Our Lab is focusing on questions dealing with how micro-organisms cope with their environments.
The organism I’m using as a model in my research is the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. We are trying to understand why under different nutrient depletion like phosphate, nitrogen or sulfate, although many unique responses can be monitored, in all cases this is accompanied by reduction in the photosynthesis complex I (PSI) activity. Is this phenomena is part of the cell protection mechanism for example?