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 – Kia Wee Tan

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (14) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Research ◽  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Early Career ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
First Person ◽  
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. Kia Wee Tan is first author on ‘ JIP4 is recruited by the phosphoinositide-binding protein Phafin2 to promote recycling tubules on macropinosomes’, published in JCS. Kia Wee is a PhD student in the lab of Harald Stenmark at the Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, investigating membrane trafficking.

scholarly journals First person – Mira Kuzmić

2022 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Research ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Stress Fibers ◽  
First Person ◽  
Septin 9 ◽  
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. Mira Kuzmić is first author on ‘ Septin-microtubule association via a motif unique to isoform 1 of septin 9 tunes stress fibers’, published in JCS. Mira conducted the research described in this article while a post-doc in the lab of Dr Ali Badache and Dr Pascal Verdier-Pinard's at Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM), France. Her life's vocation is cancer research.

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 – Lucie Wolf

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (16) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Research ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Cellular Communication ◽  
Research Center ◽  
First Person ◽  
German Cancer Research ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
The Many ◽  
Postdoctoral Researcher ◽  
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. Lucie Wolf is first author on ‘ EVI/WLS function is regulated by ubiquitylation and linked to ER-associated degradation by ERLIN2’, published in JCS. Lucie works in the lab of Michael Boutros at German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, investigating the many regulatory layers of cellular communication. She is now a postdoctoral researcher, but was a PhD student when the manuscript was submitted.

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 – Anthony Rossi

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (18) ◽  
pp. jcs253971
Keyword(s):  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Yeast Growth ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Polarity Establishment ◽  
Growth Polarity ◽  
Vanderbilt 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. Anthony Rossi is joint first author on ‘Phosphoregulation of the cytokinetic protein Fic1 contributes to fission yeast growth polarity establishment’, published in JCS. Anthony is a PhD student in the lab of Kathleen L. Gould at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA, investigating how cytokinetic components coordinate with each other to achieve cytokinesis.

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.

scholarly journals First person – Chloe Snider

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (23) ◽  
pp. jcs257246
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Cell Division ◽  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Phosphatidylinositol 4 ◽  
Vanderbilt 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. Chloe Snider is first author on ‘Fission yeast Opy1 is an endogenous PI(4,5)P2 sensor that binds to the phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate 5-kinase Its3’, published in JCS. Chloe is a PhD student in the lab of Kathleen Gould at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, investigating how the cytokinetic ring is anchored to the plasma membrane during cell division.

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