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Songi Han

Professor
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Chemical Engineering
UC Santa Barbara
Phone:
+1 805-893-4858
Email:
songi@chem.ucsb.edu
Website:
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Research Focus Areas

Research Interests

Development of a technique called Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP)-enhanced NMR, which will provide the most information-rich spectroscopic technique with high sensitivity, unique molecular contrast and time resolution.

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ICB Supported Publications

Field-domain rapid-scan EPR at 240GHz for studies of protein functional dynamics at room temperature

Brad D. Price, Antonin Sojka, Shiny Maity, I. Marcelo Chavez, Matthieu Starck, Maxwell Z. Wilson, Songi Han, Mark S. Sherwin
Journal of Magnetic Resonance,
10.1016/j.jmr.2024.107744

Co-Assembly of Functionally Active Proteorhodopsin Membrane Protein Molecules in Mesostructured Silica−Surfactant Films

Maxwell W. Berkow, Hosu Gwak, Matthew N. Idso, Michael B. Schmithorst, Bailey E. Rhodes, Brad D. Price, Daniel S. Gianola, Songi Han, and Bradley F. Chmelka
Chemistry of Materials,
10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01303

Lipid membrane mimetics and oligomerization tune functional properties of proteorhodopsin

C.-T. Han, K.D.Q. Nguyen, M.W. Berkow, S. Hussain, A. Kiani, M. Kinnebrew, M.N. Idso, N. Baxter, E. Chang, E. Aye, E. Winslow, M. Rahman, S. Seppala, M. O’Malley, B.F. Chmelka, B. Mertz, S. Han
Biophysical Journal,
10.1016/j.bpj.2022.11.012

Triggered Functional Dynamics of AsLOV2 by Time-Resolved Electron Paramagnetic Resonance at High Magnetic Fields

Shiny Maity, Brad D. Price, C. Blake Wilson, Arnab Mukherjee, Matthieu Starck, David Parker, Maxwell Z. Wilson, Janet E. Lovett, Songi Han, and Mark S. Sherwin
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
10.1002/anie.202212832

Electrostatic Environment of Proteorhodopsin Affects the pKa of Its Buried Primary Proton Acceptor

Chung-Ta Han, Jichao Song, Tristan Chan, Christine Pruett and Songi Han
Biophysical Journal,
10.1016/j.bpj.2020.02.027

Proteorhodopsin Function Is Primarily Mediated by Oligomerization in Different Micellar Surfactant Solutions

Matthew N. Idso, Naomi R. Baxter, Sirish Narayanan, Evelyn Chang, Julia Fisher, Bradley F. Chmelka, and Songi Han
Journal of Physical Chemistry B,
10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b00922

Functionally Active Membrane Proteins Incorporated in Mesostructured Silica Films

Justin P. Jahnke, Matthew N. Idso, Sunyia Hussain, Matthias J. N. Junk, Julia M. Fisher, David D. Phan, Songi Han, and Bradley F. Chmelka
J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
10.1021/jacs.7b06863

Proton-based structural analysis of a heptahelical transmembrane protein in lipid bilayers

Lalli, D., Idso, M.N., Andreas, L.B., Baxter, N., Han, S., Chmelka, B.F. and Pintacuda, G.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
10.1021/jacs.7b05269

Functional consequences of the oligomeric assembly of proteorhodopsin

S. Hussain, M. Kinnebrew, N. S. Schonenbach, E. Aye, and S. Han
Journal of Molecular Biology,
10.1016/j.jmb.2015.01.004

Transmembrane Protein Activation Refined by Site-Specific Hydration Dynamics

S. Hussain, J. M. Franck, and S. Han
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
10.1002/anie.201206147

Structural Insight into Proteorhodopsin Oligomers

K. M. Stone, J. Voska, M. Kinnebrew, A. Pavlova, M. J. N. Junk, and S. Han
Biophysical Journal,
10.1016/j.bpj.2012.11.3831
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