First Person interviews

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. Thanks to all first authors interviewed for taking the time to tell us more about their research and their careers.

We also have an interview series called Cell Scientists to Watch, which features interviews with talented researchers who have recently set up their own labs.

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Patrícia Rodrigues (Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal)

Patrícia Rodrigues is first author on ‘Dachsous is a key player in epithelial wound closure through modulating cell shape changes and tissue mechanics’, published in JCS. Patrícia conducted the research described in this article while a Master student in António Jacinto's lab at Nova Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal. She is now an Imaging Specialist in the Bioimaging Platform headed by José Rino at the Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, working with high-throughput microscopy, photomanipulation techniques and imaging analysis.

J. Cell Sci. 2025 138: jcs263922. [Full text] [PDF] - 12 March 2025

 

Nikhil More (University of Pune Campus, Pune, India)

Nikhil More is first author on ‘Disruption of ER–mitochondria contact sites induces autophagy-dependent loss of P-bodies through the Ca2+-CaMKK2-AMPK pathway’, published in JCS. Nikhil is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Jomon Joseph at the National Centre for Cell Science Complex, University of Pune Campus, Pune, India, investigating the regulation of P-bodies by autophagy.

J. Cell Sci. 2025 138: jcs263910. [Full text] [PDF] - 12 March 2025

 

Samruddhi Shembekar (Institute of Integrative Cell Biology and Physiology, Münster, Germany)

Samruddhi Shembekar is first author on ‘ Regulation of mitochondrial cristae organization by Myo19, Miro1 and Miro2, and metaxin 3’, published in JCS. Samruddhi is a graduate student in the lab of Dr Martin Bähler at Institute of Integrative Cell Biology and Physiology, Münster, Germany, investigating how mitochondria maintain their structural integrity while moving along actin and microtubule tracks.

J. Cell Sci. 2025 138: jcs263916. [Full text] [PDF] - 6 March 2025

 

Shingo Koinuma and Misa Miyaji (Tokyo University of Science, Japan)

Shingo Koinuma and Misa Miyaji are co-first authors on ‘TC10 on endosomes regulates the local balance between microtubule stability and dynamics through the PAK2-JNK pathway and promotes axon outgrowth’, published in JCS. Shingo is a research assistant in the lab of Takeshi Nakamura at Tokyo University of Science, investigating axon biology. Misa is a Master's student in the same lab investigating axon growth and regeneration.

J. Cell Sci. 2025 138: jcs263914. [Full text] [PDF] - 27 February 2025

 

 

 

Jonathan Kelebeev and Anastasia MacKeracher (Institute for Medical Research and McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Montreal, Canada)

Jonathan Kelebeev and Anastasia MacKeracher are co-first authors on ‘TAZ interactome analysis using nanotrap-based affinity purification–mass spectrometry’, published in JCS. Jonathan conducted the research described in this article while a MSc student at York University in Dr John C. McDermott’s lab at York University, Toronto, Canada. He is now a PhD student in the lab of Colin Crist at Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, Canada, investigating how CTCF functions as an epigenetic regulator to control muscle differentiation in craniofacial and cardiac muscles. Anastasia conducted the research described in this article while a MSc student at York University in Dr John C. McDermott’s lab. She is now a PhD student in the lab of Joanna Przybyl Lab McGill University at McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Montreal, Canada, where her research aims to harness liquid biopsy technologies and molecular biology to enhance diagnostic accuracy and treatment efficacy in osteosarcoma.

J. Cell Sci. 2025 138: jcs263882 [Full text] [PDF] - 26 February 2025

 

Mohona Gupta (University of California, San Francisco, USA)

Mohona Gupta is first author on ‘Inpp5e is crucial for photoreceptor outer segment maintenance’, published in JCS. Mohona conducted the research described in this article while a Graduate student in Gregory J. Pazour’s lab at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, USA. She is now a Postdoctoral scholar in the lab of Markus Delling at University of California, San Francisco, USA, investigating how defects in primary cilia – cellular antennae essential for human health – trigger devastating multi-organ diseases, with the goal of developing new therapeutic strategies for currently incurable disorders affecting the kidneys and eyes.

J. Cell Sci. 2025 138: jcs263884 [Full text] [PDF] - 24 February 2025

 

Yuka Takeo (Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA)

Yuka Takeo is first author on ‘γ-secretase facilitates retromer-mediated retrograde transport’, published in JCS. Yuka is an Associate Research Scientist in the lab of Daniel DiMaio at the Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA, investigating virus–cell interaction in human papillomavirus entry.

