scholarly journals First person – Helena Rannikmae

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (2) ◽  
pp. jcs258385

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. Helena Rannikmae is first author on ‘Mutational inactivation of Apc in the intestinal epithelia compromises cellular organisation’, published in JCS. Helena conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Dr Marc de la Roche's lab at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK. She is now a Senior Scientist in the Complex In Vitro Models group at GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, UK, using complex in vitro models to study health and disease.

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (22) ◽  
pp. jcs256644

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.


2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (5) ◽  
pp. jcs258536

ABSTRACTFirst Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Journal Cell Science, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Huildore Bommanna Ranjitha is first author on ‘Foot-and-mouth disease virus induces PERK-mediated autophagy to suppress the antiviral interferon response’, published in JCS, and is a PhD Scholar in the lab of Dr Suresh H. Basagoudanavar at ICAR-Indian Veterinarian Research Institute, Bengalur, Karnataka, India, performing in vitro and in vivo analysis of the pathogenesis of animal diseases and working on the development of preventive/diagnostic medicine.


Biology Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. bio058621

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. Shohei Yamamoto is first author on ‘Biophysical and biochemical properties of Deup1 self-assemblies: a potential driver for deuterosome formation during multiciliogenesis’, published in BiO. Shohei conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student and then postdoc in Daiju Kitagawa's lab at Department of Physiological Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan. He is now a postdoc in the lab of Manuel Théry and Laurent Blanchoin at the Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Grenoble, CEA, Grenoble, France, investigating in vitro reconstitution of cytoskeleton systems.


2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
pp. jcs258479

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. Sarah O'Keefe is first author on ‘Ipomoeassin-F inhibits the in vitro biogenesis of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and its host cell membrane receptor’, published in JCS. Sarah is a postdoc in the lab of Stephen High at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK, where she is developing small molecule inhibitors for the benefit of human health.


2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (21) ◽  

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. Judith Barbara Fülle is first author on ‘ Desmosome dualism – most of the junction is stable, but a plakophilin moiety is persistently dynamic’, published in JCS. Judith is a PhD student in the labs of Christoph Ballestrem, David R. Garrod and E. Birgitte Lane at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, University of Manchester, UK and the Skin Research Institute of Singapore, Agency of Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, investigating the nature of cell–cell junctions, in particular the composition and regulation of desmosomes in health and disease.


2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (24) ◽  

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. Akruti Shah is first author on ‘ IP6K1 upregulates the formation of processing bodies by influencing protein-protein interactions on the mRNA cap’, published in JCS. Akruti is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Rashna Bhandari at the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, investigating the effect of post-translational modifications and protein–protein interactions on mRNA metabolism in health and disease.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. dmm046870

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. Pratibha Singh is first author on ‘Maltodextrin-induced intestinal injury in a neonatal mouse model’, published in DMM. Pratibha is a postdoctoral research fellow in the lab of Dr Camilia R. Martin at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, investigating nutrient-driven immunomodulation in neonatal health and disease.


2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (14) ◽  
pp. jcs250373

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. Eryn Dixon is first author on ‘GDNF drives rapid tubule morphogenesis in a novel 3D in vitro model for ADPKD’, published in JCS. Eryn is a PhD Student in the lab of Owen M. Woodward at the Department of Physiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, investigating the responses of epithelial cells to disease and injury, and how these signaling changes ultimately affect renal physiology.


2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (16) ◽  

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.


2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (20) ◽  
pp. jcs255166

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.


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