Professor Natalie Phillips, PhD

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Overview: My general area of research is cognitive aging and adult human neuropsychology, with an emphasis on integrating behavioural and electrophysiological (event-related brain potentials, ERP) measures of brain function in aging and neurological populations. Current research areas include: 1) identifying patients with mild cognitive impairment (who are at risk for developing Alzheimer's disease) by studying neuropsychological, electrophysiological, and anatomical measures of language and executive function; 2) studying interactions between working memory and language function; 3) audio-visual speech perception in younger and older adults and patients with dementia; and 4) bilingual language processing. (Funding by NSERC, CIHR, Alzheimer Society of Canada).

1. Samaei, A., Deshmukh, S.S., Protheroe, C., Nyeki, S., Tremblay-Ethier, R-A., Kalman, L: Photoactivation and conformational gating for manganese binding and oxidation in bacterial reaction centers. Biochimica et Biophysics Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 1864, 148928 (2023)
2. Deshmukh, S.S. and Kalman, L.: Tuning the redox potential of the primary electron donor in bacterial reaction centers by manganese binding and light-induced structural changes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)- Bioenergetics, 1861,  148285 (2020) 
3. Modafferi, D., Zazubovich, V., Kalman, L.: Bound detergent molecules in bacterial reaction centers facilitate detection of tetryl explosive. Photosynthesis Research 145, 145-157 (2020)
4. Deshmukh, S.S., Protheroe, C., Ivanescu, M.-A., Lag, S., and Kalman, L.: Low potential manganese ions as efficient electron donors in native anoxygenic bacteria.  Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics 1859, 227-233 (2018)
5. Dong, M., Babalhaveji, A. Hansen, L.J., Kalman, L., Woolley, G.A.: Red, far-red and near infrared photoswitches based on azonium ions. Chemical Communications, 51, 12981-12984 (2015)
6. Balhara, V., Deshmukh, S.S. Kalman, L., Kornblatt, J.A: The interaction of streptococcal enolase with canine plasminogen: The role of surfaces in complex formation. PLOS ONE, 9, e88395 (2014)
7. Milano, F., Trotta, M., Dorogi, M., Fisher, B., Giotta, L., Agostiano, A., Maróti, P., Kalman, L., Nagy L.: Light-induced transmembrane proton gradient in artificial lipid vesicles reconstituted with photosynthetic reaction centers. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes 44, 373-384 (2012)
8. Deshmukh, S.S., Tang, K., Kalman, L: Lipid Binding to the Carotenoid Binding Site in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers,Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) 133, 16309-16316 (2011)
9. Deshmukh, S.S., Akhavein, H., Williams, J.C. Allen, J.P., Kalman, L: Light-Induced Conformational Changes inPhotosynthetic Reaction Centers: Impact of Detergents and Lipids on the Electronic Structure of the Primary Electron Donor, Biochemistry 50, 5249-5262 (2011)
10. Deshmukh, S.S., Williams, J.C., Allen, J.P., Kalman, L: Light-Induced Conformational Changes in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers: Redox Regulated Proton Pathway Near the Dimer, Biochemistry 50; 3321-3331 (2011)
11. Kalman, L. Williams, J.C., Allen, J.P.: Energetics for Oxidation of a Bound Manganese Cofactor in Modified Bacterial Reaction Centers, Biochemistry 50; 3310-3320 (2011)
12. Deshmukh, S.S., Williams, J.C., Allen, J.P., Kalman, L: Light-Induced Conformational Changes in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers:Dielectric Relaxation in the Vicinity of the Dimer, Biochemistry 50; 340-348 (2011)