Johannes Morstein

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

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Johannes Morstein is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Johannes Morstein has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Materials Chemistry and 19 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Johannes Morstein's work include Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (25 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (16 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (12 papers). Johannes Morstein is often cited by papers focused on Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (25 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (16 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (12 papers). Johannes Morstein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Johannes Morstein's co-authors include Dirk Trauner, Katharina Hüll, Jean‐Louis Reymond, Kevan M. Shokat, Keelan Z. Guiley, John F. Hartwig, Ziyang Zhang, Mahendra Awale, Cheng Chen and Haiyun Hou and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Johannes Morstein

45 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Optical Control of Membrane Viscosity Modulates ER-to-Golgi Trafficking 2025 ·ACS Central Science ·Noemi Jiménez‐Rojo, Suihan Feng, Johannes Morstein, Stefanie D. Pritzl, (unknown), Sergio López, Yun Xu, T. HARAYAMA, (unknown), (unknown), Martin Reynders, A. Novák, Evgeny Kanshin, Jan Lipfert, Beatrix Ueberheide, Manuel Muñiz, Theobald Lohmueller, Howard Riezman, Dirk Trauner	1
2	Neuroprotective effect of neuron‐specific deletion of the C16 ceramide synthetic enzymes in an animal model of multiple sclerosis 2024 ·Glia ·(unknown), Damien Maréchal, Mar Gacias, (unknown), Sarah M. Turpin-Nolan, Johannes Morstein, Mohammed Moniruzzaman, Jens C. Brüning, Norman J. Haughey, Dirk Trauner, Patrizia Casaccia	5
3	Medium-Chain Lipid Conjugation Facilitates Cell-Permeability and Bioactivity 2022 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Johannes Morstein, Alice Capecchi, (unknown), (unknown), Jérôme Petit-Jacques, Reid C. Van Lehn, Jean‐Louis Reymond, Dirk Trauner	44
4	Postsynthetic Photocontrol of Giant Liposomes via Fusion-Based Photolipid Doping 2022 ·Langmuir ·Stefanie D. Pritzl, Johannes Morstein, (unknown), David B. Konrad, Dirk Trauner, Theobald Lohmüller	12
5	Photoswitchable Isoprenoid Lipids Enable Optical Control of Peptide Lipidation 2022 ·ACS Chemical Biology ·Johannes Morstein, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), James L. Hougland, Christine A. Hrycyna, Dirk Trauner, Mark D. Distefano	9
6	Chemoselective Covalent Modification of K-Ras(G12R) with a Small Molecule Electrophile 2022 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Ziyang Zhang, Johannes Morstein, (unknown), Keelan Z. Guiley, Kevan M. Shokat	91
7	Optical Control of Translation with a Puromycin Photoswitch 2022 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), Maurício M. Oliveira, (unknown), Johannes Morstein, Eric Klann, Dirk Trauner	16
8	Optical Control of Phosphatidic Acid Signaling 2021 ·ACS Central Science ·Reika Tei, Johannes Morstein, (unknown), Dirk Trauner, Jeremy M. Baskin	26
9	Cholesterol and sphingomyelin are critical for Fcγ receptor–mediated phagocytosis of Cryptococcus neoformans by macrophages 2021 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Arielle M. Bryan, (unknown), Guangtao Li, Jihyun Kim, Ashutosh Singh, Johannes Morstein, Dirk Trauner, Nívea Pereira de Sá, (unknown), Amir M. Farnoud, Erwin London, Maurizio Del Poeta	18
10	Optimized Photoactivatable Lipid Nanoparticles Enable Red Light Triggered Drug Release 2021 ·Small ·(unknown), Johannes Morstein, (unknown), (unknown), Pieter R. Cullis, Dirk Trauner, Dominik Witzigmann	54
11	How Photoswitchable Lipids Affect the Order and Dynamics of Lipid Bilayers and Embedded Proteins 2021 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), Johannes Morstein, Johanna Becker‐Baldus, Dirk Trauner, Clemens Glaubitz	40
12	Metabolic tuning of inhibition regulates hippocampal neurogenesis in the adult brain 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xinxing Wang, Hanxiao Liu, Johannes Morstein, A. Novák, Dirk Trauner, Qiaojie Xiong, Yuguo Yu, Shaoyu Ge	16
13	Evolutionarily related small viral fusogens hijack distinct but modular actin nucleation pathways to drive cell-cell fusion 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ka Man Chan, (unknown), Johannes Morstein, Meiyan Jin, (unknown), (unknown), Sungmin Son, (unknown), David G. Drubin, Daniel A. Fletcher	15
14	Optical Control of Lysophosphatidic Acid Signaling 2020 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Johannes Morstein, (unknown), Derek D. Norman, (unknown), Prashant Donthamsetti, (unknown), James A. Frank, Carsten Schultz, Ehud Y. Isacoff, Abby L. Parrill, Gábor Tigyi, Dirk Trauner	37
15	Photohormones Enable Optical Control of the Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ (PPARγ) 2020 ·Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·(unknown), Sabine Willems, Johannes Morstein, Jan Heering, Felix W. W. Hartrampf, Johannes Broichhagen, Philipp Leippe, Daniel Merk, Dirk Trauner	30
16	A Photoswitchable Inhibitor of the Human Serotonin Transporter 2020 ·ACS Chemical Neuroscience ·Bichu Cheng, Johannes Morstein, (unknown), (unknown), Birgit Schiøtt, Steffen Sinning, Dirk Trauner	18
17	Ligand-Directed Approach to Activity-Based Sensing: Developing Palladacycle Fluorescent Probes That Enable Endogenous Carbon Monoxide Detection 2020 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Johannes Morstein, Denis Höfler, Kohei Ueno, Jonah W. Jurss, Ryan R. Walvoord, Kevin J. Bruemmer, (unknown), Thomas F. Brewer, Minoru Saitoe, Brian W. Michel, Christopher J. Chang	71
18	Mapping the Azolog Space Enables the Optical Control of New Biological Targets 2019 ·ACS Central Science ·Johannes Morstein, Mahendra Awale, Jean‐Louis Reymond, Dirk Trauner	72
19	Body Mass Index in Multiple Sclerosis modulates ceramide-induced DNA methylation and disease course 2019 ·EBioMedicine ·Kamilah Castro, Achilles Ntranos, (unknown), Maria Petracca, Péter Kósa, Emily Y. Chen, Johannes Morstein, Dirk Trauner, Corey T. Watson, Michael A. Kiebish, Bibiana Bielekova, Matilde Inglese, Ilana Katz Sand, Patrizia Casaccia	41
20	Optical control of the nuclear bile acid receptor FXR with a photohormone 2019 ·Chemical Science ·Johannes Morstein, (unknown), (unknown), Sabine Willems, David M. Barber, Michael Trauner, Daniel Merk, Dirk Trauner	23

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