scholarly journals First person – Mohammad Yunus Ansari

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (22) ◽  
pp. jcs256644
Keyword(s):  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
Cartilage Homeostasis ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
Catabolic Response ◽  
Medical 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. Mohammad Yunus Ansari is first author on ‘Mitochondrial dysfunction triggers a catabolic response in chondrocytes via ROS-mediated activation of the JNK/AP1 pathway’, published in JCS. Mohammad Yunus is a Research Assistant Professor in the lab of Tariq M Haqqi, at the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University, USA, investigating the mechanism of regulation of mitochondrial function in articular cartilage and its role in cartilage homeostasis in health and disease.

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 Future leader to watch – Eunice Tan

Biology Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Studies ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Ecological Interactions ◽  
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. Eunice Tan is first author on ‘ Motion: enhancing signals and concealing cues’, published in BiO. Eunice is Assistant Professor in the department of Environmental Studies, at Yale-NUS College, Singapore, investigating the ecological interactions between animals, their predators, and the environment.

scholarly journals First person – Kun Guo

Biology Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Color Change ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
Thermal Dependence ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Takydromus Septentrionalis ◽  
Normal University ◽  
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. Kun Guo is first author on ‘The thermal dependence and molecular basis of physiological color change in Takydromus septentrionalis (Lacertidae)’, published in BiO. Kun conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Xiang Ji's lab at Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Jiangsu, China. They are now research assistant in the lab of Xiang Ji at College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Wenzhou University, Zhejiang, China, and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.

scholarly journals First person – Sachiko Fujiwara

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (14) ◽  
pp. jcs251082
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Biology ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Postdoctoral Fellow ◽  
Collective Migration ◽  
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. Sachiko Fujiwara is first author on ‘Disease-associated keratin mutations reduce traction forces and compromise adhesion and collective migration’, published in JCS. Sachiko conducted the research described in this article while a Postdoctoral fellow in Thomas M. Magin's lab at Institute of Biology, Division of Cell & Developmental Biology, Leipzig University, Germany. She is now an assistant professor in the lab of Kazunori Imaizumi at the Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan, investigating the physiological roles of cytoskeletons.

scholarly journals First person – Maayan Barnea-Zohar and Sabina E. Winograd-Katz

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (9) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Size ◽  
Cell Fusion ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
Weizmann Institute ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Dependent Mechanism

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. Maayan Barnea-Zohar and Sabina E. Winograd-Katz are co-first authors on ‘ An SNX10-dependent mechanism downregulates fusion between mature osteoclasts’, published in JCS. Maayan is a research assistant in the lab of Ari Elson at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, investigating cell–cell fusion in osteoclasts and how cell size is determined. Sabina is a research assistant and lab manager in the lab of Benjamin Geiger at the Weizmann Institute of Science, investigating cell biology and signaling.

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.

scholarly journals First person – Kara Stark

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (8) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Adaptor Protein ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Ring Canals ◽  
Duke University ◽  
Butler 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. Kara Stark is first author on ‘Precise levels of the Drosophila adaptor protein Dreadlocks maintain the size and stability of germline ring canals’, published in JCS. Kara conducted the research described in this article while an undergraduate research assistant in Dr Lindsay Lewellyn's lab at Butler University, Indianapolis, IN. She is now a PhD student in the lab of Dr Zhao Zhang at Duke University, Durham, NC, investigating how transposon mobilization interacts with the immune system during development.

scholarly journals First person – Takeshi Harada

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (21) ◽  
pp. jcs256024
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Contact Sites ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Mitochondrial Functions ◽  
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. Takeshi Harada is first author on ‘Palmitoylated CKAP4 regulates mitochondrial functions through an interaction with VDAC2 at ER–mitochondria contact sites’, published in JCS. Takeshi is an assistant professor in the lab of Akira Kikuchi at the Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan, investigating the role of CKAP4 at ER–mitochondria contact sites.

scholarly journals First person – Yuki Yoshino

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (17) ◽  
pp. jcs253153
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Biology ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Aurora A ◽  
Centriole Duplication ◽  
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 Yoshino is first author on ‘RACK1 regulates centriole duplication through promoting the activation of polo-like kinase 1 by Aurora A’, published in JCS. Yuki is an Assistant Professor in the lab of Natsuko Chiba at the Department of Cancer Biology, Institute of Aging, Development and Cancer, Tohoku University, Japan, investigating how BRCA1 dysfunction causes breast cancer.

scholarly journals First person – Yuka Kobayashi

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Disease Models ◽  
First Person ◽  
Photoreceptor Degeneration ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Differential Gene ◽  
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. Yuka Kobayashi is first author on ‘ Early manifestations and differential gene expression associated with photoreceptor degeneration in Prom1-deficient retina’, published in DMM. Yuka is assistant professor in the lab of Prof. Kazuhiro Kimura at Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan, investigating ophthalmology.

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