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  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David S. Kliger is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily focusing on Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a total of 13 publications in each of these main fields.

The subfields in which Kliger has contributed include Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology, both with 13 publications, as well as Materials Chemistry, Plant Science, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering to a lesser extent. Their work covers diverse topics, with a significant emphasis on Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, which is the subject of 18 publications. Other main topics in their research include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry, Perovskite Materials and Applications, and Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties.

Kliger's frequent collaborators include István Szundi, with whom they have co-authored nine papers, as well as Eefei Chen (seven papers), David Farrens (four papers), Stephanie G. Pitch (three papers), and Weekie Yao (three papers).

The primary venues for Kliger's publications are the Biophysical Journal, which includes nine articles, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

  • First Synthesis of Mn-Doped Cesium Lead Bromide Perovskite Magic Sized Clusters at Room Temperature, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Membrane Curvature Revisited-the Archetype of Rhodopsin Studied by Time-Resolved Electronic Spectroscopy, 2020, Biophysical Journal
  • Styrene-maleic acid copolymer effects on the function of the GPCR rhodopsin in lipid nanoparticles, 2021, Biophysical Journal
  • Functional integrity of membrane protein rhodopsin solubilized by styrene-maleic acid copolymer, 2021, Biophysical Journal
  • The open channel state in anion channelrhodopsin GtACR1 is a red-absorbing intermediate, 2024, Biophysical Journal

Among recognized achievements, Kliger was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Polarized light in optics and spectroscopy

    David S. Kliger;James W. Lewis;Cora E. Randall;Rasheed M. A. Azzam

  • Ultrasensitive Laser Spectroscopy

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  • Multiphoton absorption spectra using thermal blooming: I. Theory

    A.J. Twarowski;D.S. Kliger

  • Nanosecond photolysis of rhodopsin: evidence for a new, blue-shifted intermediate.

    Stephan J. Hug;James W. Lewis;Cora M. Einterz;Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson

  • Multiphoton absorption spectra using thermal blooming. II. Two-photon spectrum of benzene

    A.J. Twarowski;D.S. Kliger

  • Retinal rod GTPase turnover rate increases with concentration: A key to the control of visual excitation?

    E.A. Dratz;J.W. Lewis;L.E. Schaechter;K.R. Parker

  • Multiple pathways on a protein-folding energy landscape: Kinetic evidence

    Robert A. Goldbeck;Yiren G. Thomas;Eefei Chen;Raymond M. Esquerra

  • Two-photon spectroscopy of all-trans-retinal. Nature of the low-lying singlet states

    Robert R. Birge;James A. Bennett;Lynn M. Hubbard;Howard L. Fang

  • Direct and sensitized photoisomerization of 1,4-diphenylbutadienes

    W. Atom. Yee;Stephan J. Hug;David S. Kliger

  • New technique for measuring circular dichroism changes on a nanosecond time scale. Application to (carbonmonoxy)myoglobin and (carbonmonoxy)hemoglobin

    J. W. Lewis;R. F. Tilton;C. M. Einterz;S. J. Milder

  • Time-resolved circular dichroism spectroscopy: experiment, theory, and applications to biological systems

    James W. Lewis;Robert A. Goldbeck;David S. Kliger;Xiaoliang Xie

  • Effects of detergent environments on the photocycle of purified monomeric bacteriorhodopsin.

    Steven J. Milder;Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson;Larry J. W. Miercke;Robert M. Stroud

  • Effects of temperature on rhodopsin photointermediates from lumirhodopsin to metarhodopsin II.

    Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson;James W. Lewis;Stacie E. Wallace-Williams;David S. Kliger

  • Hydrogen Bonding to Trp β37 Is the First Step in a Compound Pathway for Hemoglobin Allostery

    Robert A. Goldbeck;Raymond M. Esquerra;David S. Kliger

  • Bacteriorhodopsin D85N: Three spectroscopic species in equilibrium

    George J. Turner;Larry J. W. Miercke;Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson;David S. Kliger

  • Spectral and Kinetic Characterization of Visual Pigment Photointermediates

    David S. Kliger;James W. Lewis

  • TIME-RESOLVED CIRCULAR DICHROISM STUDIES OF PROTEIN FOLDING INTERMEDIATES OF CYTOCHROME C

    Eefei Chen;Matthew J. Wood;and Anthony L. Fink;David S. Kliger

  • Deriving reaction mechanisms from kinetic spectroscopy. Application to late rhodopsin intermediates.

    I. Szundi;J.W. Lewis;D.S. Kliger

  • A NEW PHOTOLYSIS INTERMEDIATE IN ARTIFICIAL AND NATIVE VISUAL PIGMENTS

    C. E. Randall;J. W. Lewis;S. J. Hug;S. C. Bjorling

  • Unusual excitation intensity dependence of fluorescence of CdTe nanoparticles

    Fanxin Wu;James W. Lewis;David S. Kliger;Jin Z. Zhang

  • Nature and functional implications of the cytochrome a3 transients after photodissociation of CO-cytochrome oxidase.

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  • Far-UV Time-Resolved Circular Dichroism Detection of Electron-Transfer-Triggered Cytochrome c Folding

    Eefei Chen;Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede;David S. Kliger

  • CHAPTER 6 – Spectroscopy with Polarized Light

    David S. Kliger;James W. Lewis;Cora Einterz Randall

Frequent Co-Authors

Mordechai Sheves
Mordechai Sheves Weizmann Institute of Science
Jin Z. Zhang
Jin Z. Zhang University of California, Santa Cruz
George S. Hammond
George S. Hammond University of Hawaii at Manoa
Harry B. Gray
Harry B. Gray California Institute of Technology
Michael F. Brown
Michael F. Brown University of Arizona
John S. Olson
John S. Olson Rice University
Cora E. Randall
Cora E. Randall University of Colorado Boulder
Graham Palmer
Graham Palmer Rice University
Robert M. Stroud
Robert M. Stroud University of California, San Francisco
Robert R. Birge
Robert R. Birge University of Connecticut

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