scholarly journals First person – Kazuko Okamoto

Biology Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Life Science ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Intracellular Communication ◽  
Induced Changes ◽  
Expression In Mammalian Cells ◽  
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. Kazuko Okamoto is first author on ‘ Pressure-induced changes on the morphology and gene expression in mammalian cells’, published in BiO. Kazuko conducted the research described in this article while a research scientist in Tomonobu M. Watanabe's lab at RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan. She is now an assistant professor in the lab of Satoru Okuda at Nano Life Science Institute, Kanazawa University, Japan, investigating intracellular communication and transcription regulation.

scholarly journals Future leader to watch – Eunice Tan

Biology Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Studies ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Ecological Interactions ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
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. Eunice Tan is first author on ‘ Motion: enhancing signals and concealing cues’, published in BiO. Eunice is Assistant Professor in the department of Environmental Studies, at Yale-NUS College, Singapore, investigating the ecological interactions between animals, their predators, and the environment.

scholarly journals First person – Sachiko Fujiwara

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.

scholarly journals First person – Dipayan De

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (11) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Chemical Biology ◽  
Amyloid Β ◽  
Indian Institute ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Lysosomal Targeting ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Cellular Organelles

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. Dipayan De is first author on ‘ Amyloid-β oligomers block lysosomal targeting of miRNPs to prevent miRNP recycling and target repression in glial cells’, published in JCS. Dipayan is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Suvendra N. Bhattacharyya at the CSIR Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India, investigating how cellular organelles regulate microRNA activity in mammalian cells.

scholarly journals First person – Mohammad Yunus Ansari

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (22) ◽  
pp. jcs256644
Keyword(s):  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
Cartilage Homeostasis ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
Catabolic Response ◽  
Medical 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. Mohammad Yunus Ansari is first author on ‘Mitochondrial dysfunction triggers a catabolic response in chondrocytes via ROS-mediated activation of the JNK/AP1 pathway’, published in JCS. Mohammad Yunus is a Research Assistant Professor in the lab of Tariq M Haqqi, at the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University, USA, investigating the mechanism of regulation of mitochondrial function in articular cartilage and its role in cartilage homeostasis in health and disease.

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 – Yuki Yoshino

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (17) ◽  
pp. jcs253153
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Biology ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Aurora A ◽  
Centriole Duplication ◽  
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. Yuki Yoshino is first author on ‘RACK1 regulates centriole duplication through promoting the activation of polo-like kinase 1 by Aurora A’, published in JCS. Yuki is an Assistant Professor in the lab of Natsuko Chiba at the Department of Cancer Biology, Institute of Aging, Development and Cancer, Tohoku University, Japan, investigating how BRCA1 dysfunction causes breast cancer.

scholarly journals First person – Shun Kato

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (22) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Organelle Communication ◽  
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. Shun Kato is first author on ‘ Syntaxin 17, an ancient SNARE paralog, plays different and conserved roles in different organisms’, published in JCS. Shun is a master's student in the lab of Mitsuo Tagaya at the School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Japan, investigating organelle communication in mammalian cells.

scholarly journals First person – Yuka Kobayashi

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.

scholarly journals First person – Koichiro Maki

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (2) ◽  
pp. jcs258329
Keyword(s):  
Hydrostatic Pressure ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Chondrocyte Differentiation ◽  
First Person ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Cellular Biomechanics ◽  
The University ◽  
Selection Of

ABSTRACTFirst Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in the Journal of Cell Science, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Koichiro Maki is first author on ‘Hydrostatic pressure prevents chondrocyte differentiation through heterochromatin remodeling’, published in JCS. Koichiro conducted the research described in this article while a Post-doctoral fellow in Prof Sara A. Wickström's lab at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He is now an Assistant Professor in the lab of Prof Taiji Adachi at the Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan, investigating single-molecular biophysics and cellular biomechanics.

scholarly journals First person – Yukako Nishimura

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (8) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Developmental Physiology ◽  
National University ◽  
Cytoskeletal Networks ◽  
Genetic Medicine ◽  
Myosin Superfamily ◽  
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. Yukako Nishimura is co-first author on ‘The formin inhibitor SMIFH2 inhibits members of the myosin superfamily’, published in JCS. Yukako conducted the research described in this article while a research fellow in Virgile Viasnoff and Alexander D. Bershadsky's lab at the Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore. She is now an assistant professor in the Division of Developmental Physiology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, investigating the functions of cytoskeletal networks in mechanobiology.

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