J. Cell Sci. 2025 138: jcs263883. [Full text] [PDF] - 24 February 2025

 

Timothy Wong and Ismail Khater (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada and Birzeit University, Palestine)

Timothy Wong and Ismail Khater are co-first authors on ‘SuperResNET – single-molecule network analysis detects changes to clathrin structure induced by small-molecule inhibitors’, published in JCS. Timothy is a PhD student in the lab of Ivan Nabi at the Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, investigating super-resolution microscopy imaging to study endocytosis. Ismail is an Assistant Professor in the lab of Prof. Ghassan Hamarneh at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Birzeit University, Palestine, working on developing machine learning and computational techniques for enhanced super-resolution microscopy data analysis.

J. Cell Sci. 2025 138: jcs263915. [Full text] [PDF] - 21 February 2025

 

Kelsey Prince and Samantha Bunner (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, USA)

Kelsey Prince and Samantha Bunner are co-first authors on ‘Decreased DNA density is a better indicator of a nuclear bleb than lamin B loss’, published in JCS. Kelsey is a Master student and lab manager in the lab of Dr Andrew Stephens at University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA, investigating abnormal nuclear morphology related to transcription and coherent chromatin motion. Samantha completed this work while a lab manager in the same laboratory, and now is a postbaccalaureate researcher in the lab of Dr Pedro Rocha at Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, USA, where she investigates the role chromatin organization and epigenetic mechanisms have in disease.

J. Cell Sci. 2025 138: jcs263743. [Full text] [PDF] - 11 February 2025

 

Rahul Baroi (BRIC Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India)

Rahul Baroi is first author on ‘Mitochondrial phosphatase PPTC7 promotes EGFR recycling by facilitating VPS4A endosomal localization’, published in JCS. Rahul is a PhD student in the lab of Dr SubbaReddy Maddika at the BRIC Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India, investigating how extra-mitochondrial activity of PPTC7 regulates cargo trafficking.

J. Cell Sci. 2025 138: jcs263856 [Full text] [PDF] - 31 January 2025

 

Yuli Buckley (Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, USA)

Yuli Buckley is first author on ‘Fis1 regulates mitochondrial morphology, bioenergetics and removal of mitochondrial DNA damage in irradiated glioblastoma cells’, published in JCS. Yuli is a PhD student in the lab of Jason Mears at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, USA, investigating mitochondrial dynamics in glioblastoma.

J. Cell Sci. 2025 138: jcs263840 [Full text] [PDF] - 28 January 2025

 

Itziar Pinilla- Macua (University of Pittsburgh, USA)

Itziar Pinilla- Macua is first author on ‘Cell migration signaling through the EGFR- VAV2-Rac1 pathway is sustained in endosomes’, published in JCS. Itziar is a research instructor in the lab of Alexander Sorkin at Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh, USA. Her main interest is in understanding how EGF receptor signaling is modulated through endocytosis and degradation, and how it can be used in EGFR-related malignancies.

J. Cell Sci. 2025 138: jcs263837 [Full text] [PDF] - 24 January 2025

 

Christian Hoegsbjerg (Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark)

Christian Hoegsbjerg is first author on ‘Fibre type differences in the organisation of mononuclear cells and myonuclei at the tips of human myofibres’, published in JCS. Christian is a PhD student in the lab of Professor Abigail Mackey at the Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, investigating the form, function and regeneration of the myotendinous junction.

J. Cell Sci. 2025 138: jcs263838 [Full text] [PDF] - 23 January 2025

 

Dharma Pally (University of Illinois, Chicago, USA)

Dharma Pally is first author on ‘The novel ECM protein SNED1 mediates cell adhesion via the RGD-binding integrins α5β1 and αvβ3’, published in JCS. Dharma is a postdoctoral research associate in the lab of Alexandra Naba at University of Illinois Chicago, USA. His research interest in the Naba lab focuses on deciphering the molecular mechanisms by which SNED1 regulates breast cancer cell migration during metastasis and neural crest cell migration during craniofacial development.

J. Cell Sci. 2025 138: jcs263836 [Full text] [PDF] - 23 January 2025

 

Heather Baker (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)

Heather Baker is first author on ‘The co-chaperone DNAJA2 buffers proteasomal degradation of cytosolic proteins with missense mutations’, published in JCS. Heather is a PhD student in the lab of Thibault Mayor at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, investigating cytosolic protein quality control.

