scholarly journals First person – Frederike Riemslagh

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. dmm048920
Keyword(s):  
Muscular Atrophy ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Genetic Diseases ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Clinical Genetics ◽  
First Person ◽  
University Of Colorado ◽  
Erasmus Medical ◽  
The University ◽  
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. Frederike Riemslagh is first author on ‘Inducible expression of human C9ORF72 36× G4C2 hexanucleotide repeats is sufficient to cause RAN translation and rapid muscular atrophy in mice’, published in DMM. Frederike conducted the research described in this article while a PhD Candidate in Prof. Dr Rob Willemse's lab at Erasmus Medical Center, Department of Clinical Genetics, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She is now a Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Dr Christian Mosimann at the University of Colorado, USA, investigating genetic diseases that affect the heart and brain.

scholarly journals First person – Giulia Corbet

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (17) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Early Career ◽  
Stress Granule ◽  
First Person ◽  
Granule Formation ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
University Of Colorado ◽  
Form 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. Giulia Corbet is first author on ‘ ADAR1 limits stress granule formation through both translation-dependent and translation-independent mechanisms’, published in JCS. Giulia is a PhD student in the lab of Roy Parker at the University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA, investigating how ribonucleoprotein granules form, function and are regulated.

scholarly journals First person – Victor Palacios

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (7) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Chromosome Segregation ◽  
Germ Cells ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
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. Victor Palacios is first author on ‘Importin-9 regulates chromosome segregation and packaging in Drosophila germ cells’, published in JCS. Victor conducted his PhD research in the lab of Michael Buszczak at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, where he investigated the essential role of Importin-9 in Drosophila fertility.

scholarly journals First person – Ivo de Vos

Biology Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. bio057935
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Clinical Genetics ◽  
First Person ◽  
Zebrafish Model ◽  
Common Skin ◽  
Skin Conditions ◽  
The University ◽  
Improving Patient Care

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. Ivo de Vos is first author on ‘The novel zebrafish model pretzel demonstrates a central role for SH3PXD2B in defective collagen remodelling and fibrosis in Frank-Ter Haar syndrome’, published in BiO. Ivo conducted the research described in this article while a Research Fellow in Professor Maurice van Steensel's lab at the Skin Research Institute of Singapore (SRIS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore. He is now a Postgraduate House Officer in Clinical Genetics, currently working in patient care in the Department of Genetics, at the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), The Netherlands, investigating pathophysiological mechanisms underlying common skin conditions by studying rare genetic skin disorders, ultimately improving patient care.

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 – 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 – Andreia Nunes

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Muscular Dystrophy ◽  
Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Disease Models ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Disease Mechanisms ◽  
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. Andreia Nunes is first author on ‘ Identification of candidate miRNA biomarkers for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy using DUX4-based mouse models’, published in DMM. Andreia is a postdoc in the lab of Peter L. Jones at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA, investigating therapeutics for and disease mechanisms of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.

scholarly journals First person – Jenny Vermeer and Jonathan lent

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. dmm046292
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Lineage Tracing ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Project Leader ◽  
Novel Treatments ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
University Of Oxford ◽  
The University ◽  
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. Jenny Vermeer and Jonathan lent are co-first authors on ‘A lineage-tracing tool to map the fate of hypoxic tumour cells’, published in DMM. Jenny conducted the research described in this article while a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Ruth Muschel at the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. She is now a project leader in the lab of Miranda van der Lee at Byondis, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, investigating new targets, particularly in cancer, that will lead to novel treatments. Jonathan is a PhD student in the lab of Marc Vooijs at Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, investigating new cancer targets and testing possible new interventions with a focus on tumour hypoxia.

scholarly journals First person – Gideon Hughes

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. dmm047415
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Tissue Regeneration ◽  
Model Organism ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Disease Models ◽  
First Person ◽  
Zebrafish Model ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
The University ◽  
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. Gideon Hughes is first author on ‘Machine learning discriminates a movement disorder in a zebrafish model of Parkinson's disease’, published in DMM. Gideon conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Betsy Pownall's lab at the University of York, York, UK. He is now a postdoc in the lab of Henry Roehl at the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK, using the zebrafish as a model organism to study human disease and tissue regeneration, combining his research with his interest in computer science.

scholarly journals First person – Stéphanie Cottier

Biology Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. bio054171
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Model Organism ◽  
Cell Wall Protein ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Conserved Residues ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
The University ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
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. Stéphanie Cottier is first author on ‘The yeast cell wall protein Pry3 inhibits mating through highly conserved residues within the CAP domain’, published in BiO. Stéphanie is a post-doc in the lab of Roger Schneiter at the University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland, investigating using yeast model organism to gain insight into the function of the widespread CAP protein superfamily.

scholarly journals First person – Lena Marie Westermann

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. dmm047860
Keyword(s):  
Medical Center ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Lysosomal Storage ◽  
Joint Function ◽  
Cartilage Homeostasis ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Mucolipidosis Type ◽  
Storage Disorders ◽  
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. Lena Marie Westermann is first author on ‘Imbalanced cellular metabolism compromises cartilage homeostasis and joint function in a mouse model of mucolipidosis type III gamma’, published in DMM. Lena Marie is an MD student in the lab of Dr Sandra Pohl at University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, investigating bone and connective tissue phenotypes in lysosomal storage disorders.

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