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 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Sutirtha Lahiri

Biology Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Grassland Birds ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Acoustic Community ◽  
Indian Institute Of Science ◽  
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. Sutirtha Lahiri is first author on ‘Convergent acoustic community structure in South Asian dry and wet grassland birds’, published in BiO. Sutirtha is a research assistant in the lab of Dr Anand Krishnan at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, India, investigating whether biogeographically distinct grasslands display convergent acoustic community structure.

scholarly journals First person – Anthony Agudelo

Biology Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. bio057216
Keyword(s):  
Motor Neuron ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Age Dependent ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Selection Of

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. Anthony Agudelo is first author on ‘Age-dependent degeneration of an identified adult leg motor neuron in a Drosophila SOD1 model of ALS’, published in BiO. Anthony conducted the research described in this article while an undergraduate Research Assistant in Dr Geoff Stilwell's lab at Rhode Island College, Providence, USA. He is now a Research Assistant in the lab of Dr James Padbury at Rhode Island College, Providence, USA, investigating using computational biology methods to shed light on the pathology of complex diseases.

scholarly journals First person – Shan Ying

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (20) ◽  
pp. jcs255174
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Mechanism ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
Uv Damage ◽  
Mtor Inhibition ◽  
Granule Formation ◽  
Translation Arrest ◽  
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. Shan Ying is first author on ‘UV damage induces G3BP1-dependent stress granule formation that is not driven by mTOR inhibition-mediated translation arrest’, published in JCS. Shan is a research assistant in the lab of Denys Khaperskyy at Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada where her research interests focus on understanding properties and functions of stress granules and the molecular mechanism of viral host shutoff.

scholarly journals First person – Hui-Ying Tsai and Shih-Cheng Wu

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. dmm046755
Keyword(s):  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
Maple Syrup ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Research Institutes ◽  
Urine Disease ◽  
Branched Chain ◽  
Ketoacid Dehydrogenase ◽  
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. Hui-Ying Tsai and Shih-Cheng Wu are co-first authors on ‘Loss of the Drosophila branched-chain α-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex results in neuronal dysfunction’, published in DMM. Hui-Ying is a research assistant in the lab of Chun-Hong Chen at National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan. Her research interest is modeling the human neurological disease maple syrup urine disease in Drosophila, assessing behavior as well as brain damage. Shih-Cheng is a postdoc in the same lab, with interests in modeling human disease and immunometabolism.

scholarly journals First person – Shafali Gupta

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (17) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Cellular Processes ◽  
Epithelial Monolayers ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
The University ◽  
Rhoa Signaling ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
E Cadherin

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. Shafali Gupta is first author on ‘ Enhanced RhoA signaling stabilizes E-cadherin in migrating epithelial monolayers’, published in JCS. Shafali is a postdoc in the lab of Alpha S. Yap at Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, investigating the critical mechanisms behind different cellular processes.

scholarly journals First person – Paola Lepanto and Florencia Levin-Ferreyra

Biology Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Fate ◽  
Adipocyte Differentiation ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
Cell Fate Decisions ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Research Associate ◽  
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. Paola Lepanto and Florencia Levin-Ferreyra are co-first authors on ‘ Insights into in vivo adipocyte differentiation through cell-specific labeling in zebrafish’, published in BiO. Paola is a research assistant in the lab of José Badano at Institut Pasteur Montevideo, investigating cellular and developmental biology. Florencia conducted the research described in this article while a final dissertation student in José Badano's lab at Institut Pasteur Montevideo. She is now a research associate in the lab of Bruno di Stefano at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA, investigating stem cell potency and cell fate decisions.

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