J. Cell Sci. 2025 138: jcs263784 [Full text] [PDF] - 10 January 2025

 

Yihao Li (Beijing Normal University, China)

Yihao Li is co-first author on ‘The Ras-related nuclear GTPase RAN1 ensures pollen size and tube growth by maintaining the actin cytoskeleton’ published in JCS. Yihao is an Assistant Professor in the lab of Haiyun Ren at the Center for Biological Science and Technology, Guangdong Zhuhai-Macao Joint Biotech Laboratory, Beijing Normal University, China, investigating the role of the cytoskeleton in regulating plant development and environmental responses.

J. Cell Sci. 2025 138: jcs263760 [Full text] [PDF] - 2 January 2025

 

Raven Peterson (Benchling, San Francisco, CA, USA)

Raven Peterson is first author on ‘Apical integrins as a switchable target to regulate the epithelial barrier’, published in JCS. Raven conducted the research described in this article while a pre-doctoral fellow in Mike Koval's lab at Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. They are now a Go-to-Market New Product Readiness Leader at Benchling, San Francisco, CA, USA.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263772 [Full text] [PDF] - 23 December 2024

 

Atanu Ghorai (Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center, Bangalore, India)

Atanu Ghorai is first author on ‘Biphasic DNA damage and non-canonical replication stress response govern radiation-induced senescence in glioblastoma’, published in JCS. Atanu conducted the research described in this article while a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Dr Shilpee Dutt's lab at Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Kharghar, India. He is now an independent Research Scientist in the lab of Neuro-Oncology Program at Mazumdar Shaw Medical Foundation (MSMF), Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center, Bangalore, India, investigating the cellular and molecular intricacies of genomic instability and the tumour microenvironment.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263715 [Full text] [PDF] - 20 December 2024

 

Rafael Lucena (University of Seville, Spain)

Rafael Lucena is first author on ‘Casein kinase 1 controls components of a TORC2 signaling network in budding yeast’, published in JCS. Rafael conducted the research described in this article while an Associate Project Scientist in Douglas Kellogg's lab at the Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. He is now an Assistant Professor at the Department of Cell Biology, University of Seville, Spain, where his laboratory is dedicated to discovering conserved, broadly relevant mechanisms that control cell growth and size in all eukaryotic cells.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263769 [Full text] [PDF] - 20 December 2024

 

Ana C. Almeida (University of Geneva, Switzerland)

Ana C. Almeida is co-first author on ‘An evolutionary perspective on the relationship between kinetochore size and CENP-E dependence for chromosome alignment’, published in JCS. Ana conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Helder Maiato’s lab at i3S, Porto, Portugal. She is now a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Ivana Gasic at the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Geneva, Switzerland, investigating the physiological and pathophysiological implications of tubulin homeostasis for the microtubule cytoskeleton and three- dimensional cellular organization.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263771 [Full text] [PDF] - 19 December 2024

 

Rupalatha Maddala (Duke Eye Center, Durham, USA)

Rupalatha Maddala is first author on ‘Ankyrin-B is required for the establishment and maintenance of lens cytoarchitecture, mechanics and clarity’, published in JCS. Rupalatha conducted the research described in this article while a Research Scientist in P. Vasantha Rao’s lab at Duke Eye Center, Durham, USA. She is now an Assistant Professor in the same lab investigating molecular mechanisms regulating cytoskeletal organization and their role in ocular tissues function and diseases.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263770 [Full text] [PDF] - 18 December 2024

 

Safia Mahabub Sauty (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, USA)

Safia Mahabub Sauty is first author on ‘Mutations in the DNA processivity factor POL30 predisposes the FLO11 locus to epigenetic instability in S. cerevisiae’, published in JCS. Safia Mahabub conducted the research described in this article while a Doctoral Researcher in Krassimir Yankulov’s lab at University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada. She is now a Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Dmitry Gordenin at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, USA, working on understanding the maintenance of genomic and epigenomic integrity.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263768 [Full text] [PDF] - 18 December 2024

 

Nikita Sergejevs (University of Oxford, UK)

Nikita Sergejevs is first author on ‘Topology surveillance of the lanosterol demethylase CYP51A1 by signal peptide peptidase’, published in JCS. Nikita is a DPhil student in the lab of Professor Pedro Carvalho at Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, UK, investigating membrane protein quality control at the endoplasmic reticulum.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263726 [Full text] [PDF] - 12 December 2024

