First person – Masashi Nambu

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. Masashi Nambu is first author on ‘ Direct evaluation of cohesin-mediated sister kinetochore associations at meiosis I in fission yeast’, published in JCS. Masashi works in the lab of Ayumu Yamamoto at Faculty of Science, and Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Japan, investigating the development of ‘direct’ evaluation of kinetochore association and the contribution of cohesion and its regulators.

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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 ◽

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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 – Xiangchuan Wang

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.258445 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 134 (3) ◽

pp. jcs258445

Keyword(s):

Caenorhabditis Elegans ◽

Science And Technology ◽

Early Career ◽

First Person ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

Research Scholar ◽

Senior Research ◽

Southern University ◽

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Meiosis I

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. Xiangchuan Wang is first author on ‘Cortical recruitment of centralspindlin and RhoA effectors during meiosis I of Caenorhabditis elegans primary spermatocytes’, published in JCS. Xiangchuan is a Senior Research Scholar in the lab of Yu Chung Tse at the Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, P.R. China, investigating the generation of diversified gametes.

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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 – Takeshi Harada

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.256024 ◽

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 ◽

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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.

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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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First person – Yuka Kobayashi

Disease Models & Mechanisms ◽

10.1242/dmm.049369 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (11) ◽

Keyword(s):

Graduate School ◽

Assistant Professor ◽

Early Career ◽

Disease Models ◽

First Person ◽

Photoreceptor Degeneration ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

School Of Medicine ◽

Differential Gene ◽

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. Yuka Kobayashi is first author on ‘ Early manifestations and differential gene expression associated with photoreceptor degeneration in Prom1-deficient retina’, published in DMM. Yuka is assistant professor in the lab of Prof. Kazuhiro Kimura at Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan, investigating ophthalmology.

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First person – Mélody Wintrebert

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.258481 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 134 (4) ◽

pp. jcs258481

Keyword(s):

Cancer Research ◽

Molecular Biology ◽

Fission Yeast ◽

Meiotic Recombination ◽

Nuclear Import ◽

Early Career ◽

First Person ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

Dna Break ◽

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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. Mélody Wintrebert is joint first author on ‘Activation of meiotic recombination by nuclear import of the DNA break hotspot-determining complex in fission yeast’, published in JCS. Mélody conducted the research described in this article while a Master’s student in Gerry Smith's lab at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA. She is now a PhD student in the labs of Frédéric Relaix and Laurent Tiret at Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale, Créteil, and Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, Maisons Alfort, France, investigating cellular and molecular biology.

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First person – Yutaka Takeda

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.254607 ◽

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.

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First person – Anthony Rossi

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.253971 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 133 (18) ◽

pp. jcs253971

Keyword(s):

Fission Yeast ◽

Early Career ◽

First Person ◽

Yeast Growth ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

Polarity Establishment ◽

Growth Polarity ◽

Vanderbilt 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. Anthony Rossi is joint first author on ‘Phosphoregulation of the cytokinetic protein Fic1 contributes to fission yeast growth polarity establishment’, published in JCS. Anthony is a PhD student in the lab of Kathleen L. Gould at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA, investigating how cytokinetic components coordinate with each other to achieve cytokinesis.

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First person – Chloe Snider

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.257246 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 133 (23) ◽

pp. jcs257246

Keyword(s):

Plasma Membrane ◽

Cell Division ◽

Fission Yeast ◽

Early Career ◽

First Person ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

Phosphatidylinositol 4 ◽

Vanderbilt 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. Chloe Snider is first author on ‘Fission yeast Opy1 is an endogenous PI(4,5)P2 sensor that binds to the phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate 5-kinase Its3’, published in JCS. Chloe is a PhD student in the lab of Kathleen Gould at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, investigating how the cytokinetic ring is anchored to the plasma membrane during cell division.

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