PHOTOBIOLOGICAL
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Photobiology is broadly defined to include all biological phenomena involving non-ionizing radiation. It is recognized that photobiological responses are the result of chemical and/or physical changes induced in biological systems by non-ionizing radiation.
(Constitution of the American Society for Photobiology)
The goals of photobiology are:
(1) To understand the basic mechanisms of photobiology;
this knowledge can then be used to:
(2) Develop ways to control the beneficial effects of light upon our environment;
(3) Promote ways to protect against the detrimental effects of light on biological organisms, including humans; and
(4) Develop photochemical tools and techniques for use in research, medicine, and industry.
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INTRODUCTION
What is Photobiology?
Kendric C. Smith
A Century of Photobiology
Thomas P. Coohill
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HISTORICAL VIGNETTES IN PHOTOBIOLOGY
Stephen Hales and Sunlight
Dennis Valenzeno
Origin of UV-A, B and C
Fred Urbach
Niels Rydberg Finsen
Dennis Valenzeno
PUVA: An Ancient Remedy?
Dennis Valenzeno
Vision - The Medieval Eye
Clyde W. Oyster
Photosensitization - What Stopped the Wiggling?
Dennis Valenzeno
Bioluminescence - History
John Lee
Is it Really the Jablonski Diagram?
Alexander A. Krasnovsky
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PHOTOPHYSICS
Basic Photophysics
Antonie J.W.G. Visser and Olaf J. Rolinski
Radiometric Quantities and Units Used in Photobiology (PDF)
David H. Sliney
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SPECTROSCOPY
Basic Spectroscopy
Santi Nonell and Cristiano Viappiani
Singlet Oxygen Spectroscopy - A Virtual Experiment
Santi Nonell and Merrill Tarr
Biological Action Spectra
Holly L. Gorton
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PHOTOCHEMISTRY
Basic Photochemistry
Kendric C. Smith
Photochemistry: Theoretical Concepts and Reaction Mechanisms
Yuri V. Il'ichev
Glossary of Terms Used in Photochemistry, 3rd Ed. 2006 (PDF)
IUPAC, Silvia E. Braslavsky, Editor
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PHOTOSENSITIZATION
Basic Photosensitization
Nancy L. Oleinick
Determining the Mechanism of Photosensitized Oxidations
Jeffrey R. Kanofsky
Molecular Targets of Photosensitization
Garry R. Buettner
Photosensitization of Subcellular Structures
Terje Christensen
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ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION PHOTOBIOLOGY
Basic Ultraviolet Radiation Photobiology
Kendric C. Smith
History of Ultraviolet Photobiology
Philip E. Hockberger
Recombinational DNA Repair
Kendric C. Smith
Nucleotide Excision Repair in Human Cells
James E. Cleaver
Photoreactivation
John Jagger
DNA Double-Strand Breaks
Kendric C. Smith
DNA-Protein Crosslinks
Kendric C. Smith and Martin D. Shetlar
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ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOBIOLOGY
Basic Environmental Photobiology
Linda Chalker-Scott
Modeling Leaf Optical Properties
Stéphane Jacquemoud and Susan L. Ustin
Role of Anthocyanins in Plant Photoprotection
Kevin S. Gould
Ultraviolet Effects on Phytoplankton
Donat-P. Häder
Report of an NAS/NAE Panel on Biological Impacts of Increased Intensities of
Solar Ultraviolet Radiation, 1973
Kendric C. Smith, Chairman
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PHOTOMEDICINE
Basic Photomedicine
Ying-Ying Huang, Pawel Mroz and Michael R. Hamblin
Human Photosensitive Diseases of DNA Repair
James E. Cleaver
Photosensitizers in Medicine
Kristian Berg
Introduction to Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
David Kessel
Photodynamic Therapy and Signal Transduction
Anatoly B. Uzdensky
Low-Level Laser or LED Therapy is Phototherapy
Kendric C. Smith
Mechanisms of Low Level Light Therapy (LLLT)
Michael R. Hamblin
Action Spectra: Their Importance for Low Level Light Therapy
Tiina Karu
Photoimmunology
Faith Strickland
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NON-VISUAL PHOTORECEPTION
Non-Visual Photoreception in Invertebrates
Carlo Musio and Silvia Santillo
Circadian Rhythm and Human Health
Joan E. Roberts
Molecular Evolution and Functional Diversity of Opsin-Based Photopigments
Akihisa Terakita and Mitsumasa Koyanagi
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VISION
Ocular Geometry and Topography
Clyde W. Oyster
The Visual Cycle: Generation of 11-cis Retinal for Photoreceptors
Ryan O. Parker and Rosalie K. Crouch
Cataracts
Clyde W. Oyster
Photobiology of the Human Lens
Joan E. Roberts
Retina: Photoreceptors and Functional Organization
Clyde W. Oyster
Photobiology of the Retina: Light-Induced Damage to the Retina
Malgorzata Rozanowska, Bartosz Rozanowski, Michael Boulton
Photobiology of the Cornea
Anthony P. Cullen
Photobiology of the Uveal Tract
Dan-Ning Hu
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PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS
Basic Photomorphogenesis
James Shinkle
Photoreceptor Mutants for the Study of Photoreceptor Interactions
Keara A. Franklin, Garry C. Whitelam and James Shinkle
Blue Light Sensing in Plants
John Christie
Photomorphogenesis in Natural Light Environments
Keara A. Franklin, Garry C. Whitelam and James Shinkle
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PHOTOMOVEMENT
Basic Photomovement
Francesco Lenci
Photomovement of Bacteria and Archaea
Wouter Hoff
Photomovement of Ciliates
Francesco Lenci, Giovanni Checcucci, Antonella Sgarbossa
Confocal Microscopy of Ciliated Protozoa
Giuliano Colombetti, Giovanni Checcucci, Paolo Bianchini
Light-Directed Motility of Eukaryotes at the Microscale
Kenneth W. Foster
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PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Basic Photosynthesis
Thomas M. Brennan
Photosynthesis Timelines
Thomas M. Brennan
Photosynthetic Reaction Centers
Charles Yocum
Oxygen Evolution
Charles Yocum
Systems Biology of Photosynthesis
Xin-Guang Zhu
Applied Photosynthesis for Biofuels Production
Mike Seibert
Bacterial Photosynthesis
Michael R. Jones
Light and Chloroplast Enzyme Activity
Peter Schürmann
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BIOLUMINESCENCE
Basic Bioluminescence
John Lee
Bioluminescence Timelines
John Lee
Firefly Bioluminescence
Bruce R. Branchini
Structure and Spectra in Bioluminescence
John Lee and Eugene S. Vysotski
Terrestrial Bioluminescence
Vadim R. Viviani
Bacterial Bioluminescence: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Leo Yen-Cheng Lin and Edward A. Meighen
Dinoflagellate Bioluminescence and its Circadian Regulation
J. Woodland Hastings, Wayne Schultz, Liyun Liu
The Diversity of Light-Producing Marine Organisms
Steven H.D. Haddock
Green Fluorescent Protein: A Molecular Microscope
Marc Zimmer
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