Associate Professor Richard Morris

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After completing a masters degree in mathematical physics from the University of Edinburgh, and following a short spell working in investment banking, Richard completed a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Manchester. He then undertook postdocs at the Institut de Physique Theorique (IPhT) at the CEAA in Saclay, Frace, and the University of Warwick, in the UK. This facilitated a transition from statistical physics to soft-condensed matter, a trajectory that concluded with a move into biology when he took up the position of Simons Fellow at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bangalore, India. He was appointed as an EMBL-Australia Group Leader in 2019, and has a joint position at ��Ʊ between Single Molecule Science (SMS) and the School of Physics.

E-mail

r.g.morris@unsw.edu.au

Location

Rm 310, Level 3, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, ��Ʊ, Kensington, Sydney, NSW, 2031

Book Chapters | 2019

Jhawar J; Morris RG; Guttal V, 2019, 'Deriving Mesoscopic Models of Collective Behavior for Finite Populations', in INTEGRATED POPULATION BIOLOGY AND MODELING, PART B, pp. 551 - 594,

Book Chapters | 2014

Morris RG; Barthelemy M, 2014, 'Spatial Effects: Transport on Interdependent Networks', in DAgostino G; Scala A (ed.), NETWORKS OF NETWORKS: THE LAST FRONTIER OF COMPLEXITY, SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, pp. 145 - 161,
Journal articles | 2025

Al-Izzi SC; Nodehi SG; Köster DV; Morris RG, 2025, 'ATP-controlled remodeling in reconstituted actomyosin', Physical Review Research, 7,

Journal articles | 2025

Currin-Ross D; Al-Izzi SC; Noordstra I; Yap AS; Morris RG, 2025, 'Advecting scaffolds: Controlling the remodeling of actomyosin with anillin', Physical Review E, 111,

Journal articles | 2025

Pollard J; Al-Izzi SC; Morris RG, 2025, 'Gauge freedom and objective rates in fluid deformable surfaces', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1007,

Journal articles | 2025

Pollard J; Morris RG, 2025, 'Defect dynamics in cholesterics: beyond the Peach-Koehler force', Soft Matter,

Journal articles | 2025

Pollard J; Morris RG, 2025, 'Morse Theory and Meron-Mediated Interactions Between Disclination Lines in Nematic Materials', Physical Review X, 15,

Journal articles | 2025

Spinney RE; Morris RG, 2025, 'A Dean-Kawasaki equation for reaction diffusion systems driven by Poisson noise', Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical, 58,

Journal articles | 2025

Spinney RE; Morris RG, 2025, 'Nonstationary critical phenomena: Expanding the critical point', Physical Review E, 111,

Journal articles | 2025

Worsfold JR; Morris RG, 2025, 'Stochastically bistable growth and decay in the Togashi-Kaneko model', Physical Review E, 112,

Journal articles | 2024

Dickson CF; Hertel S; Tuckwell AJ; Li N; Ruan J; Al-Izzi SC; Ariotti N; Sierecki E; Gambin Y; Morris RG; Towers GJ; Böcking T; Jacques DA, 2024, 'The HIV capsid mimics karyopherin engagement of FG-nucleoporins', Nature, 626, pp. 836 - 842,

Journal articles | 2023

Al-Izzi SC; Morris RG, 2023, 'Morphodynamics of active nematic fluid surfaces', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 957,

Journal articles | 2023

Crosato E; Philippson JN; Thutupalli S; Morris RG, 2023, 'Dynamical demographic phases explain how population growth and mutation control the evolutionary impact of bottlenecks', Physical Review Research, 5,

Journal articles | 2023

Noordstra I; Hermoso MD; Schimmel L; Bonfim-Melo A; Currin-Ross D; Duong CN; Kalappurakkal JM; Morris RG; Vestweber D; Mayor S; Gordon E; Roca-Cusachs P; Yap AS, 2023, 'An E-cadherin-actin clutch translates the mechanical force of cortical flow for cell-cell contact to inhibit epithelial cell locomotion', Developmental Cell, 58, pp. 1748 - 1763.e6,

Journal articles | 2023

Noordstra I; Morris RG; Yap AS, 2023, 'Cadherins and the cortex: A matter of time?', Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 80,

Journal articles | 2022

Brown JWP; Alford RG; Walsh JC; Spinney RE; Xu SY; Hertel S; Berengut JF; Spenkelink LM; Van Oijen AM; Böcking T; Morris RG; Lee LK, 2022, 'Rapid Exchange of Stably Bound Protein and DNA Cargo on a DNA Origami Receptor', ACS Nano, 16, pp. 6455 - 6467,

Journal articles | 2022

Hertel S; Spinney RE; Xu SY; Ouldridge TE; Morris RG; Lee LK, 2022, 'The stability and number of nucleating interactions determine DNA hybridization rates in the absence of secondary structure', Nucleic Acids Research, 50, pp. 7829 - 7841,

Journal articles | 2022

Spinney RE; Lee L; Morris RG, 2022, 'Geometrical patterning of receptor sites controls kinetics via many-body effects in bivalent systems', Physical Review Research, 4,

Journal articles | 2021

Al-Izzi SC; Morris RG, 2021, 'Active flows and deformable surfaces in development', Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, 120, pp. 44 - 52,

Journal articles | 2021

Al-Izzi SC; Nodehi SG; Köster DV; Morris RG, 2021, 'More ATP Does Not Equal More Contractility: Power And Remodelling In Reconstituted Actomyosin', ,

