David (Dave) Charles Fork (1929-2020): a gentle human being, a great experimenter, and a passionate researcher.

Autor: Govindjee G; Department of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, and Center of Biophysics & Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA. gov@illinois.edu., Peterson LF; Berkeley, CA, USA., Satoh K; Department of Life Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Kohto, Kamigohri, Akogun, Hyogo, 678-1297, Japan., Herbert S; Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 20007, USA., de Kouchkovsky Y; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 7 Rue A. Pécard, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France., Schreiber U; Julius-von-Sachs Institut für Biowissenschaften, Würzburg University, Julius-von-Sachs Platz 2, 97082, Würzburg, Germany., Murata N; National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan., Öquist G; Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, 90 187, Umeå, Sweden., Larkum AWD; Department of Plant Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2050, Australia., Hiyama T; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saitama University, Saitama, 338-8570, Japan., Berry JA; Carnegie Institution for Science, 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA. jberry@carnegiescience.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Photosynthesis research [Photosynth Res] 2023 Jan; Vol. 155 (1), pp. 107-125. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 27.
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-022-00964-1
Abstrakt: We provide here an overview of the remarkable life and outstanding research of David (Dave) Charles Fork (March 4, 1929-December 13, 2021) in oxygenic photosynthesis. In the words of the late Jack Edgar Myers, he was a top 'photosynthetiker'. His research dealt with novel findings on light absorption, excitation energy distribution, and redistribution among the two photosystems, electron transfer, and their relation to dynamic membrane change as affected by environmental changes, especially temperature. David was an attentive listener and a creative designer of experiments and instruments, and he was also great fun to work with. He is remembered here by his family, coworkers, and friends from around the world including Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden, Israel, and USA.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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