First person – Shekhar Saha

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. Shekhar Saha is first author on ‘ The tumor-suppressive long noncoding RNA DRAIC inhibits protein translation and induces autophagy by activating AMPK’, published in JCS. Shekhar conducted the research described in this article while a Research Associate in Anindya Dutta's lab at University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. He is now a Research Scientist in the lab of Roger Abounader at the University of Virginia School of Medicine investigating the role of noncoding RNA in cancer biology.

La Importancia y Alcance del Trabajo Social Clínico Entrevista a María Tapia, Senior Research Associate en la Universidad de Miami, Entrenadora Maestra y Supervisora Clínica del programa Familias Unidas

María Tapia es Senior Research Associate en la Universidad de Miami, además de Entrenadora Maestra y Supervisora Clínica del programa Familias Unidas, de la misma universidad, el cual se centra en evidencia científica para prevenir comportamientos riesgosos en jóvenes hispanos. En esta entrevista dialoga en torno a las habilidades necesarias para la especialidad del trabajo social clínico, realizando cierta distinción respecto de otras disciplinas, en especial de psicología en el ejercicio práctico. Explica también sus consideraciones respecto de la implementación de intervenciones basadas en la evidencia por parte de profesionales de trabajo social. El trabajo social clínico es una línea de especialización de la profesión que ha evolucionado a lo largo del tiempo en Chile. En su origen su objetivo fue mejorar las condiciones sanitarias de la población, desarrollándose en contextos hospitalarios y de salud mental con un fuerte énfasis en el trabajo de casos y de familia, entre las décadas de 1920 y 1950 (Aylwin y Solar, 2011; González, 2010). Durante la época de la “Reconceptualización”, entre 1965 y 1973 aproximadamente, hubo una preponderancia del trabajo social con comunidades, con una fuerte crítica al trabajo social de casos como un ejercicio para el control social, desde una perspectiva funcionalista que no cuestionaba el status quo (Aylwin y Solar, 2011; Cuevas, 2010). Este movimiento se desarrolló con mayor fuerza en el ámbito académico, mientras que desde el Colegio de Asistentes Sociales se relevaba el ejercicio de la profesión desplegado hasta ese momento (Aylwin, 1995). Sin duda, esta época establece la reflexión profesional desde una mirada contextual y política que enriquece el tradicional trabajo de casos. Luego de la irrupción de la dictadura cívico militar en 1973 y la consecuente violación a los derechos humanos en el país, los profesionales comenzaron a implementar intervenciones psicosociales terapéuticas de acompañamiento a los familiares de víctimas y de reparación (Aylwin, 1995; Cuevas, 2010). La recuperación de la democracia trajo consigo una revalidación de los principios y valores de trabajo social como la justicia social y el respeto a los derechos humanos dando mayor sentido a las reflexiones de la “Reconceptualización” que se interrumpieron con el Golpe Cívico Militar en 1973; junto con ello, los profesionales se siguen ubicando laboralmente en los programas gubernamentales sectoriales cuyo foco central de intervención son las problemáticas que afectan a las personas más vulnerables en instituciones de salud, protección de la infancia, cárcel y municipios (Quiroz, 2000).

The Role of the Interactive Binary Lesson in Teaching Bulgarian as a Second Languagе

The conducting of an experiment on the role of the binary interactive lesson with the participation of a research associate from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) has an extremely important part in the learning process. The lesson is about getting to know the role of the natural products in our health. The main objectives of this interactive binary lesson are: expanding and improving of the grammatical knowledge and development of specialized language skills in Bulgarian of our medical students by including them in innovative formats to increase their communicative competence; introduction of pseudo-communicative tasks with particular speech actions, repetition of phrases and creation of own short dialogues, communicative exercises for building complete and bigger dialogues and narrative texts; utilizing teamwork for creating situational compositions, transformations and psychological testing for measuring the parameters of readiness for working in a team, mutual respect, trust, mutual assistance, responsibility in a multicultural environment. In this manuscript we offer the specifics of an interactive lesson about the role of natural products and health realized with foreign students. We specify the opportunities for language acquisition orally and in writing in accordance with the indicated levels of competence of the European Language Framework. We take into account the possibilities for the application of interactive in parallel with the traditional methods and tools of work, so as to achieve the development of creative thinking in a foreign language for students, as well as the improvement of communicative skills for professional realization.

