Jonathan Bird

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University of Florida

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Jonathan Bird is an Assistant Professor at the University of Florida, United States. His research focuses on the actin cytoskeleton and its role in sensory hair bundle development and hearing loss, with recent articles examining myosin motors and mechanotransduction in stereocilia. He employs advanced techniques such as super-resolution microscopy to investigate nanoscale structures in relation to auditory functions.

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Molecular Mechanisms of Hair Bundle Development and Maintenance

Open Date: 2020-07-01

Close Date: 2025-06-30

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Gregory M. Alushin

Rockefeller University

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Peter G. Barr‐Gillespie

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Bo Zhao

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Indiana University School of Medicine

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Lata Balakrishnan

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Indiana State University

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Thomas Friedman

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National Institutes of Health

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Myosin-dependent short actin filaments contribute to peripheral widening in developing stereocilia

An optimized approach to study nanoscale sarcomere structure utilizing super-resolution microscopy with nanobodies

The actin cytoskeleton in hair bundle development and hearing loss.

Myosin motors in sensory hair bundle assembly

Structural basis for tunable control of actin dynamics by myosin-15 in mechanosensory stereocilia

DNMT3A Harboring Leukemia-Associated Mutations Directs Sensitivity to DNA Damage at Replication Forks.

Actin at stereocilia tips is regulated by mechanotransduction and ADF/cofilin.

The ATPase mechanism of myosin 15, the molecular motor mutated in DFNB3 human deafness

Mechanotransduction-Dependent Control of Stereocilia Dimensions and Row Identity in Inner Hair Cells.

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Gregory M. Alushin

Peter G. Barr‐Gillespie

Bo Zhao

Lata Balakrishnan

Thomas Friedman

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