 

Fabienne De Graeve (Institut de Biologie Valrose, Nice, France)

Fabienne De Graeve is first author on ‘An image-based RNAi screen identifies the EGFR signaling pathway as a regulator of Imp RNP granules’, published in JCS. Fabienne is an Assistant Professor in the lab of Besse Florence at Institut de Biologie Valrose, Nice, France, where she is interested in the molecular mechanisms regulating the spatial distribution of mRNAs.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263705 [Full text] [PDF] - 11 December 2024

 

Emily McParland and Noah Gurley (Brown University, Providence, RI and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA)

Emily McParland and Noah Gurley are co-authors on ‘The dual Ras-association domains of Drosophila Canoe have differential roles in linking cell junctions to the cytoskeleton during morphogenesis’, published in JCS. Emily and Noah conducted the research described in this article while research technicians in the lab of Dr Mark Peifer at the Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Emily is now a PhD student in the lab of Dr Thomas Roberts at Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, investigating comparative biomechanics and functional morphology. Noah is currently a rotation PhD student at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, investigating regulatory networks involved in coordinating collective cell behaviors.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263682 [Full text] [PDF] - 11 December 2024

 

Yuejia Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)

Yuejia Li is first author on ‘CAMSAP3 forms dimers via its α-helix domain that directly stabilize non-centrosomal microtubule minus ends’, published in JCS. Yuejia is a PhD student in the lab of Wenxiang Meng at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, investigating the molecular mechanism of non-centrosomal microtubule minus end stability.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263686 [Full text] [PDF] - 9 December 2024

 

Benjamin Wilander (Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA)

Benjamin Wilander is first author on ‘DRAK2 regulates myosin light chain phosphorylation in T cells’, published in JCS. Benjamin conducted the research described in this article while a graduate student in Maureen A. McGargill’s lab at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, USA. He is now a postdoc in the lab of Jeffrey Rathmell, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA, investigating how temperature impacts immune function.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263681 [Full text] [PDF] - 20 November 2024

 

Brittany Carr (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)

Brittany Carr is first author on ‘ prominin-1-null Xenopus laevis develop subretinal drusenoid-like deposits, cone-rod dystrophy and RPE atrophy’, published in JCS. Brittany is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, where her lab investigates frog models of inherited and age-related blindness.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263623 [Full text] [PDF] - 12 November 2024

 

 

Mitchell Leih (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Mitchell Leih is first author on ‘ Disordered hinge regions of the AP-3 adaptor complex promote vesicle budding from the late Golgi in yeast’, published in JCS. Mitchell is a PhD Student in the lab of Greg Odorizzi at the University of Colorado, Boulder, investigating adaptor protein complexes and their dynamics in membrane trafficking.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263598 [Full text] [PDF] - 11 November 2024

 

Kyoung-Min Choi (University of Oklahoma, USA)

Kyoung-Min Choi is co-first author on ‘ Mature microRNA-binding protein QKI suppresses extracellular microRNA let-7b release’, published in JCS. Kyoung-Min is an Associate Research Scholar in the lab of Je-Hyun Yoon at the College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma, investigating the functions of noncoding RNAs in metabolic disorders.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263599 [Full text] [PDF] - 06 November 2024

 

Ryan Hart (University of California, Davis (UC Davis), USA)

Ryan Hart is first author on ‘Myosin II tension sensors visualize force generation within the actin cytoskeleton in living cells’, published in JCS. Ryan conducted the research described in this article while a Research Technician in Indra Chandrasekar’s lab at Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, USA. He is now a PhD student in the lab of Mark Huising at University of California, Davis (UC Davis), USA. He is interested in mechanisms of actin cytoskeletal rearrangement in response to inhibitory GPCR activation.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263614 [Full text] [PDF] - 30 October 2024

 

Vikas Tillu (The University of Queensland, Australia)

Vikas Tillu is co-first author on ‘Precision in situ cryogenic correlative light and electron microscopy of optogenetically positioned organelles’, published in JCS. Vikas is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the lab of Nicholas Ariotti at Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Australia, investigating in situ receptor trafficking analysis using cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET).

