April 25, 2011Extra Chlorophyll Helps Bacteria PhotosynthesizeEighth---and previously unknown---bacteriochlorophyll may be missing link to help understand how bacteria turn sunlight into energy
April 28, 2009Blankenship lab part of largest DOE research award in campus historyWashington University and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center will be home to two of 46 new multimillion-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs)
April 13, 2009FMO protein in green sulfur bacteria revealed in new detailVital link between chlorosome and reaction center
August 8, 2007Blankenship named Lucille P. Markey Distinguished ProfessorEstablished to commemorate Markey and her interest in basic medical research.
June 21, 2005Researchers find photosynthesis deep within oceanDiscovery of green sulfur bacteria living near hydrothermal vents has major implications for where photosynthesis happens and where life may reside
April 4, 2005Shedding Light On Photosynthesis2-D method directly measures electronic coupling in a photosynthetic complex
September 6, 2004ASU, TGen to Tackle Fundamental Question of EvolutionMay help answer one of science's biggest questions:how the world-changing process of photosynthesis first evolved