scholarly journals First person – Ziyan Fang

2022 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Immune Responses ◽  
Early Career ◽  
University Of California ◽  
First Person ◽  
Recruitment Process ◽  
Host Immune Responses ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Molecular Aspects ◽  
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. Ziyan Fang is first author on ‘ The Salmonella effector SifA initiates a kinesin-1 and kinesin-3 recruitment process mirroring that mediated by Arl8a and Arl8b’, published in JCS. Ziyan conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Stéphane Méresse's lab at Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy (CIML), Marseille, France. She is now a postdoc in the lab of Elina Zúñiga at Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, USA, where her research interests lie in studying the cellular and molecular aspects of the host immune responses during viral or bacterial infection.

scholarly journals First person – Wei Sheng Yap

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.

scholarly journals First person – Destiny Davis

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (19) ◽  
pp. jcs254649
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Plant Cell ◽  
Early Career ◽  
University Of California ◽  
First Person ◽  
Unicellular Alga ◽  
Callose Deposition ◽  
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. Destiny Davis is first author on ‘Callose deposition is essential for the completion of cytokinesis in the unicellular alga Penium margaritaceum’, published in JCS. Destiny conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Georgia Drakakaki's lab at University of California, Davis, CA, USA. She is now a postdoc in the lab of Jenny Mortimer at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), Emeryville, CA, USA, where she is endlessly fascinated by the inner workings of the plant cell related to the cell wall.

scholarly journals First person – Matthew Zdradzinski

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.

scholarly journals First person – Zhong-Qiu Yu

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.

scholarly journals First person – Aleena Arakaki

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (8) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Progression ◽  
Cancer Metastasis ◽  
Breast Cancer Metastasis ◽  
Early Career ◽  
University Of California ◽  
First Person ◽  
Molecular Processes ◽  
Tumor Suppressor Function ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
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. Aleena Arakaki is first author on ‘α-Arrestin ARRDC3 tumor suppressor function is linked to GPCR-induced TAZ activation and breast cancer metastasis’, published in JCS. Aleena conducted the research described in this article while a PhD graduate student in JoAnn Trejo's lab at University of California, San Diego, USA. She is now a Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Taran Gujral at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, investigating the cellular and molecular processes that contribute to cancer progression and how to move these findings into clinical translation.

scholarly journals First person – Xiuping Sun

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (20) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Neurodegenerative Diseases ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Golgi Retention ◽  
Disease Related Genes ◽  
Technological 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. 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.

scholarly journals First person – Sarah O'Keefe

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.

scholarly journals First person – Safia Omer

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.

scholarly journals First person – Wenqing Zhou, Alan Hsu and Yueyang Wang

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (17) ◽  
pp. jcs253070
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Immune Responses ◽  
Tissue Injury ◽  
Neutrophil Migration ◽  
Neutrophil Function ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Mitofusin 2 ◽  
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. Wenqing Zhou, Alan Hsu and Yueyang Wang are first authors on ‘Mitofusin 2 regulates neutrophil adhesive migration and the actin cytoskeleton’, published in JCS. Wenqing, Alan and Yueyang conducted the research described in this article while PhD students in Qing Deng's laboratory at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, where Yueyang is currently studying mechanisms of neutrophil migration and activation, including the response of neutrophils to tissue injury and infection. Wenqing is now a postdoctoral associate in the lab of Gregory Sonnenberg at Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, investigating the mechanisms regulating immune homeostasis and response in the gastrointestinal tract. Alan is now a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr Hongbo Luo at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, where he is investigating the factors that govern neutrophil function and how they impact immune responses to pathogen challenges.

scholarly journals First person – Kalyanasundaram Parthasarathy

Biology Open ◽  
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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