Cramer Lab

Outside Lectures

1. "Mapping of the Heterogenous Dielectric Constant of the Ctyochrome b₆f Complex," Biophysics Seminar Series, Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Biology, UC Davis, Davis, CA, March 7, 2014.

2. "Mapping of the Heterogenous Dielectric Constant of the Ctyochrome b₆f Complex," Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, February 20, 2014.

3. Dielectric Heterogeneity in the Cytochrome b₆f Complex,"  Annual Meeting of the German Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Frankfurt, Germany, October 3, 2013.

4. "Dielectric Heterogeneity of the Cytochrome b₆f Complex,"  XVI International Congress of Photosynthesis, St. Louis, MO, August 12, 2013.

5. “Structure-Function of the Cytochrome b₆f Complex”, International Congress of Photosynthesis, Glasgow, Scotland, July 22-26, 2007.

6. “Structure of the Cytochrome b₆f Complex” and “Structures of Components in the Colicin Translocon”, Department of Membrane Biology, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, July 18-20, 2007.

7. “The Labyrinthine Pathway of Trans-membrane Quinone Transfer in the Cytochrome b₆f complex at the Gordon Conference on Cellular Aspects of Bioenergetics, Proctor Academy, Andover, New Hampshire, June 17-23, 2007. Chaired the session on Cytochrome Complexes.

8. “Trans-membrane Traffic in the Cytochrome b₆f Complex of Oxygenic Photosynthesis.” Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, March 31, 2007.

9. “Trans-membrane Traffic in the Cytochrome b₆f Complex of Oxygenic Photosynthesis.” Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, November 27, 2006.

10. “Consequences of the structure of the cytochromeb₆f complex for its charge transfer pathways,” in Colloquium on Light-Driven Energy Transducers,” 14th European Bioenergetics Conference, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, July 22-27, 2006.

11. "The cytochromeb₆f complex: new prosthetic groups and the labyrinthine trans-membrane pathway of plastoquinone," Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan, June 26, 2006.

12. “Structure-Function of the Cytochromeb₆f Complex of Oxygenic Photosynthesis: Trans-Membrane Traffic and New Prosthetic Groups,” Symposium on Bioenergetics,” June 20, 2006, XXth International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kyoto, Japan, June 18-23, 2006.

13. "Unique Prosthetic Groups and Trans-Membrane Traffic in the Cytochromeb₆f Complex" Workshop on Reaction Mechanisms of Energy-Transducing Metalloenzymes, Center for Advanced Science and Technology, Kyogo University, Japan, June 16-18, 2006.

14. “Structure-Function of the Cytochromeb₆f Complex of Oxygenic Photosynthesis: Trans-Membrane Traffic and New Prosthetic Groups,” Dept. of Membrane Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, Frankfurt, Germany, May 18, 2006.

15. Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of California Berkeley, The Daniel Arnon Lecture, "Structures of the Cytochrome b₆f Complex: it's role in Dan Arnon's electron transport pathway." Berkeley, CA, March 6, 2006.

16. Gordon Research Conference on "Protein-Derived Cofactors, Radicals, and Quinones," "Structure-functionof the cytochrome b₆f complex: new prosthetic groups and binding sites of quinones and anologues, Ventura, CA, January 25, 2006.

17. Department of Biochemistry, Ohio State University, "Two membrane protein structures; 2 sets of questions, Columbus Ohio, November 18, 2005.

18. Department of Physics, Ohio State University, Symposium on Membrane Proteins. Structure of the cytochrome b₆f complex: trans-membrane traffic and new prosthetic groups., Columbus Ohio, October 9, 2005.

19. Danforth Foundation Symposium in Plant Biology. Structure of the b₆f complex: trans-membrane trafiic and new prosthetic groups, St. Louis, MO, September 30, 2005.

20. British Biochemical Society, Binding sites of lipophilic cofactors in the photosynthetic cytochrome b₆f complex, Glosgow, UK, July 18, 2005.

21. Structure of the cytochrome b₆f complex: transmembrane traffic of electrons, protons, and quinones, Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, M. E. Muller Institute for Structural Biology,Biocenter, University of Basel, Switzerland, May 30, 2005.

22. The cytochrome b₆f complex: new prosthetic groups and the definition of Q-space. European Science Foundation Conference on Molecular Bioenergetics of Cyanobacteria, Sant Filiu du Grixols, Spain, May 23-28, 2005.

23. Structure of the cytochromeb₆f complex: transmembrane traffic of electrons, protons, and quinones, Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UNIV.of Nebraska, , Lincoln, NE, March 29, 2005.

24. The cytochrome b₆f complex: consequences for the Q cycle, pathway of quinone transport, assembly and trans-membrane signaling, Western Regional Photosynthesis Conference, Asilomar, California, January 6-9, 2005.

25. Structure of the cytochrome b₆f complex from M. laminosus: how do electrons, protons, and hydrophobic quinines cross a membrane? Grand Challenge in Membrane Biology, Pacific Northwest Lab, Pasco, Washington, December 6, 2004 (internet presentation from Purdue).

