scholarly journals First person – Sampo Kukkurainen

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (19) ◽  
pp. jcs254615
Keyword(s):  
Structural Biology ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Atomic Level ◽  
Early Career ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
First Person ◽  
Integrin Activation ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
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. Sampo Kukkurainen is first author on ‘The F1 loop of the talin head domain acts as a gatekeeper in integrin activation and clustering’, published in JCS. Sampo conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Vesa Hytönen's lab at Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland. He is now a researcher at Tampere University Hospital. His PhD was on the mechanobiology of talin and integrin, analyzing their atomic level interactions using computational structural biology tools.

scholarly journals First person – Kia Wee Tan

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (14) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Research ◽  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Early Career ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
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. Kia Wee Tan is first author on ‘ JIP4 is recruited by the phosphoinositide-binding protein Phafin2 to promote recycling tubules on macropinosomes’, published in JCS. Kia Wee is a PhD student in the lab of Harald Stenmark at the Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, investigating membrane trafficking.

scholarly journals First person – Bernhard N. Bohnert

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Essential Role ◽  
Early Career ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
First Person ◽  
Glomerular Injury ◽  
Oedema Formation ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
The University ◽  
Selection Of

ABSTRACT First 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. Bernhard N. Bohnert is first author on ‘ Essential role of DNA-PKcs and plasminogen for the development of doxorubicin-induced glomerular injury in mice’, published in DMM. Bernhard is a physician/postdoc in the lab of Prof. Dr. med. Ferruh Artunc at the University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, investigating oedema formation in nephrotic syndrome.

scholarly journals First person – Chunchu Deng

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (22) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Early Career ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
First Person ◽  
Local Translation ◽  
Axon Terminals ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Motoneuron Diseases ◽  
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. Chunchu Deng is co-first author on ‘ Dynamic remodeling of ribosomes and endoplasmic reticulum in axon terminals of motoneurons’, published in Journal of Cell Science. Chunchu is a PhD Student in the lab of Professor Michael Sendtner at the Institute of Clinical Neurobiology, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany, investigating the dynamics of the endoplasmic reticulum and local translation in motoneurons, and their involvement in motoneuron diseases.

scholarly journals First person – Miguel Burgos

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (3) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pancreatitis ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Early Career ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
La Mancha ◽  
The University ◽  
Postdoctoral Researcher ◽  
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. Miguel Burgos is first author on ‘The p.E152K-STIM1 mutation deregulates Ca2+ signaling contributing to chronic pancreatitis’, published in JCS. Miguel conducted the research described in this article while a postdoctoral researcher in Olivier Mignen's lab at the Université de Brest, Brest, France. He is now a senior postdoctoral researcher and Associate Professor in the lab of Alberto Ocaña at Albacete University Hospital and the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, investigating the pathophysiology of calcium homeostasis.

First person – Fanny Jaudon and Martina Albini

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (16) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Neurotrophic Factor ◽  
Neurological Disorders ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Neurological Diseases ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
And Function ◽  
The 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. Fanny Jaudon and Martina Albini are co-first authors on ‘ A developmental stage- and Kidins220-dependent switch in astrocyte responsiveness to brain-derived neurotrophic factor’, published in JCS. Fanny is a postdoc at the University of Trieste in the lab of Lorenzo A. Cingolani at Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy, investigating the molecular mechanisms controlling development and function of neuronal circuits and implementing genome-editing approaches for the treatment of neurological disorders. Martina is a PhD student at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in the lab of Fabio Benfenati and Fabrizia Cesca investigating neurotrophin biology and its involvement in neurological diseases.

scholarly journals First person – Federico Pecori

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (20) ◽  
pp. jcs255166
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Embryonic Stem Cells ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Embryonic Stem ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Receptor Endocytosis ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
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. Federico Pecori is first author on ‘Mucin-type O-glycosylation controls pluripotency in mouse embryonic stem cells via Wnt receptor endocytosis’, published in JCS. Federico is a PhD student in the lab of Shoko Nishihara at the Laboratory of Cell Biology, Department of Bioinformatics, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan, where he is interested in the mechanisms regulating stem cell identity.

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 – Natalí Delorme and Leonardo Zamora

Biology Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Stress Response ◽  
Marine Invertebrates ◽  
Early Career ◽  
New Method ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
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. Natalí Delorme and Leonardo Zamora are co-first authors on ‘ A new method to localise and quantify oxidative stress in live juvenile mussels’, published in BiO. They are both researchers in the laboratory of Serean Adams at the Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand. Natalí's research interests centre around ecophysiology of marine invertebrates, particularly on the organisms' stress response. Leonardo is investigating the biology of commercially, ecologically and culturally relevant marine invertebrates throughout their life cycle.

scholarly journals First person – Jia Yu and Pei-Ju Liao

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (24) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Interactions ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Drug Binding ◽  
First Person ◽  
Protein Protein Interactions ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Complex Simulation ◽  
Drug Binding Sites ◽  
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. Jia Yu and Pei-Ju Liao are co-first authors on ‘ Structural model of human PORCN illuminates disease-associated variants and drug-binding sites’, published in JCS. Jia is a senior postdoc in the lab of David Virshup at Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, investigating Wnt secretion and signalling; in particular, how Wnt trafficking and secretion is regulated by two integral membrane proteins, porcupine and WLS. Pei-Ju is a research assistant in the same lab, investigating protein–protein interactions in the systems biology of signalling pathways using protein structure modelling and protein complex simulation.

scholarly journals First person – Alessandra da Silva Dantas

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (24) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fungal Pathogens ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Medical Research Council ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Medical Mycology ◽  
First Person ◽  
Postdoctoral Fellow ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
The 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. Alessandra da Silva Dantas is first author on ‘ Crosstalk between the calcineurin and cell wall integrity pathways prevents chitin overexpression in Candida albicans’, published in JCS. Alessandra is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Prof. Neil Gow at the Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Exeter, UK, and is interested in the mechanisms controlling cell division and death in human fungal pathogens.

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