First person – Xiuping Sun

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. Xiuping Sun is first author on ‘A quantitative study of the Golgi retention of glycosyltransferases’, published in JCS. Xiuping conducted the research described in this article while a PhD candidate in Lu Lei's lab at School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She is now a postdoc in the lab of Wang Jigang, Yang Qinhe at Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China investigating the roles of disease-related genes in neurodegenerative diseases.

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First person – Wei Sheng Yap

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.256016 ◽

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.

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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 – Matthew Zdradzinski

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.258683 ◽

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.

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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 – Shannon McMahon

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.258681 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 134 (7) ◽

Keyword(s):

Neurodegenerative Diseases ◽

Protein Aggregation ◽

Medical Research ◽

Early Career ◽

First Person ◽

Medical Research Institute ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

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Research Institute

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. Shannon McMahon is first author on ‘DNAJB chaperones suppress destabilised protein aggregation via a region distinct from that used to inhibit amyloidogenesis’, published in JCS. Shannon is a PhD student in the lab of Heath Ecroyd at Molecular Horizons and the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia, investigating whether the intrinsic proteostasis machinery can be manipulated to combat neurodegenerative diseases.

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First person – Sarah O'Keefe

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.258479 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 134 (4) ◽

pp. jcs258479

Keyword(s):

Biological Sciences ◽

Cell Membrane ◽

Early Career ◽

Spike Protein ◽

First Person ◽

Host Cell Membrane ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

University Of Manchester ◽

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. Sarah O'Keefe is first author on ‘Ipomoeassin-F inhibits the in vitro biogenesis of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and its host cell membrane receptor’, published in JCS. Sarah is a postdoc in the lab of Stephen High at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK, where she is developing small molecule inhibitors for the benefit of human health.

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First person – Safia Omer

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.254664 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 133 (20) ◽

pp. jcs254664

Keyword(s):

Biological Sciences ◽

Budding Yeast ◽

Quantitative Imaging ◽

Early Career ◽

Dartmouth College ◽

First Person ◽

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. Safia Omer is first author on ‘Overexpression of Mdm36 reveals Num1 foci that mediate dynein-dependent microtubule sliding in budding yeast’, published in JCS. Safia is a post-doctoral associate in the lab of Wei-Lih Lee at Dartmouth College, Department of Biological Sciences, Hanover, NH, USA, investigating the interplay between cytoskeleton and organelles using quantitative imaging.

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First person – Kalyanasundaram Parthasarathy

Biology Open ◽

10.1242/bio.058685 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. bio058685

Keyword(s):

Biological Sciences ◽

Brain Function ◽

Early Career ◽

First Person ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

Tata Institute ◽

Research Associate ◽

Senior Research ◽

Fundamental Research ◽

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. Kalyanasundaram Parthasarathy is first author on ‘Spatial odor discrimination in the hawkmoth, Manduca sexta (L.)’, published in BiO. He conducted the research described in this article while a Senior Research Associate in Professor Mark A Willis's lab at the Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is now a Postdoc in the lab of Professor Sanjay P Sane at National Centre for Biological Sciences at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India, investigating how animals use sensory cues to navigate, the related behaviours and the underlying brain function.

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First person – Andri Christodoulou

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.252684 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 133 (16) ◽

pp. jcs252684

Keyword(s):

Biological Sciences ◽

Early Career ◽

Cholesterol Homeostasis ◽

First Person ◽

Lamin B ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

Lamin B Receptor ◽

And Function ◽

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. Andri Christodoulou is first author on ‘TMEM147 interacts with lamin B receptor, regulates its localization and levels, and affects cholesterol homeostasis’, published in JCS. Andri conducted the research described in this article while a postdoc in Professor Niovi Santama's lab at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus. She is now a postdoc in the lab of Dr Paris Skourides at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, investigating the role of transmembrane proteins in the morphogenesis and function of the endoplasmic reticulum.

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First person – Fatemeh Mazloumi Gavgani

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.258440 ◽

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.

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