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David E. Birk, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Department: Orthopaedic Surgery

Contact information
University of South Florida
Morsani College of Medicine
Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology
12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC8
Tampa, FL 33647
Office: 813 974-8598
Education:
A.B. (Biology)
Colgate University, 1973.
M.S. (Biology)
New York University, 1978.
Ph.D. (Anatomy)
Wayne State University, 1981.
Post-Graduate Training
Research Fellow in Pathology, Shriners Burns Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1981-1981.
Research Fellow in Pathology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1981-1984.
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Selected Publications

Robinson Kelsey A, Sun Mei, Barnum Carrie E, Weiss Stephanie N, Huegel Julianne, Shetye Snehal S, Lin Linda, Saez Daniel, Adams Sheila M, Iozzo Renato V, Soslowsky Louis J, Birk David E: Decorin and biglycan are necessary for maintaining collagen fibril structure, fiber realignment, and mechanical properties of mature tendons. Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology 64: 81-93, Dec 2017.

Park Arick C, Phan Noel, Massoudi Dawiyat, Liu Zhenjie, Kernien John F, Adams Sheila M, Davidson Jeffrey M, Birk David E, Liu Bo, Greenspan Daniel S: Deficits in Col5a2 Expression Result in Novel Skin and Adipose Abnormalities and Predisposition to Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections. The American journal of pathology 187(10): 2300-2311, Oct 2017.

Johnston Jessica M, Connizzo Brianne K, Shetye Snehal S, Robinson Kelsey A, Huegel Julianne, Rodriguez Ashley B, Sun Mei, Adams Sheila M, Birk David E, Soslowsky Louis J: Collagen V haploinsufficiency in a murine model of classic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is associated with deficient structural and mechanical healing in tendons. Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society Apr 2017.

Foster James W, Wahlin Karl, Adams Sheila M, Birk David E, Zack Donald J, Chakravarti Shukti: Cornea organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells. Scientific reports 7: 41286, Jan 2017.

Muir Alison M, Massoudi Dawiyat, Nguyen Ngon, Keene Douglas R, Lee Se-Jin, Birk David E, Davidson Jeffrey M, Marinkovich M Peter, Greenspan Daniel S: BMP1-like proteinases are essential to the structure and wound healing of skin. Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology 56: 114-131, Dec 2016.

Connizzo Brianne K, Adams Sheila M, Adams Thomas H, Jawad Abbas F, Birk David E, Soslowsky Louis J: Multiscale regression modeling in mouse supraspinatus tendons reveals that dynamic processes act as mediators in structure-function relationships. Journal of biomechanics 49(9): 1649-1657, Jun 2016.

Markova Dessislava Z, Pan Te-Cheng, Zhang Rui-Zhu, Zhang Guiyun, Sasaki Takako, Arita Machiko, Birk David E, Chu Mon-Li: Forelimb contractures and abnormal tendon collagen fibrillogenesis in fibulin-4 null mice. Cell and tissue research 364(3): 637-46, Jun 2016.

Connizzo Brianne K, Han Lin, Birk David E, Soslowsky Louis J: Collagen V-heterozygous and -null supraspinatus tendons exhibit altered dynamic mechanical behaviour at multiple hierarchical scales. Interface focus 6(1): 20150043, Feb 2016.

Connizzo Brianne K, Adams Sheila M, Adams Thomas H, Birk David E, Soslowsky Louis J: Collagen V expression is crucial in regional development of the supraspinatus tendon. Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society 34(12): 2154-2161, 12 2016.

Mienaltowski Michael J, Dunkman Andrew A, Buckley Mark R, Beason David P, Adams Sheila M, Birk David E, Soslowsky Louis J: Injury response of geriatric mouse patellar tendons. Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society 34(7): 1256-63, 07 2016.

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