Journal articles | 2020

Jhawar J; Morris RG; Amith-Kumar UR; Danny Raj M; Rogers T; Rajendran H; Guttal V, 2020, 'Noise-induced schooling of fish', Nature Physics, 16, pp. 488 - 493,

Journal articles | 2020

Morris RG; Husain KB; Budnar S; Yap AS, 2020, 'Anillin: The First Proofreading-like Scaffold?', Bioessays, 42,

Journal articles | 2019

Budnar S; Husain KB; Gomez GA; Naghibosadat M; Varma A; Verma S; Hamilton NA; Morris RG; Yap AS, 2019, 'Anillin Promotes Cell Contractility by Cyclic Resetting of RhoA Residence Kinetics', Developmental Cell, 49, pp. 894 - 906.e12,

Journal articles | 2019

Morris RG; Dafforn TR; Turner MS, 2019, 'Solvated Membrane Nanodiscoids: A Probe For The Effects Of Gaussian Curvature', ,

Journal articles | 2019

Morris RG; Rao M, 2019, 'Active morphogenesis of epithelial monolayers', Physical Review E, 100,

Journal articles | 2019

Morris RG; Yap AS, 2019, 'Erratum to: Wetting by living tissues (Nature Physics, (2019), 15, 1, (6-7), 10.1038/s41567-018-0316-4)', Nature Physics, 15, pp. 103,

Journal articles | 2019

Morris RG; Yap AS, 2019, 'Wetting by living tissues', Nature Physics, 15, pp. 6 - 7,

Journal articles | 2018

Jhawar J; Morris RG; Guttal V, 2018, 'Deriving mesoscopic models of collective behaviour for finite populations', Elsevier, 40, pp. 2019,

Journal articles | 2017

Morris RG, 2017, 'Signatures of Mechanosensitive Gating', Biophysical Journal, 112, pp. 3 - 9,

Journal articles | 2016

Morris RG; Turner MS, 2016, 'Erratum: Mobility Measurements Probe Conformational Changes in Membrane Proteins due to Tension (Physical Review Letters (2015) 115 (198101) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.198101)', Physical Review Letters, 116,

Journal articles | 2015

Morris RG; Turner MS, 2015, 'Mobility Measurements Probe Conformational Changes in Membrane Proteins due to Tension', Physical Review Letters, 115,

Journal articles | 2014

Caltagirone F; Franz S; Morris RG; Zdeborová L, 2014, 'Dynamics and termination cost of spatially coupled mean-field models', Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics, 89,

Journal articles | 2014

Morris RG; Barthelemy M, 2014, 'Spatial effects: Transport on interdependent networks', Understanding Complex Systems, pp. 145 - 161,

Journal articles | 2014

Morris RG; Rogers T, 2014, 'Growth-induced breaking and unbreaking of ergodicity in fully-connected spin systems', Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical, 47,

Journal articles | 2014

Morris RG, 2014, 'Relaxation and curvature-induced molecular flows within multicomponent membranes', Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics, 89,

Journal articles | 2013

Morris RG; Barthelemy M, 2013, 'Interdependent networks: The fragility of control', Scientific Reports, 3,

Journal articles | 2012

Morris RG; Barthelemy M, 2012, 'Transport on coupled spatial networks', Physical Review Letters, 109,

Journal articles | 2011

Morris RG; McKane AJ, 2011, 'Stability of growing vesicles', Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics, 83,

Journal articles | 2010

Morris RG; Fanelli D; McKane AJ, 2010, 'Dynamical description of vesicle growth and shape change', Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics, 82,
Preprints | 2025

Chacko LA; Nakaoka H; Morris R; Marshall W; Ananthanarayanan V, 2025, Mitochondrial function regulates cell growth kinetics to actively maintain mitochondrial homeostasis.,

Preprints | 2025

Eckert J; Andrews TGR; Pollard J; Priya R; Yap AS; Morris RG, 2025, Capturing Nematic Order on Tissue Surfaces of Arbitrary Geometry,

Preprints | 2025

Pollard J; Morris RG, 2025, Geometric Frustration in Twist-Bend Nematic Droplets,

Preprints | 2025

Worsfold JR; Morris RG, 2025, Noise-induced cycles in the Togashi-Kaneko model with species-dependent degradation,

Preprints | 2024

Currin-Ross D; Al-Izzi SC; Noordstra I; Yap AS; Morris RG, 2024, Advecting Scaffolds: Controlling The Remodelling Of Actomyosin With Anillin,

Preprints | 2024

Pollard J; Al-Izzi S; Morris RG, 2024, Gauge Freedom and Objective Rates in the Morphodynamics of Fluid Deformable Surfaces: the Jaumann Rate vs. the Material Derivative,

Preprints | 2024

Pollard J; Morris RG, 2024, Defect Dynamics in Cholesterics: Beyond the Peach-Koehler Force,

Preprints | 2024

Pollard J; Morris RG, 2024, Morse Theory and Meron Mediated Interactions Between Disclination Lines in Nematics,

Preprints | 2024

Rautu SA; Morris RG; Rao M, 2024, Active morphodynamics of intracellular organelles in the trafficking pathway,

Preprints | 2024

Spinney RE; Morris RG, 2024, A Dean-Kawasaki equation for reaction diffusion systems driven by Poisson noise,

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