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William A. Cramer

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1967

Publications

306

Citations

12,129

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

59

Publishing since 1967

Research summary
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William A. Cramer studies the molecular machinery that plants and cyanobacteria use to convert light into chemical energy, focusing especially on a protein complex called cytochrome b6f, which shuttles electrons during photosynthesis. His work combines structural biology, biophysics, and biochemistry to understand how this complex interacts with lipids and partner proteins, and how it contributes to energy transduction and cellular signaling. Prospective students would engage with techniques like calorimetry, spectroscopy, and structural analysis applied to membrane protein complexes.

Photosynthetic electron transportCytochrome b6f complex structure and functionMembrane protein-lipid interactionsBiophysical methods (calorimetry, spectroscopy)Redox-based cellular signaling

Publication output rose from 2017 to a peak around 2019, remained moderately steady through 2022, then dropped sharply from 2023 onward, suggesting a slowing pace of output in the most recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.4/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 4 publications182019: 6 publications6192020: 4 publications202021: 4 publications212022: 5 publications222023: 1 publication23242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Biophysical Journal×8
  • Advances in photosynthesis and respiration×3
  • Photosynthesis Research×3
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry×2
  • FEBS Letters×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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