<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pri-news/062023_Thylakoid_Sharkey.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>Investigating the impacts of temperature on the thylakoid membrane: Insights from computer simulations</title><description>A team of researchers, including Tom Sharkey, used computer simulations to investigate how isoprene levels and temperature affect the thylakoid membrane of plants at the nanoscale.</description><pubDate>06/28/2023</pubDate><image><img src="/_assets/images/pce-highlight-sq.png" alt="Still image highlighting how isoprene (green carbons, white hydrogens) intercalates into the hydrophobic core of a thylakoid membrane model (gray carbons, red oxygens, brown phosphorus, and yellow for sulfur."/></image><externalNewsArticleLink>https://prl.natsci.msu.edu/news-and-events/news/investigating-the-impacts-of-temperature-on-the-thylakoid-membrane-insights-from-computer-simulations.aspx</externalNewsArticleLink><tags><tag>Metabolism</tag><tag>Sharkey lab</tag><tag>Vermaas lab</tag></tags></item>