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Daniel Morse

ICB Founding Director Emeritus
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Biomolecular Science and Engineering
UC Santa Barbara
Phone:
805-252-4882
Email:
d_morse@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Website:
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Research Focus Areas

Professional Development Opportunity

Outstanding women and minority scholars are encouraged to apply for the advantageous University of California (UC) President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (https://ppfp.ucop.edu/info/about-ppfp/index.html). Annual deadline is November 1. The fellowship can facilitate subsequent hiring as an assistant professor by any UC campus. Approximately 75% of UC President's Postdoctoral Fellows have received tenure track faculty appointments.

Research Interests

Molecular and genetic mechanisms controlling tunable biophotonics, self-healing, catalytic biomineralization, high-performance multifunctional materials nanofabrication; bio-inspired adaptive optical materials and self-healing nanocomposites for energy dissipation.

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ICB Supported Publications

Electric Double Layer Phenomena Near Surfaces Irreversibly Trigger Assembly of Tau Protein

E. Masquelier, M. Hicks, N. Watkins, N. Lim, J. Yi, D.E. Morse, L. Sepunaru, and M.J. Gordon
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
10.1021/jacs.5c23171

Tau Folding and Assembly Triggered by Electroreduction of Its Protonated Amino Acids

E. Masquelier, S. Fojut, X. Faraji, S. Tochikura, L. Sepunaru, M.J. Gordon and D.E. Morse
ACS Electrochemistry,
10.1021/acselectrochem.5c00213

FRET dilution assay for analyzing dynamic exchange between protein assemblies and dilute phase

R. Gordon and D. E. Morse
JoVE Journal of Visualized Experiments ,
10.3791/68678

Charge screening and hydrophobicity drive progressive assembly and liquid-liquid phase separation of reflectin protein

R. Gordon, R. Levenson, B. Malady, Y. Al Sabeh, A. Nguyen, and D.E. Morse
Journal of Biological Chemistry,
10.1016/j.jbc.2025.108277

Electrochemically Driven Optical Dynamics of Reflectin Protein Films

Yin-Chen Lin, Changxuan Yang, Seren Tochikura, Joshua R. Uzarski, Daniel E. Morse, Lior Sepunaru, and Michael J. Gordon
Advanced Materials,
10.1002/adma.202411005

Protein Charge Neutralization Is the Proximate Driver Dynamically Tuning Reflectin Assembly

Levenson, R.; Malady, B.; Lee, T.; Al Sabeh, Y.; Gordon, M.J.; Morse, D.E.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences,
10.3390/ijms25168954

Reversible and size-controlled assembly of reflectin proteins using a charged azobenzene photoswitch

Cassidy Tobin, Reid Gordon, Bradley F. Chmelka, Daniel E. Morse, and Javier Read de Alaniz
Chemical Science,
10.1039/d4sc03299c

Voltage-calibrated, finely tunable protein assembly

Yin-Chen Lin, Eloise Masquelier, Yahya Al Sabeh, Lior Sepunaru, Michael J. Gordon, and Daniel E. Morse
Journal of the Royal Society Interface,
10.1098/rsif.2023.0183

A new electrochemical method that mimics phosphorylation of the core tau peptide K18 enables kinetic and structural analysis of intermediates and assembly

Eloise Masquelier, Esther Taxon, Sheng-Ping Liang, Yahya Al Sabeh, Lior Sepunaru, Michael J. Gordon and Daniel E. Morse
Journal of Biological Chemistry,
10.1016/j.jbc.2023.103011

Low Voltage Voltammetry Probes Proton Dissociation Equilibria of Amino Acids and Peptides

Sheng-Ping Liang, Eloise Masquelier, Daniel E. Morse, Michael J. Gordon, and Lior Sepunaru
Analytical Chemistry,
10.1021/acs.analchem.1c03371

Reversible electrochemical triggering and optical interrogation of polylysine a-helix formation

Eloise Masquelier, Sheng-Ping Liang, Lior Sepunaru, Daniel E. Morse, Michael J. Gordon
Bioelectrochemistry,
10.1016/j.bioelechem.2021.108007

Protein Charge Neutralization is the Proximate Driver Dynamically Tuning a Nanoscale Bragg Reflector

Robert Levenson, Brandon Malady, Tyler Lee, Yahya Al Sabeh, Phillip Kohl, Youli Li, Daniel E. Morse
bioRxiv ,
10.1101/2021.04.23.441158

Electrochemistry as a Surrogate for Protein Phosphorylation: Voltage-Controlled Assembly of Reflectin A1

Sheng-Ping Liang, Robert Levenson, Brandon Malady, Michael J. Gordon, Daniel E. Morse and Lior Sepunaru
Journal of the Royal Society Interface,
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2020.0774

Reflectin needs its intensity amplifier: Realizing the potential of tunable structural biophotonics

Daniel E. Morse, Esther Taxon
Applied Physics Letters,
10.1063/5.0026546

Reflectin Proteins Bind and Reorganize Synthetic Phospholipid Vesicles

Junyi Song, Robert Levenson, Jerome Santos, Lourdes Velazquez, Fan Zhang, Deborah Fygenson, Wenjian Wu and Daniel E. Morse
Langmuir,
10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03632

Calibration between trigger and color: Neutralization of a genetically encoded Coulombic switch and dynamic arrest precisely tune reflectin assembly

Robert Levenson, Colton Bracken, Cristian Sharma, Jerome Santos, Claire Arata, Brandon Malady and Daniel E. Morse
Journal of Biological Chemistry,
10.1074/jbc.RA119.010339

Neutralization of a distributed Coulombic switch precisely tunes reflectin assembly

Robert Levenson, Colton Bracken, Cristian Sharma, Jerome Santos, Claire Arata, Phillip Kohl, Youli Li, Daniel E. Morse
Nature Communications,
https://doi.org/10.1101/456442

Moth eye-inspired anti-reflective surfaces for improved IR optical systems & visible LEDs fabricated with colloidal lithography and etching

Lesley W. Chan, Daniel E. Morse and Michael J. Gordon
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics,
10.1088/1748-3190/aab738

Silicatein: A Unique Silica-Synthesizing Catalytic Triad Hydrolase From Marine Sponge Skeletons and Its Multiple Applications

Katsuhiko Shimizu and Daniel E. Morse
Methods in Enzymology,
10.1016/bs.mie.2018.02.025

Biomimetic nanostructures in ZnS and ZnSe provide broadband anti-reflectivity

Lesley Chan, E A DeCuir Jr, R Fu, Daniel E. Morse and Michael J. Gordon
Journal of Optics,
10.1088/2040-8986/aa8fbb
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