scholarly journals First person – Kenneth Kin Lam Wong

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (23) ◽  
pp. jcs257261
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Biology ◽  
Cell Signaling ◽  
Tumor Cells ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Simon Fraser 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. Kenneth Kin Lam Wong is first author on ‘Hyperpolarized mitochondria accumulate in Drosophila Hipk-overexpressing cells to drive tumor-like growth’, published in JCS. Kenneth is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Esther Verheyen at the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada, investigating the crosstalk between cell signaling and metabolism in tumor cells.

scholarly journals First person – Natalia Mallo

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (20) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Molecular Biology ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Mitochondrial Morphology ◽  
First Person ◽  
Protozoan Parasites ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Research Associate ◽  
Parasitic Lifestyle ◽  
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. Natalia Mallo is first author on ‘ Depletion of a Toxoplasma porin leads to defects in mitochondrial morphology and contacts with the endoplasmic reticulum’, published in JCS. Natalia conducted the research described in this article while a Postdoc Research Associate in Lilach Sheiner's lab at Wellcome Centre For Integrative Parasitology, University of Glasgow, UK. She now works in the lab of Santiago Cabaleiro at CETGA (Technological Centre of the Aquaculture Cluster), Ribeira, A Coruña, Spain, where her research interests are related to the study of molecular biology of protozoan parasites. Natalia has a special interest in endosymbiotic organelles, such as the mitochondrion, and aims to elucidate organelle functions that can be related to adaptations to parasitic lifestyle.

scholarly journals First person – Carlos Martín-Rodríguez

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (24) ◽  
pp. jcs258012
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Biology ◽  
Neuronal Differentiation ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Castilla Y Leon ◽  
Molecular Signals ◽  
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. Carlos Martín-Rodríguez is first author on ‘TrkB deubiquitylation by USP8 regulates receptor levels and BDNF-dependent neuronal differentiation’, published in JCS. Carlos conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Juan Carlos Arévalo's lab at the Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León, University of Salamanca, Spain. He is now a postdoc in the lab of Aranzazu Sanchez and Blanca Herrera at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, investigating the transmission of molecular signals from the cell exterior to the interior.

scholarly journals First person – Craig Barcus

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (19) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Tumor Cells ◽  
Tumor Invasion ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Cancer Associated Fibroblasts ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Postdoctoral Research ◽  
Washington University ◽  
Extracellular Environment ◽  
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. Craig Barcus is first author on ‘ Tyrosine kinase-independent actions of DDR2 in tumor cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts influence tumor invasion, migration and metastasis’, published in JCS. Craig is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the lab of Gregory Longmore at Washington University in St Louis, MO, USA, where he is interested in how progressing tumors interact with the extracellular environment to promote metastasis.

scholarly journals First person – Mélody Wintrebert

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
pp. jcs258481
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Research ◽  
Molecular Biology ◽  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Meiotic Recombination ◽  
Nuclear Import ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Dna Break ◽  
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. Mélody Wintrebert is joint first author on ‘Activation of meiotic recombination by nuclear import of the DNA break hotspot-determining complex in fission yeast’, published in JCS. Mélody conducted the research described in this article while a Master’s student in Gerry Smith's lab at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA. She is now a PhD student in the labs of Frédéric Relaix and Laurent Tiret at Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale, Créteil, and Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, Maisons Alfort, France, investigating cellular and molecular biology.

scholarly journals First person – Emma Lacroix

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (22) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Conservation ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Amyloid Aggregation ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Simon Fraser 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. Emma Lacroix is first author on ‘Evolutionary conservation of systemic and reversible amyloid aggregation’, published in JCS. Emma is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Tim Audas at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada, investigating stress-induced physiological amyloid aggregation.

scholarly journals First person – Shivali Rawat

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (18) ◽  
pp. jcs253922
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Biology ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Protein Homeostasis ◽  
Respiratory Complexes ◽  
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. Shivali Rawat is first author on ‘Increased supraorganization of respiratory complexes is a dynamic multistep remodelling in response to proteostasis stress’, published in JCS. Shivali is a PhD student in the lab of Swasti Raychaudhuri at CSIR - Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India, investigating protein homeostasis and aggregation in stress and disease-related conditions.

scholarly journals First person – Fatemeh Mazloumi Gavgani

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (3) ◽  
pp. jcs258440
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Molecular Biology ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Neuronal Regeneration ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Phosphoinositide 3 Kinase ◽  
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. Fatemeh Mazloumi Gavgani is joint first author on ‘Nuclear upregulation of class I phosphoinositide 3-kinase p110β correlates with high 47S rRNA levels in cancer cells’, published in JCS. Fatemeh conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Aurélia E. Lewis's lab at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Norway. She is now a postdoc in the lab of Fabian Rentzsch at the Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, Bergen, Norway, investigating the molecular mechanisms of neuronal regeneration.

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.

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