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Jan Kern is affiliated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Their primary research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Physics and Astronomy. Within these areas, their work focuses on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Radiation, and Structural Biology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several research topics, including:

  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
  • X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis

Among Jan Kern's recent publications are the following:

  • 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
  • Solar energy conversion by photosystem II: principles and structures, 2023, Photosynthesis Research
  • 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
  • Using X-ray free-electron lasers for spectroscopy of molecular catalysts and metalloenzymes, 2021, Nature Reviews Physics

Kern frequently collaborates with a core group of coauthors. These include Junko Yano, Vittal K. Yachandra, Nicholas K. Sauter, Asmit Bhowmick, and Franklin D. Fuller.

The scientist's work has appeared predominantly in notable publication venues, including:

  • Structural Dynamics
  • Photosynthesis Research
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature

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

  • 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

  • Photosystem II: Structure and mechanism of the water:plastoquinone oxidoreductase

    Jan Kern;Gernot Renger

  • 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

  • Solar energy conversion by photosystem II: principles and structures

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  • 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

  • A multi-crystal wavelength dispersive x-ray spectrometer.

    Roberto Alonso-Mori;Jan Kern;Dimosthenis Sokaras;Tsu-Chien Weng

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

    Bernhard Loll;Jana Kern;Wolfram Saenger;Athina Zouni

Frequent Co-Authors

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

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