Martin Byrdin

The paper elucidates the structural basis of the two-photon photoactivation mechanism of orange carotenoid protein using a combination of structural and biochemical methods.

The paper examines how triplet state population dynamics affect GFP-type fluorescence and photobleaching, showing linear photon budget dependence on power density and improved photostability with ms pulses.

The paper determines the crystal structure of a bacterial photoactivated adenylate cyclase at room temperature using serial femtosecond crystallography and compares it with cryo structures to study structural changes upon light exposure.