scholarly journals First person – Naoto Tanaka

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (21) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Unicellular Alga ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Photosynthetic Eukaryotes ◽  
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. Naoto Tanaka is first author on ‘ CZON-cutter – a CRISPR-Cas9 system for multiplexed organelle imaging in a simple unicellular alga’, published in JCS. Naoto conducted the research described in this article while at Yamato Yoshida's lab at Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan. He is now a Master's student in the lab of Kakutani Tetsuji at the same institution investigating the evolution and role of epigenetic mechanisms, such as histone modifications, in photosynthetic eukaryotes.

scholarly journals First person – Victor Palacios

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (7) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Chromosome Segregation ◽  
Germ Cells ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
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. Victor Palacios is first author on ‘Importin-9 regulates chromosome segregation and packaging in Drosophila germ cells’, published in JCS. Victor conducted his PhD research in the lab of Michael Buszczak at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, where he investigated the essential role of Importin-9 in Drosophila fertility.

scholarly journals First person – Fumiya Okawa, Yutaro Hama and Sidi Zhang

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (8) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
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. Fumiya Okawa, Yutaro Hama and Sidi Zhang are co-first authors on ‘Evolution and insights into the structure and function of the DedA superfamily containing TMEM41B and VMP1’, published in JCS. Fumiya and Yutaro are PhD students and Sidi is a postdoc in the lab of Noboru Mizushima at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan, where they are investigating the molecular mechanisms and origin of autophagy.

scholarly journals First person – Takeshi Harada

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (21) ◽  
pp. jcs256024
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Contact Sites ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Mitochondrial Functions ◽  
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. Takeshi Harada is first author on ‘Palmitoylated CKAP4 regulates mitochondrial functions through an interaction with VDAC2 at ER–mitochondria contact sites’, published in JCS. Takeshi is an assistant professor in the lab of Akira Kikuchi at the Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan, investigating the role of CKAP4 at ER–mitochondria contact sites.

scholarly journals First person – Shohei Yamamoto

Biology Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. bio058621
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Biochemical Properties ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Pharmaceutical Sciences ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Physiological Chemistry ◽  
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. Shohei Yamamoto is first author on ‘Biophysical and biochemical properties of Deup1 self-assemblies: a potential driver for deuterosome formation during multiciliogenesis’, published in BiO. Shohei conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student and then postdoc in Daiju Kitagawa's lab at Department of Physiological Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan. He is now a postdoc in the lab of Manuel Théry and Laurent Blanchoin at the Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Grenoble, CEA, Grenoble, France, investigating in vitro reconstitution of cytoskeleton systems.

scholarly journals First person – Andri Christodoulou

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.

scholarly journals First person – Yutaka Takeda

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (19) ◽  
pp. jcs254607
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Mitotic Progression ◽  
Pharmaceutical Science ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
The University ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
In Cells

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. Yutaka Takeda is first author on ‘The centriole protein CEP76 negatively regulates PLK1 activity in the cytoplasm for proper mitotic progression’, published in JCS. Yutaka is a PhD student in the lab of Daiju Kitagawa at the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan, investigating the molecular mechanisms that ensure proper mitotic progression in cells.

scholarly journals First person – Paco López-Cuevas

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. dmm048972
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Progression ◽  
Chronic Wounds ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Bone Homeostasis ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
University Of Bristol ◽  
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. Paco López-Cuevas is first author on ‘Transformed notochordal cells trigger chronic wounds in zebrafish, destabilizing the vertebral column and bone homeostasis’, published in DMM. Paco is a PhD student in the lab of Paul Martin at the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, investigating the role of inflammation in cancer progression.

scholarly journals First person – Bernhard N. Bohnert

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Essential Role ◽  
Early Career ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
First Person ◽  
Glomerular Injury ◽  
Oedema Formation ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
The University ◽  
Selection Of

ABSTRACT First 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. Bernhard N. Bohnert is first author on ‘ Essential role of DNA-PKcs and plasminogen for the development of doxorubicin-induced glomerular injury in mice’, published in DMM. Bernhard is a physician/postdoc in the lab of Prof. Dr. med. Ferruh Artunc at the University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, investigating oedema formation in nephrotic syndrome.

scholarly journals First person – Tobias Beigl, Ine Kjosås and Emilie Seljeseth

Biology Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. bio057497
Keyword(s):  
Immune Cells ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Molecular Medicine ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
C Terminus ◽  
The University ◽  
Ploidy Status ◽  
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. Tobias Beigl, Ine Kjosås and Emilie Seljeseth are co-first authors on ‘Efficient and crucial quality control of HAP1 cell ploidy status’, published in BiO. Tobias is a PhD student in the laboratory of Professor Walter E. Aulitzky at the Dr Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute for Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, investigating protein biology from the N- to the C-terminus and back again. Ine is a Master's student in the laboratory of Professor Thomas Arnesen at the University of Bergen, Institute of Biological Science. Emilie is a Master's student in the laboratory of Nadra J. Nilsen at NTNU Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine in Trondheim, investigating the dual role of immune cells in cancer.

scholarly journals First person – Michel A. K. Dongmo

Biology Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Thermal Tolerance ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
International Institute ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Insect Populations ◽  
The 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. Michel Dongmo is first author on ‘Local adaptation in thermal tolerance for a tropical butterfly across ecotone and rainforest habitats’, published in BiO. Michel conducted the research described in this article while a Research Assistant in Drs Rachid Hanna and Komi Fiaboe's lab at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Yaoundé, Cameroon. Michel is now a postdoc in the lab of Dr Timothy Bonebrake at the School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, China, investigating the response and adaptation of insect populations to ongoing climate change in the field of agriculture and conservation biology in Central Africa.

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