scholarly journals First person – Craig Barcus

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (19) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Tumor Cells ◽  
Tumor Invasion ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Cancer Associated Fibroblasts ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Postdoctoral Research ◽  
Washington University ◽  
Extracellular Environment ◽  
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. 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.

scholarly journals First person – Jean Castillo

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (13) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Signal Transduction ◽  
Cell Shape ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Cell Behavior ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Research Associate ◽  
Postdoctoral Research ◽  
Washington 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. Jean Castillo is first author on ‘ An optogenetic model reveals cell shape regulation through FAK and fascin’, published in JCS. Jean is a postdoctoral research associate in the lab of N. Gautam at Washington University in St Louis, MO, USA, investigating signal transduction, optogenetics and cell behavior.

scholarly journals First person – Matthew Wood

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.

scholarly journals First person – Patricia Joyce Brooks

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 ◽  
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. 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.

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 – Lozan Sheriff and Reenam Kahn

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. dmm048009
Keyword(s):  
Progenitor Cells ◽  
Alcoholic Hepatitis ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Disease Models ◽  
First Person ◽  
Novel Therapy ◽  
Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Postdoctoral Research ◽  
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. Lozan Sheriff and Reenam Kahn are co-first authors on ‘Alcoholic hepatitis and metabolic disturbance in female mice: a more tractable model than Nrf2−/− animals’, published in DMM. Lozan is a postdoctoral research fellow in the lab of Dr Patricia Lalor and Reenam a PhD student in the lab of Prof. Phil Newsome. Both are at the Centre for Liver and Gastrointestinal Research, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, investigating the potential of multipotent adult progenitor cells (MAPCs) as a novel therapy for alcoholic steatohepatitis.

scholarly journals First person – Pratibha Singh

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. dmm046870
Keyword(s):  
Mouse Model ◽  
Harvard Medical School ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Disease Models ◽  
Neonatal Health ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
Postdoctoral Research ◽  
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. 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.

scholarly journals First person – Craig Keenan

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 ◽  
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. 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.

scholarly journals First person – Neha Khetan

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (10) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Early Career ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
First Person ◽  
Optimal Packing ◽  
Evolutionary Forces ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Self Organized ◽  
Postdoctoral Research ◽  
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 Journal of Cell Science, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Neha Khetan is first author on ‘Self-organized optimal packing of kinesin-5-driven microtubule asters scales with cell size’, published in JCS. Neha is a CEFIPRA postdoctoral research fellow in the lab of Chaitanya A. Athale at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India, investigating the interplay of self-organization and evolutionary forces in cytoskeletal patterns and collective behaviour.

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 – Federico Pecori

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (20) ◽  
pp. jcs255166
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Embryonic Stem Cells ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Embryonic Stem ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Receptor Endocytosis ◽  
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. 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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