Warrren Sherman
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry
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Education |
B.Sc., King’s College, University of London |
Ph.D., King’s College, University of London |
Postdoctoral, Brandeis University, Waltham , MA |
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Research Interests
Photochemistry and photobiology of synthetic and biological pigments including rhodopsins;
protein structural analysis using spectrophotometric techniques; photochemistry and
high-energy radiation chemistry of organic compounds in solution; bacterial phototaxis
and chemotaxis; radiation safety and biohazards.
Representative Publications
- Sherman, W.V. (1993) `Minorities in Science: The Dialogue', Science, 259 (February
19, 1993), 1105-6.
- Sherman, W. V. and Plotkin, B. J. (1988) `Tactic responses of Halobact¬erium halobium
to light and chemical stimuli', in `Biophys¬ical Studies of Retinal Proteins', ed.
Ebrey, T. G. , Frauenfelder, H. , Honig, B. and Nakanishi, K. , University of Illinois
Press, 44-51.
- Plotkin, B. J. and Sherman, W. V. (1986) `Photomodulation of the Chemosensory response
of Halobacterium halobium',Current Microbiology, 13, 209-213.
- Palmer, P. L.* and Sherman W. V. (1985) `Alkaline quenching of bacterio¬rhodopsin
tryptophanyl fluorescence: Evidence for aqueous accessibility or a hydrogen-bonded
chain',Photochemistry and Photo¬biology, 42, 541-547.
- Plotkin , B. J. , Boyd, M. S.* , Palmer, P. L. and Sherman, W. V. (1985) `Temperature
dependence of the phototactic response of Halobact¬erium halobium', Current Microbiology,
12, 97-100.
- Plotkin, B. J. and Sherman, W. V. (1984) `Spectral heteroge¬neity in protein fluorescence
of bacteriorhod opsin' Biochemistry, 23, 5353 - 5¬360.
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