Iris D. Young

Computational Project Scientist

Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging

Structural Biology

Building: 33, Room 0339C
Mail Stop: 33R0345
idyoung@lbl.gov
https://irisdyoung.github.io/

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Chloro-phylling in the Answers to Big Questions

December 1, 2021

A team of scientists, including many in the Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, uncovered new details about the reaction that powers photosynthesis. Understanding this reaction could lead to world-changing advances in technology, medicine, or energy––and also gives insight into how the enzyme photosystem II produces the oxygen we breathe. Their latest work was recently published in Nature Communications and two of the authors, Vittal Yachandra and Philipp Simon, spoke with Strategic Communications about that, shooting stuff with lasers, and why they chose this field of research.

Showtime for Photosynthesis

June 4, 2020

An international team led by researchers in Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging (MBIB) Division has revealed a key step in the molecular mechanism behind the water splitting reaction of photosynthesis. The finding could help inform the design of renewable energy technology.

Scientists Capture Photosynthesis in Unprecedented Detail

November 7, 2018

Using the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory’s Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray laser, an international collaboration led by scientists at Berkeley Lab and SLAC captured the all four stable oxidation states of photosystem II— plus two transitional states—at natural temperature and the highest resolution to date.

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