These amazing advances in cytoskeletal biophysics are the focus of the book, Mechanics of Motor Proteins and the Cytoskeleton by Jonathan (Joe) Howard, who is a leading expert in this field.

Motor motion on cytoskeletal filaments is particularly important for biological length regulation, because numerous proteins targeted to microtubule ends modify their dynamics and can dramatically ...

Cytoplasmic dynein is the only microtubule minus end-directed motor in the cytoplasm of most eukaryotic cells and therefore carries out a huge range of functions, including organelle and mRNA ...

Biomedical researchers at Ohio University have received National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding to investigate the role ...

I'm interested in the physics of cell division and related biophysics. My current projects address motor protein dynamics and microtubule length regulation, cytoskeletal active matter, mitotic spindle ...

These highly efficient and specialized proteins are responsible for a wide range of essential cellular processes ... The mechanism of molecular motors involves a cyclic interaction between the motor ...

(2012) Tug of War in Motor Protein Ensembles Revealed with a Programmable DNA Origami Scaffold ... (2012) Engineered, harnessed and hijacked: synthetic uses for cytoskeletal systems. Trends in Cell ...