scholarly journals First person – Tigist Tamir

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (14) ◽  
pp. jcs251116
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Progression ◽  
Therapy Resistance ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Comprehensive Cancer Center ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
First Person ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Chapel Hill ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
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. Tigist Tamir is first author on ‘Gain-of-function genetic screen of the kinome reveals BRSK2 as an inhibitor of the NRF2 transcription factor’, published in JCS. Tigist conducted the research described in this article while a graduate student in Michael Ben Major's lab at Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. They are now a postdoctoral associate in the lab of Forest White at Koch Institute for Integrated Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, where they are interested in integrating cutting edge ‘omics’ technologies to better elucidate drivers of cancer progression and therapy resistance.

scholarly journals First person – Jacqueline Simonet

Biology Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Egg Production ◽  
Cell Metabolism ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
First Person ◽  
Research Associate ◽  
Ctp Synthase ◽  
Postdoctoral Research ◽  
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. Jacqueline Simonet is first author on ‘CTP synthase polymerization in germline cells of the developing Drosophila egg supports egg production’, published in BiO. Jacqueline conducted the research described in this article while a postdoctoral research associate in Jeffrey Peterson's lab at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA and is now a Visiting Assistant Professor at Arcadia University, PA, investigating the regulation of cell metabolism, particularly the regulation of biosynthetic enzymes by filamentation using Drosophila as a model system.

scholarly journals First person – Amlan Barai

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (23) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Tumor Heterogeneity ◽  
Indian Institute ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Cancer Development ◽  
Dynamic Processes ◽  
Cell Behavior ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
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. Amlan Barai is first author on ‘ α-Actinin-4 drives invasiveness by regulating myosin IIB expression and myosin IIA localization’, published in JCS. Amlan is an Institute Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Prof. Shamik Sen at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, where he uses multidisciplinary approaches to understand cell behavior and cellular dynamic processes including cancer development, metastasis and tumor heterogeneity.

scholarly journals First person – Aleena Arakaki

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (8) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Progression ◽  
Cancer Metastasis ◽  
Breast Cancer Metastasis ◽  
Early Career ◽  
University Of California ◽  
First Person ◽  
Molecular Processes ◽  
Tumor Suppressor Function ◽  
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. Aleena Arakaki is first author on ‘α-Arrestin ARRDC3 tumor suppressor function is linked to GPCR-induced TAZ activation and breast cancer metastasis’, published in JCS. Aleena conducted the research described in this article while a PhD graduate student in JoAnn Trejo's lab at University of California, San Diego, USA. She is now a Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Taran Gujral at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, investigating the cellular and molecular processes that contribute to cancer progression and how to move these findings into clinical translation.

scholarly journals First person – Anjali Bajpai

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. dmm046136
Keyword(s):  
Model System ◽  
Indian Institute ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Intestinal Stem Cell ◽  
Disease Models ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Developmental Principles ◽  
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. Anjali Bajpai is first author on ‘A Drosophila model of oral peptide therapeutics for adult intestinal stem cell tumors’, published in DMM. Anjali is a Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance early-career fellow in the lab of Prof. Pradip Sinha at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, investigating the developmental principles that govern carcinogenesis using Drosophila as a model system.

scholarly journals First person – Jennifer Potter-Birriel

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (3) ◽  
pp. jcs258442
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Regulation Of Gene Expression ◽  
Mrna Processing ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Chapel Hill ◽  
The 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. Jennifer Potter-Birriel is first author on ‘A region of SLBP outside the mRNA-processing domain is essential for deposition of histone mRNA into the Drosophila egg’, published in JCS. Jennifer is a postdoc in the lab of William Marzluff at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, investigating regulation of gene expression.

scholarly journals First person – Srinivas Animireddy

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
pp. jcs258443
Keyword(s):  
Early Career ◽  
Erk Signaling ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
First Person ◽  
Cytoplasmic Localization ◽  
Chromatin Remodelers ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Md Anderson ◽  
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. Srinivas Animireddy is first author on ‘Aberrant cytoplasmic localization of ARID1B activates ERK signaling and promotes oncogenesis’, published in JCS. Srinivas conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Dr Murali Dharan Bashyam's lab at the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad, India. He is now a postdoc in the lab of Dr Blaine Bartholomew at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX, investigating the role of chromatin remodelers in development and diseases.

scholarly journals First person – Ambuja Navalkar

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (11) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Aggregation ◽  
Direct Evidence ◽  
Cellular Transformation ◽  
Indian Institute ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Postdoctoral Fellow ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
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. Ambuja Navalkar is first author on ‘Direct evidence of cellular transformation by prion-like p53 amyloid infection’, published in JCS. Ambuja conducted the research described in this article while a research fellow in Professor Samir K. Maji's lab at the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India. She is now an Institute Postdoctoral Fellow in the Maji lab, investigating protein aggregation linked with cancer and neurodegeneration.

scholarly journals First person – Daniel Bronder

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Chromosomal Instability ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
Disease Models ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Manchester ◽  
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. Daniel Bronder is first author on ‘ TP53 loss initiates chromosomal instability in fallopian tube epithelial cells’, published in DMM. Daniel conducted the research described in this article while a doctoral student in Thomas Ried and Stephen Taylor's labs at the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA and the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. He is now a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Samuel Bakhoum at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA, investigating the causes and consequences of chromosomal instability in cancer.

scholarly journals First person – Anja Schmidt and Long Li

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (21) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Early Career ◽  
Cell Interactions ◽  
Cell Junction ◽  
Cortical Region ◽  
First Person ◽  
Capping Proteins ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Chapel Hill ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Cell Cell

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. Anja Schmidt and Long Li are co-first authors on ‘ Dia- and Rok-dependent enrichment of capping proteins in a cortical region’, published in JCS. Anja conducted the research described in this article while a postdoc in Jörg Großhans's lab at Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany. She is now a postdoc in the lab of Mark Peifer at Chapel Hill, NC, USA, investigating cell–cell interactions, mechanotransduction and cell–cell junction dynamics. Long is a postdoc in the lab of Jörg Großhans at Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany, where he focuses on the regulation and interaction between microtubule and actin interaction.

scholarly journals First person – Paco López-Cuevas

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. dmm048972
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Progression ◽  
Chronic Wounds ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Bone Homeostasis ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
University Of Bristol ◽  
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. Paco López-Cuevas is first author on ‘Transformed notochordal cells trigger chronic wounds in zebrafish, destabilizing the vertebral column and bone homeostasis’, published in DMM. Paco is a PhD student in the lab of Paul Martin at the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, investigating the role of inflammation in cancer progression.

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