First person – Alessandra da Silva Dantas

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. Alessandra da Silva Dantas is first author on ‘ Crosstalk between the calcineurin and cell wall integrity pathways prevents chitin overexpression in Candida albicans’, published in JCS. Alessandra is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Prof. Neil Gow at the Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Exeter, UK, and is interested in the mechanisms controlling cell division and death in human fungal pathogens.

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First person – Fanny Jaudon and Martina Albini

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.259251 ◽

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.

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First person – Sachiko Fujiwara

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.251082 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 133 (14) ◽

pp. jcs251082

Keyword(s):

Developmental Biology ◽

Graduate School ◽

Assistant Professor ◽

Health Sciences ◽

Early Career ◽

First Person ◽

Postdoctoral Fellow ◽

Collective Migration ◽

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. Sachiko Fujiwara is first author on ‘Disease-associated keratin mutations reduce traction forces and compromise adhesion and collective migration’, published in JCS. Sachiko conducted the research described in this article while a Postdoctoral fellow in Thomas M. Magin's lab at Institute of Biology, Division of Cell & Developmental Biology, Leipzig University, Germany. She is now an assistant professor in the lab of Kazunori Imaizumi at the Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan, investigating the physiological roles of cytoskeletons.

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First person – Andreia Nunes

Disease Models & Mechanisms ◽

10.1242/dmm.049244 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (8) ◽

Keyword(s):

Muscular Dystrophy ◽

Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy ◽

Early Career ◽

Disease Models ◽

First Person ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

School Of Medicine ◽

Disease Mechanisms ◽

The University ◽

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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. Andreia Nunes is first author on ‘ Identification of candidate miRNA biomarkers for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy using DUX4-based mouse models’, published in DMM. Andreia is a postdoc in the lab of Peter L. Jones at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA, investigating therapeutics for and disease mechanisms of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.

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First person – Jenny Vermeer and Jonathan lent

Disease Models & Mechanisms ◽

10.1242/dmm.046292 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (7) ◽

pp. dmm046292

Keyword(s):

The Netherlands ◽

Lineage Tracing ◽

Early Career ◽

First Person ◽

Project Leader ◽

Novel Treatments ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

University Of Oxford ◽

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. Jenny Vermeer and Jonathan lent are co-first authors on ‘A lineage-tracing tool to map the fate of hypoxic tumour cells’, published in DMM. Jenny conducted the research described in this article while a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Ruth Muschel at the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. She is now a project leader in the lab of Miranda van der Lee at Byondis, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, investigating new targets, particularly in cancer, that will lead to novel treatments. Jonathan is a PhD student in the lab of Marc Vooijs at Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, investigating new cancer targets and testing possible new interventions with a focus on tumour hypoxia.

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First person – Gideon Hughes

Disease Models & Mechanisms ◽

10.1242/dmm.047415 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (10) ◽

pp. dmm047415

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Tissue Regeneration ◽

Model Organism ◽

Early Career ◽

Disease Models ◽

First Person ◽

Zebrafish Model ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

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. Gideon Hughes is first author on ‘Machine learning discriminates a movement disorder in a zebrafish model of Parkinson's disease’, published in DMM. Gideon conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Betsy Pownall's lab at the University of York, York, UK. He is now a postdoc in the lab of Henry Roehl at the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK, using the zebrafish as a model organism to study human disease and tissue regeneration, combining his research with his interest in computer science.

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First person – Giulia Corbet

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.259302 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 134 (17) ◽

Keyword(s):

Early Career ◽

Stress Granule ◽

First Person ◽

Granule Formation ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

University Of Colorado ◽

Form 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. Giulia Corbet is first author on ‘ ADAR1 limits stress granule formation through both translation-dependent and translation-independent mechanisms’, published in JCS. Giulia is a PhD student in the lab of Roy Parker at the University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA, investigating how ribonucleoprotein granules form, function and are regulated.

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First person – Victor Palacios

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.258592 ◽

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.

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First person – Stéphanie Cottier

Biology Open ◽

10.1242/bio.054171 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (6) ◽

pp. bio054171

Keyword(s):

Cell Wall ◽

Model Organism ◽

Cell Wall Protein ◽

Early Career ◽

First Person ◽

Conserved Residues ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

The University ◽

Insight Into ◽

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. Stéphanie Cottier is first author on ‘The yeast cell wall protein Pry3 inhibits mating through highly conserved residues within the CAP domain’, published in BiO. Stéphanie is a post-doc in the lab of Roger Schneiter at the University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland, investigating using yeast model organism to gain insight into the function of the widespread CAP protein superfamily.

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First person – Fumiya Okawa, Yutaro Hama and Sidi Zhang

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.258751 ◽

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.

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First person – Shohei Yamamoto

Biology Open ◽

10.1242/bio.058621 ◽

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.

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