First person – Alexander Johnson

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (15) ◽  
pp. jcs251108
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Evaluation ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Quantitative Imaging ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Plant Model ◽  
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. Alexander Johnson is first author on ‘Experimental toolbox for quantitative evaluation of clathrin-mediated endocytosis in the plant model Arabidopsis’, published in JCS. Alexander is a postdoc in the lab of Jiri Friml at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, investigating the characterization of the molecular mechanisms of endocytosis in plants using a range of quantitative imaging and biochemical approaches.

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 – Laura Tamberg

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. dmm046532
Keyword(s):  
Transcription Factor ◽  
Drosophila Melanogaster ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Model System ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Disease Models ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
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. Laura Tamberg is first author on ‘Daughterless, the Drosophila orthologue of TCF4, is required for associative learning and maintenance of the synaptic proteome’, published in DMM. Laura is a PhD student in the lab of Tõnis Timmusk at the Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia. Her research involves investigating the use of Drosophila melanogaster as a model system to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying transcription factor TCF4-related neuronal diseases.

scholarly journals First person – Xiangchuan Wang

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (3) ◽  
pp. jcs258445
Keyword(s):  
Caenorhabditis Elegans ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Research Scholar ◽  
Senior Research ◽  
Southern University ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Meiosis I

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. Xiangchuan Wang is first author on ‘Cortical recruitment of centralspindlin and RhoA effectors during meiosis I of Caenorhabditis elegans primary spermatocytes’, published in JCS. Xiangchuan is a Senior Research Scholar in the lab of Yu Chung Tse at the Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, P.R. China, investigating the generation of diversified gametes.

scholarly journals First person – Fumiya Okawa, Yutaro Hama and Sidi Zhang

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (8) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
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. Fumiya Okawa, Yutaro Hama and Sidi Zhang are co-first authors on ‘Evolution and insights into the structure and function of the DedA superfamily containing TMEM41B and VMP1’, published in JCS. Fumiya and Yutaro are PhD students and Sidi is a postdoc in the lab of Noboru Mizushima at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan, where they are investigating the molecular mechanisms and origin of autophagy.

scholarly journals First person – Mohd. Salman

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. dmm046169
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Drug Repurposing ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Neuroprotective Effects ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
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. Mohd. Salman is first author on ‘Nrf2/HO-1 mediates the neuroprotective effects of pramipexole by attenuating oxidative damage and mitochondrial perturbation after traumatic brain injury in rats’, published in DMM. Mohd. is a PhD student in the lab of Prof. Suhel Parvez at Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India, investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in traumatic brain injury, ischemic stroke and neurodegenerative diseases, and exploring the avenue of drug repurposing with pre-clinical studies.

scholarly journals First person – Tatiana Burrinha

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (9) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Medical School ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Research Center ◽  
First Person ◽  
Synapse Loss ◽  
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. Tatiana Burrinha is first author on ‘ Upregulation of APP endocytosis by neuronal aging drives amyloid-dependent synapse loss’, published in JCS. Tatiana is a PhD student in the lab of Cláudia Guimas Almeida at the Chronic Diseases Research Center (CEDOC), NOVA Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal aging.

scholarly journals First person – Aini Gusmira

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (19) ◽  
pp. jcs254656
Keyword(s):  
Cell Membrane ◽  
Staff Member ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Cholesterol Depletion ◽  
First Person ◽  
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. Aini Gusmira is first author on ‘Regulation of caveolae through cholesterol-depletion-dependent tubulation mediated by PACSIN2’, published in JCS. Aini conducted the research described in this article while a PhD Student in Shiro Suetsugu's lab at Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, Japan. She is now an academic staff member in the lab of Dr Anton Bahtiar at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Indonesia, investigating the role of the cell membrane in disease processes.

scholarly journals First person – Safia Omer

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (20) ◽  
pp. jcs254664
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Budding Yeast ◽  
Quantitative Imaging ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Dartmouth College ◽  
First Person ◽  
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. Safia Omer is first author on ‘Overexpression of Mdm36 reveals Num1 foci that mediate dynein-dependent microtubule sliding in budding yeast’, published in JCS. Safia is a post-doctoral associate in the lab of Wei-Lih Lee at Dartmouth College, Department of Biological Sciences, Hanover, NH, USA, investigating the interplay between cytoskeleton and organelles using quantitative imaging.

scholarly journals First person – Mariana Castro Dias

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (8) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Neurodegenerative Disorders ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
University Of Bern ◽  
Theodor Kocher ◽  
Roche Diagnostics ◽  
The Brain ◽  
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. Mariana Castro Dias is first author on ‘Brain endothelial tricellular junctions as novel sites for T cell diapedesis across the blood–brain barrier’, published in JCS. Mariana conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Britta Engelhardt's lab at the Theodor Kocher Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland. She is now an Associate Scientific Communications Manager working for Roche Diagnostics International. She is utterly fascinated by the brain, particularly the molecular mechanisms underlying the pathology of neurodegenerative disorders.

scholarly journals First person – Simona Amodeo

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (5) ◽  
pp. jcs258558
Keyword(s):  
Trypanosoma Brucei ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Pharmaceutical Sciences ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
University Of Bern ◽  
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. Simona Amodeo is first author on ‘Characterization of the novel mitochondrial genome segregation factor TAP110 in Trypanosoma brucei’, published in JCS. Simona conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in the lab of Torsten Ochsenreiter at the Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bern, Switzerland. She is now a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Professor André Schneider at the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, investigating mitochondrial biogenesis and ribosomes in Trypanosoma brucei.

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