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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.

News

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ICB Supported Publications

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

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

Molecular mechanism of reflectin’s tunable biophotonic control: Opportunities and limitations for new optoelectronics

Robert Levenson, Daniel G. DeMartini and Daniel E. Morse
APL Materials,
10.1063/1.4985758

Fabrication and optical behavior of graded-index, moth-eye anti-reflective surfaces in CdTe

Chan, L., Goshal, A., DeCuir, E.A., Chen, Y.P., Morse, D.E. and Gordon, M.J.
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B,
10.1116/1.4971770

Angle dependent light scattering by highly uniform colloidal rod-shaped microparticles: experiment and simulation

Rotstein, R. A. Berges, S.Mitragotri, D. E. Morse and M. Moskovits
J. Polymer Sci. B: Physics,
10.1002/polb.24093

Wavelength-specific forward scattering of light by Bragg-reflective iridocytes in giant clams

Ghoshal, A., Eck, E., Gordon, M. and Morse, D. E.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface,
10.1098/rsif.2016.0285

Biological analogs of RGB pixilation yield white coloration in giant clams

Ghoshal, A., Eck, E. and Morse, D. E.
Optica,

Progressive transition from resonant to diffuse reflection in anisotropic colloidal films

R. Rotstein, S. Mitragotri, M. Moskovitz, and D. E. Morse
Polymer Physics,
10.1002/polb.23458

Simple colloidal lithography method to fabricate large-area moth-eye antireflective structures on Si, Ge, and GaAs for IR applications

F. Lora Gonzalez, L. Chan, A. Berry, D. E. Morse, and M. J. Gordon
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B,
10.1116/1.4895966
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