scholarly journals First person – Ines Alvarez Rodrigo

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (14) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Wnt Signalling ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Francis Crick ◽  
Microscopy Techniques ◽  
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. Ines Alvarez Rodrigo is first author on ‘ Ana1 helps recruit Polo to centrioles to promote mitotic PCM assembly and centriole elongation’, published in JCS. Ines conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Jordan Raff's lab at Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford, UK. She is now a postdoc in the lab of J. P. Vincent at The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK, investigating applying advanced microscopy techniques to study Wnt signalling during development.

scholarly journals First person – Elliott Bernard

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (5) ◽  
pp. jcs258535
Keyword(s):  
Cell Biology ◽  
Membrane Dynamics ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Francis Crick ◽  
Complex Membrane ◽  
Human Ipsc ◽  
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. Elliott Bernard is first author on ‘M. tuberculosis infection of human iPSC-derived macrophages reveals complex membrane dynamics during xenophagy evasion’, published in JCS. Elliott is a PhD student in the lab of Maximiliano (Max) Gutierrez at The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK, investigating the cell biology of the endolysosomal and autophagy systems and their dysfunction in disease.

scholarly journals First person – Anna Dowbaj

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (13) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Biology ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Max Planck ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Francis Crick ◽  
Molecular Cell Biology ◽  
Cell Niche ◽  
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. Anna Dowbaj is co-first author on ‘ An optogenetic method for interrogating YAP1 and TAZ nuclear–cytoplasmic shuttling’, published in JCS. Anna conducted the work described in this article while a PhD student in the lab of Erik Sahai at the Francis Crick Institute, London, UK. She is now a postdoc in the lab of Meritxell Huch at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Dresden, Germany, investigating the role of the stem cell niche in liver regeneration.

scholarly journals First person – Nagisa Yoshida

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. dmm045922
Keyword(s):  
Imperial College ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Tropical Medicine ◽  
London School ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Francis Crick ◽  
Novel Model ◽  
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. Nagisa Yoshida is first author on ‘The zebrafish as a novel model for the in vivo study of Toxoplasma gondii replication and interaction with macrophages’, published in DMM. Nagisa conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Prof. Serge Mostowy and Dr Eva Frickel's labs at Imperial College London/The Francis Crick Institute/London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. She is now a postdoc in the lab of Dr Robindra Basu-Roy and Prof. Serge Mostowy at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and her research interests include infection biology and immunology.

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.

scholarly journals First person – Yuki Ogawa

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (6) ◽  
pp. jcs258526
Keyword(s):  
Initial Segment ◽  
Genome Engineering ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Cytoskeletal Proteins ◽  
Axon Initial Segment ◽  
First Person ◽  
Baylor College ◽  
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. Yuki Ogawa is first author on ‘Endogenously expressed Ranbp2 is not at the axon initial segment’, published in JCS. Yuki is a postdoc in the lab of Matthew Rasband at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA, investigating how the cytoskeletal proteins are organized in neurons by using CRISPR/Cas9-based genome engineering.

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