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 – Wei Sheng Yap

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (21) ◽  
pp. jcs256016
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Membrane Lipid ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Lipid Homeostasis ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Technological University ◽  
Selection Of

ABSTRACTFirst Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published Journal of Cell Science, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Wei Sheng Yap is first author on ‘The yeast FIT2 homologs are necessary to maintain cellular proteostasis and membrane lipid homeostasis’, published in JCS. Wei Sheng works in the lab of Guillaume Thibault in the School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, studying the interplay between the proteostasis network and lipid homeostasis.

scholarly journals First person – Matthew Zdradzinski

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (7) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
Axon Growth ◽  
Mrna Localization ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
University Of South Carolina ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Mrna Isoform ◽  
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. Matthew Zdradzinski is co-first author on ‘Selective axonal translation of the mRNA isoform encoding prenylated Cdc42 supports axon growth’, published in JCS. Matthew is a PhD Student in the lab of Jeffery Twiss at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, where he is interested in neurobiology, focused around mRNA localization and its effects on axon growth, development and regeneration.

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 – Zhong-Qiu Yu

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (19) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Protein Interactions ◽  
Visual Detection ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Degradation Pathways ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Research Associate ◽  
Beijing China ◽  
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. Zhong-Qiu Yu is first author on ‘ Visual detection of binary, ternary and quaternary protein interactions in fission yeast using a Pil1 co-tethering assay’, published in JCS. Zhong-Qiu conducted the research described in this article while a postdoc in Li-Lin Du's lab at National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China. He is now a research associate in the lab of David Rubinsztein at Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, UK, investigating protein degradation pathways and neurodegeneration diseases.

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.

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 – 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 – 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.

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