First person – Natalia Mallo

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. Natalia Mallo is first author on ‘ Depletion of a Toxoplasma porin leads to defects in mitochondrial morphology and contacts with the endoplasmic reticulum’, published in JCS. Natalia conducted the research described in this article while a Postdoc Research Associate in Lilach Sheiner's lab at Wellcome Centre For Integrative Parasitology, University of Glasgow, UK. She now works in the lab of Santiago Cabaleiro at CETGA (Technological Centre of the Aquaculture Cluster), Ribeira, A Coruña, Spain, where her research interests are related to the study of molecular biology of protozoan parasites. Natalia has a special interest in endosymbiotic organelles, such as the mitochondrion, and aims to elucidate organelle functions that can be related to adaptations to parasitic lifestyle.

Future leader to watch – Aaron Savage

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. Aaron Savage is first author on ‘ Germline competent mesoderm: the substrate for vertebrate germline and somatic stem cells?’, published in BiO. Aaron is a postdoctoral research associate at the Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, investigating how stem cells can be used in regenerative medicine and how we can understand stem cell biology using embryonic and post-embryonic development.

First person – Zhong-Qiu Yu

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.

Peer review declaration

All papers published in this volume of IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science have been peer reviewed through processes administered by the Editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by IOP Publishing. • Type of peer review: Double-blind • Conference submission management system: MachForm, Appnitro Software • Number of submissions received: 111 • Number of submissions sent for review: 111 • Number of submissions accepted: 108 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted/Number of Submissions Received X 100): 97.3 • Average number of reviews per paper: 2 • Total number of reviewers involved: 87 • Any additional info on review process: • Contact person for queries: Name : Srdjan Stefanovic Affiliation: Senior Research Associate, Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology, Belgrade, Serbia Email : [email protected]

First person – Paola Lepanto and Florencia Levin-Ferreyra

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. Paola Lepanto and Florencia Levin-Ferreyra are co-first authors on ‘ Insights into in vivo adipocyte differentiation through cell-specific labeling in zebrafish’, published in BiO. Paola is a research assistant in the lab of José Badano at Institut Pasteur Montevideo, investigating cellular and developmental biology. Florencia conducted the research described in this article while a final dissertation student in José Badano's lab at Institut Pasteur Montevideo. She is now a research associate in the lab of Bruno di Stefano at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA, investigating stem cell potency and cell fate decisions.

Automated Reporting of Patient Outcomes in Hand Surgery: A Pilot Study

Background Obtaining patient-reported outcomes (PROs) is becoming a standard component of patient care. For nonacademic practices, this can be challenging. From this perspective, we designed a nearly autonomous patient outcomes reporting system. We then conducted a prospective, cohort pilot study to assess the efficacy of the system. Methods We created an automated system to gather PROs. All operative patients for 4 surgeons in an upper-extremity private practice were asked to participate. These patients completed the Quick Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (QuickDASH) questionnaires preoperatively and received follow-up e-mails requesting patients to complete additional QuickDASH questionnaires at 3, 6, and 12 weeks postoperatively and to complete a 13-week postoperative satisfaction survey. Response rates and satisfaction levels are reported with descriptive statistics. Results Sixty-two percent of participants completed the 3-week assessment, 55% completed the 6-week assessment, and 43% completed the 12-week assessment. Overall, 35% of patients completed all questionnaires, and 73% completed at least 1 postoperative assessment. The collection of follow-up questionnaires required no additional time from the clinical staff, surgeon, or a research associate. Conclusions Automated e-mail assessments can collect reliable clinical data, with minimal surgeon or staff intervention required to administer and collect data, minimizing the financial cost. For nonacademic practices, without access to additional research resources, such a system is feasible. Further improvements in communication with patients could increase response rates.

First person – Alexandra Lubin

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. Alexandra Lubin is first author on ‘ A versatile, automated and high-throughput drug screening platform for zebrafish embryos’, published in BiO. Alexandra is a postdoctoral research associate in the lab of Elspeth Payne at University College London (UCL), London, UK, investigating high-throughput automated drug screening in live zebrafish to discover novel therapeutics for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).