Max Planck Institute for Medical Research

Scientific Career of Dr. Thomas Barends

Thomas R. M. Barends — Thomas R. M. Barends

Thomas R. M. Barends

Thomas R. M. Barends — Thomas R. M. Barends

Thomas R. M. Barends

Education

1998, August: MSc Chemistry, University of Groningen, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesMSc Chemistry, University of Groningen, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
2004, April: PhD, University of Groningen, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Professional Career

2005 - 2010: Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Germany; Postdoc in the Department of Prof. Ilme Schlichting. Research focused on blue light-activated proteins and chaperones.
2010 - 2013: Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Germany; Staff Scientist in the Department of Prof. Ilme Schlichting. Research focused on methods development for the use of X-ray free electron lasers for structural biology
2014- present: Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Germany; Independent group leader position funded by the Department of Biomolecular Mechanisms (Prof. Ilme Schlichting) and the European Research Council. Research focused on anammox biochemistry and ladderane biosynthesis

Conference Organization

March 2014: 22nd Annual Meeting of the German Crystallographic Society; co-chair of the session “Hot New Structures”
March 2017: 25th Annual Meeting of the German Crystallographic Society; chair of the session “New Approaches in Structural Biology”

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Selected Publications

Dietl, A.; Ferousi, C.; Maalcke, W. J.; Menzel, A.; de Vries, S.; Keltjens, J. T.; Jetten, M. S. M.; Kartal, B.; Barends, T. R. M.: The inner workings of the hydrazine synthase multiprotein complex. Nature 527 (7578), pp. 394 - 397 (2015)

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Barends, T. R.M.; Foucar, L.; Botha, S.; Doak, B.; Shoeman, R. L.; Nass, K.; Koglin, J. E.; Williams, G. J.; Boutet, S.; Messerschmidt, M. et al.; Schlichting, I.: De novo protein crystal structure determination from X-ray free-electron laser data. Nature 505 (7482), pp. 244 - 247 (2014)

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Barends, T. R.M.; Foucar, L.; Ardevol, A.; Nass, K.; Aquila, A.; Botha, S.; Doak, R. B.; Falahati, K.; Hartmann, E.; Hilpert, M. et al.; Heinz, M.; Hoffmann, M. C.; Köfinger, J.; Koglin, J. E.; Kovacsova, G.; Liang, M.; Milathianaki, D.; Lemke, H. T.; Reinstein, J.; Roome, C. M.; Shoeman, R. L.; Williams, G. J.; Burghardt, I.; Hummer, G.; Boutet, S.; Schlichting, I.: Direct observation of ultrafast collective motions in CO myoglobin upon ligand dissociation. Science 350 (6259), pp. 445 - 450 (2015)

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Pol, A.; Barends, T. R.M.; Dietl, A.; Khadem, A. F.; Eygensteyn, J.; Jetten, M. S. M.; den Camp, H. J. M. O.: Rare earth metals are essential for methanotrophic life in volcanic mudpots. Environmental Microbiology Reports 16 (1), pp. 255 - 264 (2014)

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Gorel, A.; Motomura, K.; Fukuzawa, H.; Doak, B.; Grünbein, M. L.; Hilpert, M.; Inoue, I.; Kloos, M.; Kovácsová, G.; Nango, E. et al.; Nass, K.; Roome, C. M.; Shoeman, R. L.; Tanaka, R.; Tono, K.; Joti, Y.; Yabashi, M.; Iwata, S.; Foucar, L.; Ueda, K.; Barends, T. R.M.; Schlichting, I.: Multi-wavelength anomalous diffraction de novo phasing using a two-colour X-ray free-electron laser with wide tunability. Nature Communications 8, 1170, pp. 1 - 8 (2017)

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