L. Cegelski, D. Holten, S. G. Boxer and Christine Kirmaier, J. Phys. Chem. B. B 2014, 118, 6721-6732.
High Yield of Secondary B-side Electron Transfer in Mutant Rhodobacter capsulatus Reaction Centers, L. Kressel, K. Faries, M. J. Wander, C. E. Zogzas, R. J. Mejdrich, D. K. Hanson, D. Holten, P. D. Laible, and C. Kirmaier, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 2014, 1837¸ 18921903.
Species Differences in Unlocking B-side Electron Transfer in Bacterial Reaction Centers, N. P. Dylla, K. M. Faries, R. M. Wyllie, A. M. Swenson, D. K. Hanson, D. Holten, C. Kirmaier and P. D. Laible, Febs Lett., 2016, 590, 25152526.
Optimizing Multi-Step B-side Charge Separation in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers from Rhodobacter capsulatus, K. M. Faries, L. Kressel, N. P. Dylla, Marc J. Wander, D. K. Hanson, D. Holten, P. D. Laible, C. Kirmaier, Biochem. Biophys Acta. 2016, 1857,150-159.
Manipulating the Energetics and Rates of Electron Transfer in R. capsulatus Reaction Centers with Asymmetric Pigment Content, K. M. Faries, N. P. Dylla, D. K. Hanson, D. Holten, P. D. Laible, C. Kirmaier, J. Phys. Chem. B., 2017, 121, 6989-7004.
Augmenting light coverage for photosynthesis through YFP-enhanced charge separation at the Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction centre, K. J. Grayson, K. M. Faries, X. Huang, P. Qian, P. Dilbeck, E. C. Martin, A. Hitchcock, C. Vasilev, J. M. Yuen, D. M. Niedzwiedzki, G. J. Leggett, D. Holten, C. Kirmaier and C. N. Hunter, Nature Communications, 2017, 8, 1-12.
Origin of Panchromaticity in MultichromophoreTetrapyrrole Arrays, J. M. Yuen, J. R. Diers, E. J. Alexy, A. Roy, A. K. Mandal, H. S. Kang, D. M. Niedzwiedzki, C. Kirmaier, J. S. Lindsey, D. F. B, and D. Holten , J. Phys. Chem. A 2018, 122, 7181-7201.
Awards and Honors
1990-1992 Panel member - Photosynthesis Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Competitive Research Grants
2010 Biosciences Panel Review Member, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Dept. of Energy