Masanobu Yamamoto
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
11
Citations
82
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
50
Publishing since 1975
Masanobu Yamamoto's work centers on bioluminescence (light produced by living organisms) and the biochemical machinery behind it, including light-detection methods and enzyme structures involved in regenerating luciferin, the molecule that produces light in reactions like firefly glow. This research connects biochemistry with tools used in biosensing and fluorescence imaging, which are techniques for detecting and visualizing biological molecules or processes using light.
Publication output has been low and irregular over the last decade, with only a handful of papers appearing sporadically and averaging less than one per year in the most recent five years.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Luciferin-regenerating enzyme solved by SAD using XFEL (refined against 11,000 patterns)
2017
- Photon Detection: Current Status
Series in bioengineering · 2017
- Series in bioengineering×1
- Cytometry Part A×1
- Bruce Applegate
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Mingjie Dai
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Melika Shahhosseini
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · The Ohio State University
- Lia Stanciu
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Sanjun Fan
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · The Ohio State University
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.
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