| In the Saito group we study the role of metals used by life, as well as
the distribution and processes affecting the those metals in the marine
environment. We focus on the bioactive metals cobalt, iron, zinc,
cadmium and nickel, and their involvement in metalloenzymes, vitamins,
and proteins within the marine phytoplankton and bacterial cells. Using
mass-spectrometry based proteomic and analytical chemistry methodologies
to measure proteins and chemical species, we aim to unravel the
interactions between these scarce nutritive metals and the microbial
community in the modern ocean and during the co-evolution of life and
the planet's biogeochemical cycles.
Last updated: November 26, 2012 |
