Masakazu Iwai
Biologist Research Scientist
Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging
- Bioenergetics
Building: 927 (Koshland Hall), Room 431
Mail Stop: 927-0441
Phone: (510) 642-4034
MIwai@lbl.gov
https://masakazuiwai.github.io
Research Interests
- Molecular interactions with a special focus on light-harvesting complex proteins and photosystem protein supercomplexes in thylakoid membranes
- Molecular mechanisms of excitation energy transfer between light-harvesting complex proteins and photosystem protein supercomplexes
- Live-cell visualization of protein diffusion, membrane structures, and dynamics in chloroplast thylakoid membranes at subdiffraction resolution
- Molecular evolution of light-harvesting complex proteins during plant terrestrialization
