scholarly journals First person – Kun Guo

Biology Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  

ABSTRACT First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Kun Guo is first author on ‘The thermal dependence and molecular basis of physiological color change in Takydromus septentrionalis (Lacertidae)’, published in BiO. Kun conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Xiang Ji's lab at Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Jiangsu, China. They are now research assistant in the lab of Xiang Ji at College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Wenzhou University, Zhejiang, China, and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (14) ◽  

ABSTRACT First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Journal of Cell Science, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Magdalena Cardenas-Rodriguez is first author on ‘ Genetic compensation for cilia defects in cep290 mutants by upregulation of cilia-associated small GTPases’, published in JCS. Magdalena is a research assistant in the lab of Jose Luis Badano at Human Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay, investigating the cellular processes that are altered in cilia-related human diseases.


2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (9) ◽  

ABSTRACT First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Journal of Cell Science, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Maayan Barnea-Zohar and Sabina E. Winograd-Katz are co-first authors on ‘ An SNX10-dependent mechanism downregulates fusion between mature osteoclasts’, published in JCS. Maayan is a research assistant in the lab of Ari Elson at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, investigating cell–cell fusion in osteoclasts and how cell size is determined. Sabina is a research assistant and lab manager in the lab of Benjamin Geiger at the Weizmann Institute of Science, investigating cell biology and signaling.


2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (22) ◽  
pp. jcs256644

ABSTRACTFirst Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Journal of Cell Science, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Mohammad Yunus Ansari is first author on ‘Mitochondrial dysfunction triggers a catabolic response in chondrocytes via ROS-mediated activation of the JNK/AP1 pathway’, published in JCS. Mohammad Yunus is a Research Assistant Professor in the lab of Tariq M Haqqi, at the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University, USA, investigating the mechanism of regulation of mitochondrial function in articular cartilage and its role in cartilage homeostasis in health and disease.


Biology Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. bio055483

ABSTRACTFirst Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Martín Baccino-Calace is first author on ‘Compartment and cell-type specific hypoxia responses in the developing Drosophila brain’, published in BiO. Martín conducted the research described in this article while a master's student in Rafael Cantera's lab at the Department of Neurodevelopment Biology, IIBCE, Uruguay. He is now a graduate student in the lab of Martin Müller at the Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Switzerland, investigating synaptic physiology.


2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (8) ◽  

ABSTRACT First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Journal of Cell Science, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Kara Stark is first author on ‘Precise levels of the Drosophila adaptor protein Dreadlocks maintain the size and stability of germline ring canals’, published in JCS. Kara conducted the research described in this article while an undergraduate research assistant in Dr Lindsay Lewellyn's lab at Butler University, Indianapolis, IN. She is now a PhD student in the lab of Dr Zhao Zhang at Duke University, Durham, NC, investigating how transposon mobilization interacts with the immune system during development.


2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (22) ◽  

ABSTRACT First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Journal of Cell Science, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Shun Kato is first author on ‘ Syntaxin 17, an ancient SNARE paralog, plays different and conserved roles in different organisms’, published in JCS. Shun is a master's student in the lab of Mitsuo Tagaya at the School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Japan, investigating organelle communication in mammalian cells.


2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (5) ◽  

ABSTRACT First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Journal of Cell Science, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Vibhu Prasad is co-first author on ‘Cell-to-cell and genome-to-genome variability of adenovirus transcription tuned by the cell cycle’, published in JCS. Vibhu conducted the research described in this article while a Research Associate/bridging postdoc in Professor Urs Greber's lab at Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Switzerland. He is now a postdoc in the lab of Professor Ralf Bartenschlager at the Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, University of Heidelberg, Germany, working on identification of cellular factors and processes required for flavivirus and SARS-CoV-2 infection.


Biology Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  

ABSTRACT First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Shengli Gu is first author on ‘ Morphological mechanism allowing a parasitic leech, Ozobranchus jantseanus (Rhynchobdellida: Ozobranchidae), to survive in ultra-low temperatures’, published in BiO. Shengli is a PhD student in the lab of Niuwang Nie at Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China, investigating the true cause of the parasite's resistance to adversity from multiple perspectives such as morphology and omics.


Biology Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  

ABSTRACT First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Sutirtha Lahiri is first author on ‘Convergent acoustic community structure in South Asian dry and wet grassland birds’, published in BiO. Sutirtha is a research assistant in the lab of Dr Anand Krishnan at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, India, investigating whether biogeographically distinct grasslands display convergent acoustic community structure.


Biology Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. bio057216

ABSTRACTFirst Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Anthony Agudelo is first author on ‘Age-dependent degeneration of an identified adult leg motor neuron in a Drosophila SOD1 model of ALS’, published in BiO. Anthony conducted the research described in this article while an undergraduate Research Assistant in Dr Geoff Stilwell's lab at Rhode Island College, Providence, USA. He is now a Research Assistant in the lab of Dr James Padbury at Rhode Island College, Providence, USA, investigating using computational biology methods to shed light on the pathology of complex diseases.


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