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263557 [Full text] [PDF] - 30 October 2024

 

Takayuki Miyaki (Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan)

Takayuki Miyaki is first author on ‘Ultrastructural analysis of whole glomeruli using array tomography’, published in JCS. Takayuki is an Assistant professor in the lab of Koichiro Ichimura at Department of Anatomy and Life Structure, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, investigating 3D ultrastructural analysis of cells and tissues, especially podocytes and glomeruli, using volume electron microscopy.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263515 [Full text] [PDF] - 14 October 2024

 

Cecilia Alejandra (Universidad de Buenos Aires Int, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Cecilia Alejandra is a postdoc in the lab of Dr Sandra M. Cordo and Dr Cybele C. Garcıá at Universidad de Buenos Aires Int, Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she is interested in all things regarding the ‘One Health’ concept of optimizing the health of people, animals and ecosystems. In particular, I am passionate about host–pathogen interactions, how they can be affected by the environment and how understanding them can lead to the development of new therapies.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263565 [Full text] [PDF] - 14 October 2024

 

M. H. D. Fouad Zakaria (Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan)

M. H. D. Fouad Zakaria is first author on ‘Na_V1.1 contributes to the cell cycle of human mesenchymal stem cells by regulating AKT and CDK2’, published in JCS. He is a PhD student in the lab of Takayoshi Yamaza at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, investigating stem cells, ion channels and neural differentiation.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263537 [Full text] [PDF] - 10 October 2024

 

Luisa F. Arias Padilla and Jonathan Munera Lopez (Arizona State University, USA)

Luisa F. Arias Padilla and Jonathan Munera Lopez are co-first authors on ‘The initiation and early development of apical–basal polarity in Toxoplasma gondii’, published in JCS. Luisa is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the lab of Ke Hu at Arizona State University, Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution, USA, investigating cellular dynamics and complexity. Jonathan is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the same lab investigating Toxoplasma gondii cell biology.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263524 [Full text] [PDF] - 8 October 2024

 

 

 

Xiaohuan Sun (Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA)

Xiaohuan Sun is first author on ‘Antagonistic roles of tau and MAP6 in regulating neuronal development’, published in JCS. Xiaohuan is a PhD student in the lab of Liang Oscar Qiang at Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, where she works on exploring cellular and molecular mechanisms in neurobiology.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263520 [Full text] [PDF] - 7 October 2024

 

Valérie Cabana (Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada)

Valérie Cabana is first author on ‘AP-1 contributes to endosomal targeting of the ubiquitin ligase RNF13 via a secondary and novel non-canonical binding motif’, published in JCS. Valérie is a PhD student in the lab of Marc Lussier at Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada, investigating post-Golgi subcellular trafficking of lysosomal transmembrane proteins.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263512 [Full text] [PDF] - 26 September 2024

 

Manuela Blasco Pedreros (Instituto Tecnológico Chascomús (INTECH), Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Manuela Blasco Pedreros is first author on ‘Role of a novel uropod-like cell membrane protrusion in the pathogenesis of the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis’, published in JCS. Manuela is a PhD student in the Anaerobic Parasites Laboratory (LPA) in Instituto Tecnológico Chascomús (INTECH), Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she investigates the cellular biology of the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263494 [Full text] [PDF] - 9 September 2024

 

Md Hashim Reza (JNCASR, Jakkur, India)

Md Hashim Reza is first author on ‘Expansion microscopy reveals characteristic ultrastructural features of pathogenic budding yeast species’, published in JCS. Md Hashim is a postdoc in the lab of Kaustuv Sanyal at JNCASR, Jakkur, India, investigating the evolution of factors regulating spindle positioning and spindle pole body (SPB) inheritance in non-model yeasts.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263449 [Full text] [PDF] - 9 September 2024

 

Emmet Francis (University of California, San Diego, USA)

Emmet Francis is first author on ‘Computational modeling establishes mechanotransduction as a potent modulator of the mammalian circadian clock’, published in JCS. Emmet is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Padmini Rangamani at University of California, San Diego, USA, where he develops computational models at the intersection of cell signaling and cell mechanics to discover mechanisms of chemo-mechanical coupling that enable cells to adapt and respond to diverse stimuli.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263501 [Full text] [PDF] - 9 September 2024

 

Danielle Buglak and Kathleen Holmes (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)

