Asmit Bhowmick
Biophysicist Research Scientist
Research Interests
- Unravelling the relationship between structure, dynamics and function of enzymes using
- Time-resolved structural studies at X-ray free-electron lasers (XFEL)
- Simulating biological systems using Molecular Dynamics/Quantum mechanical methods
- X-ray crystallography data analysis – developing new methods for active sites of metalloenzymes
- Current systems of interest include Photosystem II, a multi-subunit membrane enzyme catalyzing the water oxidation reaction.
Recent Publications
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Congratulations to Biosciences Area Director’s Award Recipients
Several Biosciences Area personnel are among the 2024 recipients of Berkeley Lab Director’s Achievement Awards. The program recognizes outstanding contributions by employees to all aspects of Lab activities.
Researchers Capture Elusive Missing Step in Photosynthesis
After decades of effort, scientists have revealed atomic-scale details of the water splitting step of photosynthesis, the chemical process that generates the air we breathe. The latest work adds to our understanding of photosynthesis and will aid the development of fully renewable alternative energy sources.
Crystallography for the Misfit Crystals
Nicholas Sauter, a computer senior scientist in the Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging (MBIB) Division, is co-leading a team working to provide a better way for scientists to study the structures of the many materials that don’t form tidy single crystals. Their new technique, called small-molecule serial femtosecond X-ray crystallography, or smSFX, supercharges traditional crystallography with the addition of custom-built image processing algorithms and an X-ray free electron laser (XFEL). In a paper published in Nature, the team demonstrated proof-of-principle for smSFX and reported the previously unknown structures of two metal-organic materials known as chacogenolates.