26. Structure of the cytochrome b₆f complex: transmembrane traffic of electrons, protons, and quinines, Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, November 12, 2004.

27. The traffic pattern in the cytochrome b₆f complex, 30th annual Midwest Photosynthesis Meeting, Turkey Run, Indiana, October 29-31, 2004.

28. Structure of the cytochrome b₆f complex: new prosthetic groups and quinoine binding sites. Plenary Lecture. XII International Cong. Photosynthesis. Montreal, Canada. August 30, 2004 [ Plenary Lecture given by H. Zhang on behalf of W. Cramer who was absent due to illness].

29. Structure of the cytochrome b₆f complex of oxygenic photosynthesis: an oddly placed chlorophyll and a unique heme, Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry and Biology of Tetrapyrroles, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, July 25-30, 2004.

30. The unusual heme in the cytochrome b₆f complex of oxygenic photosynthesis, Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry and Biology of Tetrapyrroles, Salve Regina University, Newport Rhode Island, July 25-30, 2004.

31. The unusual heme in the cytochrome b₆f complex of oxygenic photosynthesis, Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry and Biology of Tetrapyrroles, Salve Regina University, Newport Rhode Island, July 25-30, 2004.

32. Structure of the cytochrome b₆f complex: new prosthetic groups, trans-membrane quinone ransfer, and a modified Q-cycle, Department of Biochemistry, University of Bologna, Italy, June 4, 2004.

33. Structure of the cytochrome b₆f complex: quinone space and new prosthetic groups, Department of Biology, University of Milan, Italy, June 1, 2004.

34. Unexpected aspects in the X-ray structure of the b₆f complex of oxygenic photosynthesis, Keynote lecture, W. Mejbaum-Katzenellenbogen Seminar on Molecular Biology, Wroclaw/Bielawa, Poland, May 26-30, 2004.

35. Some unexpected aspects in the structure of the cytochrome b₆f complex, Eastern Regional Photosynthesis Conference, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, April 14-16, 2004.

36. Structures of integral membrane proteins involved in transport across membranes, NIGMS 2004 Protein Production & Crystallization Workshop, Bethesda, Maryland, March 29-31, 2004.

37. Searching the caverns in an ancient integral membrane protein: the cytochrome b₆f complex of oxygenic photosynthesis, University of Kansas Medical School, Kansas City, Missouri, February 20, 2004.

38. Protein import: the BtuB receptor translocon for colicin E3, New and Notable, the Biophysical Society Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, February 13-16, 2004.

39. Structure of the cytochrome b₆f complex from the thermophilic cyanobacterium, Mastigocladus laminosus, Bioenergetics Subgroup, Biophysical Society Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, February 13, 2004.

40. Characterization of hetero-oligomeric integral membrane proteins, Protein Production and Characterization Facility meeting, Argonne, Illinois, February 4. 2004.

41. Inside membrane caves, the Cytochrome b₆f complex of oxygenic photosynthesis, The Maurice Hilleman Lecture, Department of Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, January 29, 2004.

42. Structure-function of the cytochrome b₆f complex of oxygenic photosynthesis, Departments of Biophysics, Biochemistry, and Computational Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, December 9, 2003.

43. 3.0 A Structure and Function of the cytochrome b₆f complex from the cyanobacterium, M. laminosus, ( by Dr. H. Zhang, Dr. G. Kurisu, and Prof. Janet Smith), Laboratory of Molecular Biology, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, November 19, 2003.

44. Receptor-mediated protein uptake; the translocon of colicin E3 (by G. Kurisu, Stas Zakharov, Masha Zhalnina, and Yuri Antonenko), NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, November 18, 2003.

45. 3.0 A Structure and Function of the cytochrome b₆f complex from the cyanobacterium, M. laminosus, ( by Dr. H. Zhang, Dr. G. Kurisu, and Prof. Janet Smith), Department. of Chemistry, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, November 12, 2003.

46. 3.0 A Structure and Function of the cytochrome b₆f complex from the cyanobacterium, M. laminosus, ( by Dr. H. Zhang, Dr. G. Kurisu, and Prof. Janet Smith), Midwest Photosynthesis Meeting, Turkey Run State Park, Marshall, Indiana, November 2-3, 2003. Keynote address.

47. American Crystallographic Association, Covington, Kentucky, July 27-28, 2003. “Structure of the Cytochrome b₆f Complex,” G. Kurisu, presenter.

48. Structure of the cytochrome b₆f complex of oxygenic photosynthesis Department of Physics, University of California/San Diego, July 16, 2003.

49. Receptor-mediated import of colicin E3: structure of the complex of the cobalamin receptor and the colicin receptor binding domain, Burnham Institute for Cancer Research, La Jolla, California, July 15, 2003.

Structure-Function of Membrane Proteins

• Cytochrome b₆f Complex; Energy Transduction
• Omps; Receptor Function; Colicin Import; Vaccines
• Alpha-Synuclein/Parkinson's Disease