Danielle Buglak and Kathleen Holmes are co-first authors on ‘The proximal centriole-like structure maintains nucleus–centriole architecture in sperm’, published in JCS. Danielle is a postdoc in the lab of Nasser Rusan at National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA, investigating nucleus–centriole attachment in sperm. Kathleen undertook this work while she was a postbaccalaureate fellow in the same laboratory, and is currently a PhD student in the lab of Katherine Baldwin at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, investigating the development of complex cell morphology.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263462 [Full text] [PDF] - 6 September 2024

 

 

Anna Gavrilova (University of Manchester, UK)

Anna Gavrilova is first author on ‘The role of kinesin-1 in neuronal dense core vesicle transport, locomotion and lifespan regulation in C. elegans’, published in JCS. Anna is a PhD student in the lab of Viki Allan at the University of Manchester, UK, investigating experimental studies, data analysis and mathematical modelling of intracellular transport.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263502 [Full text] [PDF] - 6 September 2024

 

Hiroshi Otani (Hiroshima University, Japan)

Hiroshi Otani is first author on ‘Excess microtubule and F-actin formation mediates shortening and loss of primary cilia in response to a hyperosmotic milieu’, published in JCS. Hiroshi conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Koji Ikegami’s lab at Hiroshima University, Japan. He is currently an undergraduate medical student at the same university. His interest lies with revealing details of cellular organelles though microscopy.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263497 [Full text] [PDF] - 30 August 2024

 

Md Noor Akhtar (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India)

Md Noor Akhtar is first author on ‘Hominini-specific regulation of the cell cycle by stop codon readthrough of FEM1B’, published in JCS. Md Noor is a PhD student in the lab of Prof. Sandeep M. Eswarappa at Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, where his research focuses on unravelling the mechanisms of genetic recoding and its physiological significance.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263463 [Full text] [PDF] - 29 August 2024

 

Haoting Wang and Hiroko Kobayashi (Osaka University, Suita, and Drug Discovery Medicine, Kyoto, Japan)

Haoting Wang and Hiroko Kobayashi are co-first authors on ‘MYCBPAP is a central apparatus protein required for centrosome–nuclear envelope docking and sperm tail biogenesis in mice’, published in JCS. Haoting conducted the research described in this article while an undergraduate student in Masahito Ikawa’s lab at Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; he is now a PhD student in the same lab working on cell biology. Hiroko is a PhD student in the lab of Masatoshi Hagiwara at Drug Discovery Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, investigating cell biology, especially RNA biology, cancer immunology and genome editing.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263458 [Full text] [PDF] - 29 August 2024

 

Paco López-Cuevas (University of Oxford, UK)

Paco López-Cuevas is first author on ‘Reprogramming macrophages with R848-loaded artificial protocells to modulate skin and skeletal wound healing’, published in JCS. Paco conducted the research described in this article while a postdoc in Paul Martin’s lab at School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, UK. He is now a postdoc in the lab of Richard White at Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, investigating zebrafish models of human diseases.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263448 [Full text] [PDF] - 29 August 2024

 

Jacob Odell (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA)

Jacob Odell is first author on ‘N-terminal tags impair the ability of lamin A to provide structural support to the nucleus’, published in JCS. Jacob is a PhD student in the lab of Jan Lammerding at Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA, investigating how cells sense, resist and respond to mechanical forces, with a focus on nuclear lamin proteins.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263472 [Full text] [PDF] - 28 August 2024

 

Stephanie Bouley (Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Genomic Medicine, Boston, USA)

Stephanie Bouley is first author on ‘Chemical genetic screens reveal defective lysosomal trafficking as synthetic lethal with NF1 loss’, published in JCS. Stephanie conducted the research described in this article while a PhD candidate in Yolanda Sanchez’s lab at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA. She is now a post-doctoral research fellow in the lab of James A. Walker at Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Genomic Medicine, Boston, MA USA, where she is interested in identifying novel therapeutic targets for treating neurofibromatosis type 1-associated tumors.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263430 [Full text] [PDF] - 14 August 2024

 

Inga Mohr (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany)

Inga Mohr is first author on ‘Characterization of the small Arabidopsis thaliana GTPase and ADP-ribosylation factor-like 2 protein TITAN 5’, published in JCS. Inga is a postdoc in the lab of Petra Bauer at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany, investigating small ARF-like GTPases in Arabidopsis thaliana.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263428 [Full text] [PDF] - 14 August 2024

 

Jiwon Lee (The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia)

