Remembering Navasard V. Karapetyan (1936-2015).
Navasard Vaganovich Karapetyan (September 6, 1936-March 6, 2015) began his scientific career at the Bach Institute of Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, and was associated with this institute for over 56 years. He worked in the area of biochemistry and biophysics of photosynthesis and was especially known for his studies on chlorophyll a fluorescence in higher plants and cyanobacteria, molecular organization of Photosystem I, photoprotective energy dissipation, and dynamics of energy migration in the two photosystems. We present here a brief biography and comments on the work of Navasard Karapetyan. We remember him as an enthusiastic person who had an unflagging curiosity, energy and profound sincere interest in many aspects of photosynthesis research.
Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 33, bld. 2, Leninsky Ave., Moscow, Russia, 119071. nyurina@inbi.ras.ru.
Nadezhda P
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Yurina
Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 33, bld. 2, Leninsky Ave., Moscow, Russia, 119071.
Vladimir O
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Popov
Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 33, bld. 2, Leninsky Ave., Moscow, Russia, 119071.
Alexander A
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Krasnovsky
Department of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, and Center of Biophysics & Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Govindjee
D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D000077194:Chlorophyll A; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D005453:Fluorescence; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D045331:Photosystem I Protein Complex / Q000378:metabolism
D045331:Photosystem I Protein Complex; D002734:Chlorophyll; C085815:chlorophyll a'; D000077194:Chlorophyll A
Antenna; Biochemistry and biophysics of photosynthesis; Cyanobacteria; Fluorescence quenching; Long-wavelength absorbing chlorophyll a; P700; Photosystem I; Reaction center