First person – Jean Castillo

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.

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First person – Craig Keenan

Disease Models & Mechanisms ◽

10.1242/dmm.046193 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (7) ◽

pp. dmm046193

Keyword(s):

Degenerative Joint Disease ◽

Early Career ◽

Joint Disease ◽

First Person ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

Research Associate ◽

Post Traumatic ◽

Postdoctoral Research ◽

The University ◽

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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. Craig Keenan is first author on ‘Post-traumatic osteoarthritis development is not modified by postnatal chondrocyte deletion of Ccn2’, published in DMM. Craig conducted the research described in this article while a postdoctoral research associate in Dr Blandine Poulet's lab at the University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. He is now a lecturer in vertebrate physiology in the lab of Dr Jason Kirby at Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK, investigating the roles of cartilage and bone in the pathogenesis of degenerative joint disease.

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First person – Matthew Wood

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.255182 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 133 (20) ◽

pp. jcs255182

Keyword(s):

Dna Damage ◽

Dna Replication ◽

Neurodegenerative Diseases ◽

Early Career ◽

First Person ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

Washington 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. Matthew Wood is first author on ‘TDP-43 dysfunction results in R-loop accumulation and DNA replication defects’, published in JCS. Matthew is a PhD student in the lab of Alessandro Vindigni at Washington University in St Louis, MO, USA, investigating DNA damage in neurodegenerative diseases caused by R-loops.

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First person – Jacqueline Simonet

Biology Open ◽

10.1242/bio.054718 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (7) ◽

Keyword(s):

Egg Production ◽

Cell Metabolism ◽

Assistant Professor ◽

Early Career ◽

Cancer Center ◽

First Person ◽

Research Associate ◽

Ctp Synthase ◽

Postdoctoral Research ◽

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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. Jacqueline Simonet is first author on ‘CTP synthase polymerization in germline cells of the developing Drosophila egg supports egg production’, published in BiO. Jacqueline conducted the research described in this article while a postdoctoral research associate in Jeffrey Peterson's lab at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA and is now a Visiting Assistant Professor at Arcadia University, PA, investigating the regulation of cell metabolism, particularly the regulation of biosynthetic enzymes by filamentation using Drosophila as a model system.

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First person – Amlan Barai

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.259600 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 134 (23) ◽

Keyword(s):

Tumor Heterogeneity ◽

Indian Institute ◽

Early Career ◽

Cancer Development ◽

Dynamic Processes ◽

Cell Behavior ◽

First Person ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

Institute Of Technology ◽

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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. Amlan Barai is first author on ‘ α-Actinin-4 drives invasiveness by regulating myosin IIB expression and myosin IIA localization’, published in JCS. Amlan is an Institute Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Prof. Shamik Sen at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, where he uses multidisciplinary approaches to understand cell behavior and cellular dynamic processes including cancer development, metastasis and tumor heterogeneity.

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First person – Zhong-Qiu Yu

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.259413 ◽

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.

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First person – Zakia Abdelhamed

Disease Models & Mechanisms ◽

10.1242/dmm.047852 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (10) ◽

pp. dmm047852

Keyword(s):

Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia ◽

Medical Center ◽

Early Career ◽

Human Condition ◽

First Person ◽

Hypomorphic Allele ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

Research Associate ◽

Ciliary Dyskinesia ◽

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. Zakia Abdelhamed is first author on ‘A novel hypomorphic allele of Spag17 causes primary ciliary dyskinesia phenotypes in mice’, published in DMM. Zakia is a research associate in the lab of Dr Rolf Stottmann at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA, investigating animal models that recapitulate a human condition for understanding disease pathogenesis.

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First person – Patricia Joyce Brooks

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.258004 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 133 (24) ◽

pp. jcs258004

Keyword(s):

Cell Formation ◽

Oral Pathology ◽

Early Career ◽

First Person ◽

University Of Toronto ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

Giant Cell Formation ◽

Postdoctoral Research ◽

Multinucleated Giant Cell Formation ◽

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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. Patricia Joyce Brooks is first author on ‘CD301 mediates fusion in IL-4-driven multinucleated giant cell formation’, published in JCS. Patricia conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Christopher A. McCulloch and Michael Glogauer's lab at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Canada. Patricia is now a postdoctoral research fellow in the lab of Scott Bratman at the Princess Margaret Research Institute, Toronto, Canada, where she is bringing clinical oral pathology diagnostic challenges to the benchtop to establish better testing at the basic science level.

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First person – Alexandra Lubin

Biology Open ◽

10.1242/bio.058924 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (9) ◽

Keyword(s):

High Throughput ◽

Drug Screening ◽

Early Career ◽

First Person ◽

High Throughput Drug Screening ◽

Research Associate ◽

University College London ◽

Postdoctoral Research ◽

Screening Platform ◽

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. Alexandra Lubin is first author on ‘ A versatile, automated and high-throughput drug screening platform for zebrafish embryos’, published in BiO. Alexandra is a postdoctoral research associate in the lab of Elspeth Payne at University College London (UCL), London, UK, investigating high-throughput automated drug screening in live zebrafish to discover novel therapeutics for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).

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First person – Yarira Ortiz-Alvarado

Biology Open ◽

10.1242/bio.057448 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (11) ◽

pp. bio057448

Keyword(s):

Puerto Rico ◽

Behavioral Development ◽

Early Career ◽

San Juan ◽

First Person ◽

University Of Puerto Rico ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

Research Associate ◽

The University ◽

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. Yarira Ortiz-Alvarado is first author on ‘Antibiotics in hives and their effects on honeybee physiology and behavioral development’, published in BiO. Yarira is a Research Associate in the lab of Tugrul Giray at the University of Puerto Rico Department of Biology, San Juan, investigating the mechanisms that regulate behavior and development.

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