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Last published 2026
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Linda Hardy

Researcher

Also affiliated: University of Liège (1994); Augusta University (1990); Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network (2019)

Faculty Researcher

11 h-index 27 pubs 471 cited

  • RNA-Binding Proteins
  • Animals
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Protein Biosynthesis
  • Humans
  • Oocytes
  • Cell Cycle
  • Xenopus Proteins
  • Female
  • Mice
  • Protein Processing, Post-Translational
  • Ribonucleoproteins
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Gene Expression Regulation

Biography and Research Information

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Linda Hardy investigates the role of RNA-binding proteins, specifically Musashi, in regulating gene expression within the pituitary gland. Her research focuses on how these proteins control the translation of messenger RNA (mRNA) in specific cell lineages, influencing pituitary function and cell fate determination. Recent publications demonstrate her work on how Musashi interacts with other protein complexes, such as LSM14B, to mediate translational activation of key pituitary mRNAs. Hardy's studies also examine the dynamic protein-protein interactions that regulate Musashi activity and its contribution to the specification and maintenance of distinct pituitary cell types. Her work has been supported by collaborations with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Angus M. MacNicol and Gwen V. Childs, with whom she has co-authored multiple publications. Hardy's scholarly output includes 27 publications with 457 citations and an h-index of 11.

Metrics

  • h-index: 11
  • Publications: 27
  • Citations: 471

Selected Publications

  • ELAVL1 and ELAVL4 Are Required for Musashi-Dependent Translational Activation (2026)
    Biomolecules DOI OpenAlex
  • ELAVL1 and ELAVL4 are required for Musashi-dependent translational activation (2026)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
  • SAT-016 Musashi Contributes to the Specification and Maintenance of Distinct Pituitary Cell Lineages. (2025)
    Journal of the Endocrine Society DOI OpenAlex
  • Musashi-dependent mRNA translational activation is mediated through association with the Scd6/Like-sm family member, LSM14B (2025)
    Scientific Reports 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Musashi RNA binding proteins direct the translational activation of key pituitary mRNAs (2024)
    Scientific Reports 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • FRI289 It Takes A Village: Musashi And Its Associated Proteins In The Adenohypophysis (2023)
    Journal of the Endocrine Society DOI OpenAlex
  • Musashi Exerts Control of Gonadotrope Target mRNA Translation During the Mouse Estrous Cycle (2023)
    Endocrinology 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Cell Fate Determinant Musashi Is Controlled Through Dynamic Protein:Protein Interactions (2021)
    Journal of the Endocrine Society 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Control of the Anterior Pituitary Cell Lineage Regulator POU1F1 by the Stem Cell Determinant Musashi (2020)
    Endocrinology 21 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Metabolic signalling to somatotrophs: Transcriptional and post‐transcriptional mediators (2020)
    Journal of Neuroendocrinology 20 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • SAT-284 Musashi Exerts Translational Control Within Anterior Pituitary Cells of the POU1F1 Lineage (2020)
    Journal of the Endocrine Society DOI OpenAlex
  • SAT-406 Deletion of Musashi in Gonadotropes Leads to Increased GnRHR Protein Levels and Gonadotrope Dysfunction (2019)
    Journal of the Endocrine Society DOI OpenAlex
  • Association of Gnrhr mRNA With the Stem Cell Determinant Musashi: A Mechanism for Leptin-Mediated Modulation of GnRHR Expression (2017)
    Endocrinology 31 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Evasion of regulatory phosphorylation by an alternatively spliced isoform of Musashi2 (2017)
    Scientific Reports 23 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Neural stem and progenitor cell fate transition requires regulation of Musashi1 function (2015)
    BMC Developmental Biology 29 citations DOI OpenAlex

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