Jiwon Lee is first author on ‘Lipid droplet dynamics are essential for the development of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum’, published in JCS. Jiwon is a PhD student in the lab of Melanie Rug at Centre for Advanced Microscopy/ Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, investigating lipid storing and trafficking mechanisms in various life cycle stages of Plasmodium falciparum.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263427 [Full text] [PDF] - 8 August 2024

 

Angéline Geiser (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK)

Angéline Geiser is first author on ‘A novel 3D imaging approach for quantification of GLUT4 levels across the intact myocardium’, published in JCS. Angéline is a PhD student in the lab of Prof. Gwyn W. Gould at Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, where her research focuses on the molecular study of metabolic disorders and cardiovascular diseases, with a newly spurred interest in super-resolution microscopy techniques.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263426 [Full text] [PDF] - 5 August 2024

 

Ke Shan and Trieu Le (Duke University, School of Medicine, Durham, USA and Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada)

Ke Shan and Trieu Le are co-first authors on ‘TMEM16F scramblase regulates angiogenesis via endothelial intracellular signaling’, published in JCS. Ke is a PhD candidate in the lab of Huanghe Yang at Duke University, School of Medicine, Durham, USA, investigating how TMEM16F scramblase-mediated collapse of phospholipid asymmetry controls biological functions, including blood coagulation, vessel formation and mechanical responses. Trieu performed this work while in the same laboratory and is now a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr Sergio Grinstein and Dr Spencer for the Program in Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, investigating how the spatial organization of lipids, proteins, and macromolecules on the surface of cells contributes to cancer cells’ evasion from immune surveillance.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs263411 [Full text] [PDF] - 18 July 2024

 

Bina Prajapati (University of Helsinki, Finland)

Bina Prajapati is co-first author on ‘CCG-1423-derived compounds reduce global RNA synthesis and inhibit transcriptional responses’, published in JCS. Bina conducted the research described in this article while a PhD Student in Maria Vartiainen’s lab at the Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki. She is now also a lab coordinator at Finnish Genome Editing Centre (FINGEEC) with Topi Tervonen (FINGEEC PI) at the University of Helsinki. Bina is interested in anything and everything related to cellular health, stress response and disease targets.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262352 [Full text] [PDF] - 15 July 2024

 

Patricia Essebier (The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia)

Patricia Essebier is first author on ‘c-Src-induced vascular malformations require localised matrix degradation at focal adhesions’, published in JCS. Patricia conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Emma Gordon’s lab at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia. She is currently a PhD student in the lab of Anne Lagendijk at the same institute, where she uses 2D and 3D tissue culture to understand cell–matrix interactions through focal adhesions in vascular endothelial cells.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262362 [Full text] [PDF] - 12 July 2024

 

Abhishek Shinde (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)

Abhishek Shinde is first author on ‘The retromer and retriever systems are conserved and differentially expanded in parabasalids’, published in JCS. Abhishek is a PhD student working with Dr Jan Tachezy and Dr Joel Dacks at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, investigating the evolutionary adaptations in membrane trafficking system across eukaryotes.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262354 [Full text] [PDF] - 12 July 2024

 

Shweta Prassanawar (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India)

Shweta Prassanawar is first author on ‘CEP41, a ciliopathy-linked centrosomal protein, regulates microtubule assembly and cell proliferation’, published in JCS. Shweta conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in the lab of Professor Dulal Panda at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India. She is now a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Dulal Panda’s lab, investigating cellular processes governing growth and development.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262346 [Full text] [PDF] - 4 July 2024

 

Kinga Rutowicz (University of Zurich, Switzerland)

Kinga Rutowicz is first author on ‘Multiscale chromatin dynamics and high entropy in plant iPSC ancestors’, published in JCS. Kinga is a Research Assistant in the lab of Célia Baroux at Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Her research focuses on better understanding the multifaceted role of chromatin in cellular reprogramming during both development and response to environmental stimuli.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262293 [Full text] [PDF] - 24 June 2024

 

Aimee Uyehara (University of California, Riverside, USA)

Aimee Uyehara is first author on ‘De novo TANGLED1 recruitment from the phragmoplast to aberrant cell plate fusion sites in maize’, published in JCS. Aimee is a PhD Student in the lab of Dr Carolyn Rasmussen at Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Center for Plant Cell Biology, University of California, Riverside, USA, investigating how plant cells regulate the placement and completion of their divisions.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262313 [Full text] [PDF] - 19 June 2024

 

Alexandra Fletcher-Jones (University of Bristol, UK)

Alexandra Fletcher-Jones is first author on ‘SGIP1 binding to the α-helical H9 domain of cannabinoid receptor 1 promotes axonal surface expression binding’, published in JCS. Alexandra is a Senior Research Associate in the lab of Jeremy Henley at the University of Bristol, UK, investigating subcellular trafficking of cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1R).

