scholarly journals First person – Paola Lepanto and Florencia Levin-Ferreyra

Biology Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Fate ◽  
Adipocyte Differentiation ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
Cell Fate Decisions ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Research Associate ◽  
Selection Of

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. Paola Lepanto and Florencia Levin-Ferreyra are co-first authors on ‘ Insights into in vivo adipocyte differentiation through cell-specific labeling in zebrafish’, published in BiO. Paola is a research assistant in the lab of José Badano at Institut Pasteur Montevideo, investigating cellular and developmental biology. Florencia conducted the research described in this article while a final dissertation student in José Badano's lab at Institut Pasteur Montevideo. She is now a research associate in the lab of Bruno di Stefano at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA, investigating stem cell potency and cell fate decisions.

scholarly journals First person – Magdalena Cardenas-Rodriguez

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (14) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Genetics ◽  
Small Gtpases ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Human Diseases ◽  
First Person ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
Cellular Processes ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Genetic Compensation ◽  
Selection Of

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.

scholarly journals First person – Kun Guo

Biology Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Color Change ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
Thermal Dependence ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Takydromus Septentrionalis ◽  
Normal University ◽  
Selection Of

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.

scholarly journals First person – Stephan Daetwyler

Biology Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. bio057851
Keyword(s):  
Data Processing ◽  
Multiphoton Microscopy ◽  
Light Sheet ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Dynamic Processes ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Postdoctoral Researcher ◽  
Selection Of

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. Stephan Daetwyler is first author on ‘Fiji plugin for annotating movies with custom arrows’, published in BiO. Stephan is a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Reto Fiolka at UT Southwestern, Dallas, USA, investigating using light sheet and multiphoton microscopy with customized data processing and analysis to understand dynamic processes in vivo.

scholarly journals First person – Maayan Barnea-Zohar and Sabina E. Winograd-Katz

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (9) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Size ◽  
Cell Fusion ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
Weizmann Institute ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Dependent Mechanism

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.

scholarly journals First person – Mohammad Yunus Ansari

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (22) ◽  
pp. jcs256644
Keyword(s):  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
Cartilage Homeostasis ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
Catabolic Response ◽  
Medical University ◽  
Selection Of

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.

scholarly journals First person – Kira Allmeroth

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (9) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Cell Fate ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Max Planck ◽  
Stem Cell Fate ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Hair Follicle Stem Cell ◽  
Selection Of

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. Kira Allmeroth is first author on ‘ N1-acetylspermidine is a determinant of hair follicle stem cell fate’, published in JCS. Kira conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Martin Denzel's lab at the Max Planck Insitute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany. She is now a postdoc in the Denzel lab, investigating stem cells and metabolism.

scholarly journals First person – Zhong-Qiu Yu

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (19) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Protein Interactions ◽  
Visual Detection ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Degradation Pathways ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Research Associate ◽  
Beijing China ◽  
Selection Of

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. Zhong-Qiu Yu is first author on ‘ Visual detection of binary, ternary and quaternary protein interactions in fission yeast using a Pil1 co-tethering assay’, published in JCS. Zhong-Qiu conducted the research described in this article while a postdoc in Li-Lin Du's lab at National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China. He is now a research associate in the lab of David Rubinsztein at Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, UK, investigating protein degradation pathways and neurodegeneration diseases.

scholarly journals First person – Zakia Abdelhamed

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. dmm047852
Keyword(s):  
Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
First Person ◽  
Hypomorphic Allele ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Research Associate ◽  
Ciliary Dyskinesia ◽  
Selection Of

ABSTRACTFirst Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Disease Models & Mechanisms, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Zakia Abdelhamed is first author on ‘A novel hypomorphic allele of Spag17 causes primary ciliary dyskinesia phenotypes in mice’, published in DMM. Zakia is a research associate in the lab of Dr Rolf Stottmann at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA, investigating animal models that recapitulate a human condition for understanding disease pathogenesis.

scholarly journals First person – Natalia Mallo

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (20) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Molecular Biology ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Mitochondrial Morphology ◽  
First Person ◽  
Protozoan Parasites ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Research Associate ◽  
Parasitic Lifestyle ◽  
Selection Of

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. Natalia Mallo is first author on ‘ Depletion of a Toxoplasma porin leads to defects in mitochondrial morphology and contacts with the endoplasmic reticulum’, published in JCS. Natalia conducted the research described in this article while a Postdoc Research Associate in Lilach Sheiner's lab at Wellcome Centre For Integrative Parasitology, University of Glasgow, UK. She now works in the lab of Santiago Cabaleiro at CETGA (Technological Centre of the Aquaculture Cluster), Ribeira, A Coruña, Spain, where her research interests are related to the study of molecular biology of protozoan parasites. Natalia has a special interest in endosymbiotic organelles, such as the mitochondrion, and aims to elucidate organelle functions that can be related to adaptations to parasitic lifestyle.

scholarly journals First person – Kara Stark

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (8) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Adaptor Protein ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Ring Canals ◽  
Duke University ◽  
Butler University ◽  
Selection Of

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.

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