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Conrad W. Mullineaux is affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom. Their work is primarily situated within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology. Other subfields of study relevant to their research include Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their research addresses multiple topics, frequently investigating Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms. Additional main topics covered by their publications are Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Algal Biology and Biofuel Production, Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies.

Among their recent publications, several notable papers include:

  • Structural variability, coordination and adaptation of a native photosynthetic machinery, 2020, Nature Plants
  • Probing the biogenesis pathway and dynamics of thylakoid membranes, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Membrane Dynamics in Phototrophic Bacteria, 2020, Annual Review of Microbiology
  • mRNA localization, reaction centre biogenesis and thylakoid membrane targeting in cyanobacteria, 2020, Nature Plants
  • A kaleidoscope of photosynthetic antenna proteins and their emerging roles, 2022, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The scientist has frequently published in several venues, including:

  • Journal of Bacteriology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Plants
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Their collaboration network includes several frequent coauthors:

  • Annegret Wilde
  • Fabian D. Conradi
  • Moontaha Mahbub
  • Lu-Ning Liu
  • Nils Schuergers

This profile reflects a research career centered on the molecular and cellular mechanisms underpinning photosynthesis, phototrophic bacteria, and related microbial ecology, combining studies across diverse scientific disciplines and supported by a range of publication outlets.

Best Publications

  • Photoprotective Energy Dissipation Involves the Reorganization of Photosystem II Light-Harvesting Complexes in the Grana Membranes of Spinach Chloroplasts

    Matthew P. Johnson;Tomasz K. Goral;Christopher D.P. Duffy;Anthony P.R. Brain

  • A critical role for the Var2 FtsH homologue of Arabidopsis thaliana in the photosystem II repair cycle in vivo

    Shaun Bailey;Elinor Thompson;Peter J. Nixon;Peter Horton

  • Mobility of photosynthetic complexes in thylakoid membranes

    Conrad W. Mullineaux;Mark J. Tobin;Gareth R. Jones

  • Diffusion of Green Fluorescent Protein in Three Cell Environments in Escherichia Coli

    Conrad W. Mullineaux;Anja Nenninger;Nicola Ray;Colin Robinson

  • FtsH is involved in the early stages of repair of photosystem II in Synechocystis sp PCC 6803

    Paulo Silva;Elinor Thompson;Shaun Bailey;Olaf Kruse

  • State transitions : an example of acclimation to low-light stress

    Conrad W. Mullineaux;Daniel Emlyn-Jones

  • State 1-State 2 transitions in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus 6301 are controlled by the redox state of electron carriers between Photosystems I and II

    Conrad W. Mullineaux;John F. Allen

  • Co-existence of photosynthetic and respiratory activities in cyanobacterial thylakoid membranes.

    Conrad W. Mullineaux

  • Mechanism of intercellular molecular exchange in heterocyst‐forming cyanobacteria

    Conrad W Mullineaux;Vicente Mariscal;Anja Nenninger;Hajara Khanum

  • Light-harvesting antenna composition controls the macrostructure and dynamics of thylakoid membranes in Arabidopsis

    Tomasz K. Goral;Matthew P. Johnson;Christopher D. P. Duffy;Anthony P. R. Brain

  • The FtsH Protease slr0228 Is Important for Quality Control of Photosystem II in the Thylakoid Membrane of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

    Josef Komenda;Josef Komenda;Myles Barker;Stanislava Kuviková;Stanislava Kuviková;Remco de Vries

  • Excitation-energy quenching in aggregates of the LHC II chlorophyll-protein complex: a time-resolved fluorescence study

    Conrad W. Mullineaux;Conrad W. Mullineaux;Andrew A. Pascal;Peter Horton;Alfred R. Holzwarth

  • Phycobilisome Diffusion Is Required for Light-State Transitions in Cyanobacteria

    Sarah Joshua;Conrad W. Mullineaux

  • NAB1 Is an RNA Binding Protein Involved in the Light-Regulated Differential Expression of the Light-Harvesting Antenna of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Jan H. Mussgnug;Lutz Wobbe;Ingolf Elles;Christina Claus

  • Excitation energy transfer from phycobilisomes to Photosystem I in a cyanobacterium

    Conrad W. Mullineaux

  • Phycobilisome-reaction centre interaction in cyanobacteria

    Conrad W. Mullineaux

  • Diffusion of Phycobilisomes on the Thylakoid Membranes of the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus 7942: EFFECTS OF PHYCOBILISOME SIZE, TEMPERATURE, AND MEMBRANE LIPID COMPOSITION

    Mary Sarcina;Mark J. Tobin;Conrad W. Mullineaux

  • Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Trimeric Light-Harvesting Complex II from Higher Plants

    J. P. Connelly;M. G. Muller;M. Hucke;G. Gatzen

  • Excitation energy transfer from phycobilisomes to Photosystem I in a cyanobacterial mutant lacking Photosystem II

    Conrad W. Mullineaux

  • The state 2 transition in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus 6301 can be driven by respiratory electron flow into the plastoquinone pool

    Conrad W. Mullineaux;John F. Allen

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Nixon
Peter J. Nixon Imperial College London
Enrique Flores
Enrique Flores Spanish National Research Council
John Allen
John Allen Coventry University
Colin Robinson
Colin Robinson University of Kent
Antonia Herrero
Antonia Herrero Spanish National Research Council
Alexander V. Ruban
Alexander V. Ruban Queen Mary University of London
Alfred R. Holzwarth
Alfred R. Holzwarth Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Peter Horton
Peter Horton University of Sheffield
Helmut Kirchhoff
Helmut Kirchhoff Washington State University
Olaf Kruse
Olaf Kruse Bielefeld University

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