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LAST-MODIFIED:20171204T143213Z
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URL:http://physics.bu.edu/internal/events/show/1843
SUMMARY:"Simulating electron transfer in biomolecules: magnetosensing by cr
	yptochromes"
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Ksenia Bravaya \, Boston University\, Chemistry Depar
	tment\nHosted by: Maria Kamenetska\n\nPart of the Biophysics Seminars.\n\nC
	ryptochromes are a diverse class of flavoproteins involved in a variety of 
	biological processes\, e.g. circadian clock regulation\, phototropism. An i
	ntriguing question concerning these protoreceptors is their possible involv
	ement in a light-dependent magnetoreception in insects and animals. Using c
	omputational chemistry tools we explore the mechanism of cryptochromes’ p
	hotoactivation and analyze the effect of the Earth’s magnetic field on th
	eir photophysics. To this aim\, we are interested in developing ab initio t
	echniques for perturbative treatment of spin-spin\, spin-orbit\, and hyperf
	ine interactions based on the EOM-CC family of methods.
LOCATION:SCI 352\, 590 Commonwealth Avenue\, 02215
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