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September 27, 2023

Dr. John Spudich: Shining a brilliant light

A member of the McGovern Medical School faculty since 1991, John Spudich, PhD, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, has focused his career on microbial rhodopsins, specifically on the light-gated channel activity of channelrhodopsins. Serving as sensory photoreceptors to control movement in response to light, channelrhodopsins have been the driving force for the technology of […]