K. Morigaki

Evidence for a transfer-to-trap mechanism of fluorophore concentration quenching in lipid bilayers

The paper investigates fluorescence quenching in lipid bilayers using FLIM and finds varying quenching behavior among fluorophores, supporting a transfer-to-trap mechanism with concentration-dependent trap formation.

Enhancing the spectral range of plant and bacterial Light-Harvesting pigment-protein complexes with various synthetic chromophores incorporated into lipid vesicles

This study evaluates five synthetic chromophores' effectiveness in expanding the absorption range of plant and bacterial light-harvesting complexes using lipid vesicles.

Understanding the photophysics and structural organization of photosynthetic proteins using model lipid membranes assembled from natural plant thylakoids

This paper develops hybrid membranes from natural photosynthetic membranes and synthetic lipids to study the relationship between light-harvesting protein organization and photophysical properties, finding altered fluorescence lifetimes and potential issues with current electron transfer assays.

Affinity of rhodopsin to raft enables the aligned oligomer formation from dimers: Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation of disk membranes

This study uses coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations to show that raftophilic H1/H8 rhodopsin dimers form aligned rows stabilized by lipid rafts, enhancing phototransduction efficiency.