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Chloroplast Function and Photosynthesis

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Chloroplasts are special semi-autonomous organelles. They contain the chlorophyll which are essential pigments for harvesting solar energy in photosynthetic systems. Chloroplast's role is multifaceted, in not only carrying out the photosynthesis process but also acting as a hub for signaling and metabolic pathways. It is generally accepted that understanding the mystery of photosynthesis and chloroplast offers one promising way to increase crop production and sustain the planet's ecology.

This Collection welcomes original research on chloroplast function or photosynthesis, from cyanobacteria and algae to plants, including molecular and cellular strategies to embark on a journey into the solar energy transformation.

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Boon Leong Lim, DPhil, University of Hong Kong, China

Boon Leong Lim is a Professor at the University of Hong Kong. His group has pioneered the use of ATP, NADPH and NADH/NAD+ ratiometric fluorescence protein sensors for real-time measurements of these energy molecules in different subcellular compartments in living plants. By seeing what couldn’t be seen previously using these novel sensors, his group resolved and clarified some long-standing debates in plant bioenergetics. Professor Lim has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2019.

 

Arun K. Shanker, PhD, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), India

Arun K. Shanker is a Principal Scientist (Plant Physiology) at the ICAR – Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture. His research interests include the abiotic stress and specifically photosystem II electron transport dynamics under multiple stresses. Dr. Shanker has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2021.

 

 

Yoshihiro Shiraiwa, PhD, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Yoshihiro Shiraiwa is a Professor Emeritus in University of Tsukuba. His main research areas are physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology in green microalgae and haptophytes isolated from various environmental conditions. The topics focused mainly are microalgal growth, CO2-acclimation mechanism, photosynthetic carbon fixation and the primary carbon metabolism, the CO2-concentrating mechanism, lipid metabolism, alkenone biosynthesis, biofuel production, biocalcification, the function of selenium and genetic nuclear transformation. Professor Shiraiwa has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2019.