Teaching Material

Photosynthesis Education

Historical Papers

References for The Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration

Courses

• Click here to see the Spring 1998 Biology 121 (plants) web pages
• Biology 121 Notes (1998)
  
• Fluorescence as a Probe: Biochemistry 494-A, Spring 1999
  

"Photosynthesis and the Web" Pages

• Teaching Photosynthesis from the Internet: An overview by Govindjee
• Click here for Photosynthesis On-line by "L.Orr and Govindjee"
• For the Unitiated: What on Earth is "Photosynthesis"? A description and a scheme for the "light reactions." Dino needs it and even your dog needs it.
• What is Photosynthesis? It includes Applications. Also on Indo-USA Science & Technology site.
• Why Study Photosynthesis by Devens Gust
• Photosynthesis (Carbon concentrating mechanism) Tutorial from unm.edu
• Yvan Fracheboud explains the use of Chlorophyll Fluorescence for studying Photosynthesis
• See Hartmut Michel's website
• Cytochrome b-c complex site (UIUC, Urbana) by A.R. Crofts et al.

Learn the Steps of Photosynthesis

• Photosynthesis & Time web site (Govindjee and Matej Lexa). Copyright Govindjee. For basics, please consult : articles by John Whitmarsh< and Govindjee (1995-2001); also "click" on various parts of the diagram itself to know the names of the parts. Note some parts are currently not working! If interested in improving it or replacing it, or providing other links, please send E-mail to: gov@illinois.edu.
• Click here to download files for teaching basics of photosynthesis. This material is copyrighted by Govindjee (1996) or Matej Lexa and John Cheeseman (1996). Note some parts are currently not working! If interested in improving it or replacing it, or providing other links, please send E-mail to: gov@illinois.edu.
• See Chlorophyll fluorescence (red) of two leaves change with time when exposed by #051FB0 light , one treated with herbicide diuron (the left one) and the other not; you will see that in the treated leaf, fluorescence is high and remains high, whereas in the other leaf fluorescence decreases with time, called the Kautsky Effect (see Govindjee 1995). Click on Govindjee et al. (in #051FB0 ) and then click on the leaf that appears. You will get "For Kautsky" from "Small_Kautsky.mov"; then, you click on the left bottom arrow in "For Kautsky" panel, and you can then enjoy the short movie. Have fun. Movie by Govindjee /Fred Chow/ Brad Sherman Note some parts are currently not working! If interested in improving it or replacing it, or providing other links, please send E-mail to: gov@illinois.edu.

A few Chapters by Govindjee

• "The Photosynthetic Process" by J. Whitmarsh and Govindjee (1999; Concepts in Photobiology, under "Announcements" on the main page)
• "Milestones in photosynthesis" by Govindjee" (2000)
• "Carotenoids in photosynthesis: An historical perspective" by Govindjee" (1999)

Incomplete list of Books

• Photosynthesis: Solar Energy for Life, by D. Shevela, L.O. Bjorn, and Govindjee
• Molecular Mechanisms of Photosynthesis, by R.E. Blankenship
• Books in the"Advances In Photosynthesis and Respiration" series. (started in 1994 (vol.1); now in Volume 44.)
• "Light Emission by Plants and Bacteria", ed. Govindjee, J. Amesz, and D.C Fork, 1986.
• "Bioenergetics of Photosynthesis", ed. Govindjee
• "Photosynthesis" by Rabinowitch and Govindjee (1969)

 

Research

• See a link for Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration
• See a link for Photosynthesis Research
• See a link for Photosynthetica

Links to Other Useful Sites

• Annual Reviews of Plant Biology
• Protein data Bank
• Link to Dictionaries - see also Webster, Oxford, Cambridge, and Thesaurus
• Link to Composition
• Websites of Plant and Allied Sciences

People

• Here you will find photographs of some of the pioneers of photosynthesis research such as Bill Arnold ; Lou Duysens ; Robert Emerson ; Stacey French ; Eugene Rabinowitch ; and Otto Warburg;
• Photos from the 1999 Gordon Photosynthesis Conference. Check here.
• A page on Nobel laureates in photosynthesis and related research
• An older list of Fellows of Royal Society, UK related to photosynthesis research (also see their website)
• An older list of members of the National Academy of Sciences, USA related to photosynthesis research (also see their website)
• Click here for a list of people who have collaborated with Govindjee over the years.