Professor at Stockholm University, Sweden. Weekend violinist. We study how enzymes work and how biological systems capture energy.
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Extremely proud to share our integrative work on long-range charge transfer mechanism in mycobacterial supercomplexes - now out in Nature Comms! Thanks for the great collaboration with Brzezinski&Högbom Labs and @KAWstiftelsen for funding. rdcu.be/dLpSC
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I’m extremely grateful for the ERC Advanced Grant – with the awarded 2.5 Mio EUR, we will tackle how electrodynamics effects control the energy currents of life. su.se/english/news/articles/…
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Join us for the 23rd European Bioenergetics Conference, EBEC-2026 in beautiful Stockholm, Aug 22-27, 2026. Expecting 500+ participants with fantastic speakers. A few days left for early bird registration (March 31), selected Orals until April 3. More on: ebec2026.org
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Thank you @KAWstiftelsen for producing this wonderful video on our research, and for the generous long-term support of our work
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I am extremely honored for the Göran Gustafsson Prize in Chemistry 2025. Thank you GG-Foundation & Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences @ScienceAcad_swe for this amazing recognition! kva.se/nyheter/fem-forskare-…
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Very proud to share our latest work on the ancient the Na+-pumping Rnf complex – now out in Nature Comms. Thank you Schuller & Müller Labs for great collaboration, and @KAWstiftelsen for generous funding nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Very happy to share our latest work on the mechanism of the Membrane-Bound Superoxide Oxidase – now out in JACS! Thank you Högbom and von Ballmoos Labs for a nice collaboration & @KAWstiftelsen for supporting our work! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
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Very happy to share our latest work on the Mechanism of proton release during water oxidation in Photosystem II - now out in PNAS. Many thanks to Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW) for supporting our work. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…
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Extremely honored and grateful for being appointed into a Wallenberg Scholar. Thank you @KAWstiftelsen for supporting our long-term research. su.se/department-of-biochemi…
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Now out in PNAS - we show how lansoprazole - a common acid reflux drug, blocks the respiratory enzyme of M. smegmatis, a close relative of tuberculosis bacteria. Wonderful collaboration w Högbom & Brzezinski labs. Thank you @KAWstiftelsen for funding. pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pn…
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Many congrats to our former postdoc Abhishek Sirohiwal @ab_sirohiwal for starting as an Assistant Professor at @iiscbangalore !
I am elated to share the news that I have joined Indian Institute of Science (@iiscbangalore) as an Assistant Professor. I would like to thank my mentors, friends, family members and all well wishers. #newPI
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I am elated to share the news that I have joined Indian Institute of Science (@iiscbangalore) as an Assistant Professor. I would like to thank my mentors, friends, family members and all well wishers. #newPI
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Extremely proud to share our integrative work on how 'Dissected antiporter modules establish the minimal proton-conducting elements in Complex I' – now out in Nature Comms! Many thanks to @KAWstiftelsen & @Vetenskapsradetfor funding. nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
ALT https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53194-5
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Check out our paper on proton-coupled electron transfer reactions in alternative oxidase (AOX) from Trypanosoma - now out in Chemical Science pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/Arti…
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Extremely proud of my PhD student Friederike Allgöwer for excellently defending her PhD thesis - well done Rike!
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Many congrats to my PhD student Daniel Riepl for excellently defending his PhD thesis at @Stockholm_Uni - so proud of you Daniel!
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So proud of my PhD student Max Pöverlein @mpoeverlein who successfully defended his PhD thesis at @Stockholm_Uni - well done Max!
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Check out our latest pre-print on mechanisms of supercomplex formation:
Protein-Induced Membrane Strain Drives Supercomplex Formation biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_biophys
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Check out our pre-print on color-tuning Photosystem II beyond the red-light limit
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Check out our latest pre-print on light-driven proton release in Photosystem II:
Mechanism of Proton Release during Water Oxidation in Photosystem II biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_biophys
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