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Overview

Athina Zouni is affiliated with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily spans the domain of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions nestled within Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientific focus centers on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, supported by substantial work related to Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, as well as Enzyme Structure and Function. Additional topics covered in their research include Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors, Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques, and Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation.

Athina Zouni has published research extensively in several scholarly venues. Frequent publication sources include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature
  • Photosynthesis Research
  • ChemBioChem

Recent significant papers authored by or involving Zouni are:

  • "Untangling the sequence of events during the S 2 → S 3 transition in photosystem II and implications for the water oxidation mechanism" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Structural evidence for intermediates during O2 formation in photosystem II" (2023, Nature)
  • "Structural dynamics in the water and proton channels of photosystem II during the S2 to S3 transition" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Structural basis of light-harvesting in the photosystem II core complex" (2020, Protein Science)
  • "Cryo-electron microscopy reveals hydrogen positions and water networks in photosystem II" (2024, Science)

Collaborative efforts define a considerable part of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Mohamed Ibrahim
  • Johannes Messinger
  • Rana Hussein
  • Holger Dobbek
  • Jan Kern

Best Publications

  • Crystal structure of photosystem II from Synechococcus elongatus at 3.8 A resolution.

    Athina Zouni;Horst Tobias Witt;Jan Kern;Petra Fromme

  • Towards complete cofactor arrangement in the 3.0 Å resolution structure of photosystem II

    Bernhard Loll;Jana Kern;Wolfram Saenger;Athina Zouni

  • Cyanobacterial photosystem II at 2.9-Å resolution and the role of quinones, lipids, channels and chloride

    Albert Guskov;Jan Kern;Jan Kern;Azat Gabdulkhakov;Matthias Broser

  • Where water is oxidized to dioxygen: structure of the photosynthetic Mn4Ca cluster.

    Junko Yano;Jan Kern;Kenneth Sauer;Kenneth Sauer;Matthew J. Latimer

  • X-ray damage to the Mn4Ca complex in single crystals of photosystem II: A case study for metalloprotein crystallography

    Junko Yano;Jana Kern;Klaus−Dieter Irrgang;Matthew J. Latimer

  • Structures of the intermediates of Kok's photosynthetic water oxidation clock.

    Jan Kern;Ruchira Chatterjee;Iris D. Young;Franklin D. Fuller

  • Simultaneous Femtosecond X-ray Spectroscopy and Diffraction of Photosystem II at Room Temperature

    Jan Kern;Jan Kern;Roberto Alonso-Mori;Rosalie Tran;Johan Hattne

  • Structure of photosystem II and substrate binding at room temperature

    Iris D. Young;Mohamed Ibrahim;Ruchira Chatterjee;Sheraz Gul

  • Crystal Structure of Cyanobacterial Photosystem II at 3.2 A Resolution: A Closer Look at the Mn- Cluster

    Jacek Biesiadka;Bernhard Loll;Jan Kern;Klaus-Dieter Irrgang

  • Light-induced quinone reduction in photosystem II

    Frank Müh;Carina Glöckner;Julia Hellmich;Athina Zouni

  • Taking snapshots of photosynthetic water oxidation using femtosecond X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy

    Jan Kern;Rosalie Tran;Roberto Alonso-Mori;Sergey Koroidov

  • Nanoflow electrospinning serial femtosecond crystallography

    Raymond G Sierra;Hartawan Laksmono;Jan Kern;Rosalie Tran

  • Untangling the sequence of events during the S2 → S3 transition in photosystem II and implications for the water oxidation mechanism

    Mohamed Ibrahim;Thomas Fransson;Ruchira Chatterjee;Mun Hon Cheah

  • Drop-on-demand sample delivery for studying biocatalysts in action at X-ray free-electron lasers

    Franklin D Fuller;Sheraz Gul;Ruchira Chatterjee;E Sethe Burgie

  • Purification, characterisation and crystallisation of photosystem II from Thermosynechococcus elongatus cultivated in a new type of photobioreactor

    J. Kern;B. Loll;C. Lüneberg;D. DiFiore

  • Room temperature femtosecond X-ray diffraction of photosystem II microcrystals

    Jan Kern;Roberto Alonso-Mori;Julia Hellmich;Rosalie Tran

  • Accurate macromolecular structures using minimal measurements from X-ray free-electron lasers

    Johan Hattne;Nathaniel Echols;Rosalie Tran;Jan Kern

  • Structural evidence for intermediates during O2 formation in photosystem II

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  • Structural Changes of the Oxygen-evolving Complex in Photosystem II during the Catalytic Cycle

    Carina Glöckner;Jan Kern;Matthias Broser;Athina Zouni

  • Excited-state dynamics in photosystem II: insights from the x-ray crystal structure.

    Sergej Vasil'ev;Peter Orth;Athina Zouni;Thomas G. Owens

  • Lipids in photosystem II: interactions with protein and cofactors.

    Bernhard Loll;Jana Kern;Wolfram Saenger;Athina Zouni

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Kern
Jan Kern Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Junko Yano
Junko Yano Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Vittal K. Yachandra
Vittal K. Yachandra Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Johannes Messinger
Johannes Messinger Umeå University
Wolfram Saenger
Wolfram Saenger Freie Universität Berlin
Uwe Bergmann
Uwe Bergmann SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Holger Dobbek
Holger Dobbek Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Paul D. Adams
Paul D. Adams Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Dimosthenis Sokaras
Dimosthenis Sokaras SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Pieter Glatzel
Pieter Glatzel European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

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