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John M. Olson (biophysicist)

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John M. Olson
Born
John Melvin Olson

September 18, 1929
DiedJuly 2, 2017(2017-07-02) (aged 87)
Alma materWesleyan University
University of Pennsylvania
Known forFMO complex
Spouse(s)Caroline Claypool (m. 1953; 3 children) (d. 2008)
Betty Schaffer
(m. 2011)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry · Biology
InstitutionsBrookhaven National Laboratory
Odense University
Doctoral advisorMartin Kamen
Other academic advisorsBritton Chance
Lucile Smith

John M. Olson (September 18, 1929 – July 2, 2017) was an American biophysicist and pioneer researcher in photosynthesis, especially light harvesting complex of green sulfur bacteria.[1]

In 1962 Olson was the first to discover and characterize pigment-protein complex of green sulfur bacteria (Chlorobiota), which was later named after him as Fenna–Matthews–Olson complex.[1][2] In 1980s he intensively studied bacteriochlorophyll self-assembly in chlorosomes of green sulfur and green non-sulfur bacteria.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Blankenship, R.E., Brune, D.C. & Olson, J.C. (2018). "Remembering John M. Olson (1929–2017)". Photosynthesis Research. 137 (2): 161–169. doi:10.1007/s11120-018-0489-9. PMID 29460034. S2CID 254935010.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Olson J.M., Romano C.A. (1962). "A new chlorophyll from green bacteria" (PDF). Biochim Biophys Acta. 59 (3): 726–728. doi:10.1016/0006-3002(62)90659-5. PMID 14481936.
  3. ^ Olson J.M. (1998). "Chlorophyll organization and function in green photosynthetic bacteria". Photochem Photobiol. 67: 61–75. doi:10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb05166.x. S2CID 84418381.

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