Applications of this technology

 
Gorbunov MY, Falkowski PG (2021) Using chlorophyll fluorescence kinetics to determine photosynthesis in aquatic ecosystems. Limnol Oceanogr. 66:1-13. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11581 

Gorbunov MY, Falkowski PG (2022) Using chlorophyll fluorescence to determine the fate of photons absorbed by phytoplankton in the world’s oceans.  Ann. Rev Marine Sciences, 14:213-238. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-032621-122346 
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Lin, H., Kuzminov, F. I., Park, J., Lee, S., Falkowski, P. G., & Gorbunov, M. Y. (2016). The fate of photons absorbed by phytoplankton in the global ocean. Science, 351(6270), 264-267.  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aab2213

Gorbunov MY, E Shirsin, E Nikonova, VV Fadeev, and PG Falkowski (2020) A multi-spectral Fluorescence Induction and Relaxation technique for physiological and taxonomic analysis of phytoplankton communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 644: 1-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13358

Gorbunov MY and PG Falkowski (2024) Using picosecond fluorescence lifetime analysis to determine photosynthesis in the world’s oceans. – Photosynthesis Res., DOI: 10.1007/s11120-023-01060-8.​

Gorbunov MY, and Falkowski PG (2005). Fluorescence Induction and Relaxation (FIRe) Technique and Instrumentation for Monitoring Photosynthetic Processes and Primary Production in Aquatic Ecosystems. In: “Photosynthesis: Fundamental Aspects to Global Perspectives” (Eds: A. van der Est and D. Bruce), Allen Press, V.2, pp. 1029-1031.

Tchernov D., Gorbunov M.Y., de Vargas C., Vardi A., Haggblom M., and Falkowski P.G. (2004) Membrane lipids of symbiotic algae are diagnostic of sensitivity to thermal bleaching in corals. – Proc Nat Acad Sci USA, 10.1073/pnas.0402907101, Aug 30, 2004. 
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Park, J., Kuzminov, F. I., Bailleul, B., Yang, E. J., Lee S. H., Falkowski, P. G., & Gorbunov, M. Y. (2017). Light availability rather than Fe controls the magnitude of phytoplankton blooms in the Amundsen Sea polynyas, Antarctica. Limnology Oceanography, DOI: 10.1002/lno.10565. 

JM Buck, J Sherman, CR Bártulos, M Serif, M Halder, J Henkel, A Falciatore, J Lavaud, MY Gorbunov, PG Kroth, PG Falkowski, B Lepetit (2019) Lhcx proteins provide photoprotection via thermal dissipation of absorbed light in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum - Nature Communications 10 (1), 1-12. 

​Levitan O, Chen M., Kuang X., Cheong KY, Jiang J., Banal M., Nambiar N., Gorbunov M.Y., Ludtke S.J., Falkowski P.G., and Dai W. (2019) Structural and Functional Analyses of Photosystem II in the Marine Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum - Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA,116 (35): 17316-17322. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1906726116

Established in 1991

This novel variable fluorescence technology relies on over 30 years of R&D in bio-optics and scientific instrumentation, including development of operational and commercial Fast Repetition Rate (FRR) fluorometers, FIRe instruments, LIDARs, ​photoacoustic devices, and picosecond lifetime fluorometers. ​

Our Goal

Combine Excellence in Science, Research, and Engineering. ​