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262268 [Full text] [PDF] - 12 June 2024

 

David Velásquez-Carvajal (Corporación Universitaria Remington, Medellín, Colombia)

David Velásquez-Carvajal is first author on ‘Microtubule reorganization during mitotic cell division in the dinoflagellate Ostreospis cf. ovata’, published in JCS. David conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Stefania Castagnetti's lab at Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France. He is now an Assistant Professor at Corporación Universitaria Remington, Medellín, Colombia. He has an interest in two related topics: understanding cytoskeleton changes and its modulation during neuroplasticity, and understanding how cells react to ‘expanded states of consciousness’ induced by psychedelics, and how these states impact changes in the cytoskeleton.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262312 [Full text] [PDF] - 11 June 2024

 

Ankit Ghosh and Aastha Varshney (CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India)

Ankit Ghosh and Aastha Varshney are co-first authors on ‘The novel Plasmodium berghei protein S14 is essential for sporozoite gliding motility and infectivity’, published in JCS. Ankit and Aastha performed this work while PhD students in the lab of Dr Satish Mishra at the CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India. They work on elucidating the role of sporozoite-specific proteins in Plasmodium berghei using reverse genetic approaches.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262300 [Full text] [PDF] - 7 June 2024

 

 

 

 

Anakshi Gayen and Avik Mukherjee (Presidency University, West Bengal, India)

Anakshi Gayen and Avik Mukherjee are co-first authors on ‘The mRNA-capping enzyme localizes to stress granules in the cytoplasm and maintains cap homeostasis of target mRNAs’, published in JCS. Anakshi and Avik are both PhD students in the lab of Dr Chandrama Mukherjee at the Institute of Health Sciences, Presidency University, West Bengal, India. There, they study the post transcriptional gene regulation mediated by the cytoplasmic capping enzyme.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262294 [Full text] [PDF] - 6 June 2024

 

 

 

 

Sanja Sviben (Stanford University School of Medicine, USA)

Sanja Sviben is first author on ‘ Immuno-scanning electron microscopy of islet primary cilia’, published in JCS. Sanja conducted the research described in this article while a staff scientist in James Fitzpatrick's lab at Washington University Center for Cellular Imaging (WUCCI), Washington University School of Medicine, USA. She is now a staff scientist in the lab of Georgios Skiniotis at Stanford Cryo-Electron Microscopy Center (cEMc), Stanford University School of Medicine, USA. Her work revolves around leveraging various tools and workflows in electron microscopy to better understand the cellular biology behind biological processes.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262272 [Full text] [PDF] - 4 June 2024

 

Manu Ahmed (University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, USA)

Manu Ahmed is first author on ‘Identification of 30 transition fibre proteins in Trypanosoma brucei reveals a complex and dynamic structure’, published in JCS. Manu conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Professor Sue Vaughan's lab at the Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK. He is now a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Sumeda Nandadasa at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA, investigating the molecular mechanisms of ciliopathies relating to cystic kidney disease and hydrocephalus.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262187 [Full text] [PDF] - 3 June 2024

 

Yuchen Liu (Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA)

Yuchen Liu is first author on ‘ Generation and characterization of mature hepatocyte organoids for liver metabolic studies’, published in JCS. Yuchen is a postdoc in the lab of Yingzi Yang at the Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA, investigating signal transduction and transcriptional regulation in liver carcinogenesis.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262267 [Full text] [PDF] - 30 May 2024

 

Nima Taefehshokr (Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada)

Nima Taefehshokr is first author on ‘ SARS-CoV-2 NSP5 antagonizes MHC II expression by subverting histone deacetylase 2’, published in JCS. Nima conducted the research described in this article while a Postdoctoral Associate in Bryan Heit's lab at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and the Western Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Centre, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, where his work revolved around investigating how SARS-CoV-2 suppressed MHC II expression. He is now a Scientific Evaluator at Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262254 [Full text] [PDF] - 22 May 2024

 

Laura Quirion (Montreal Clinical Research Institute, Montréal, Canada)

Laura Quirion is first author on ‘Mapping the global interactome of the ARF family reveals spatial organization in cellular signaling pathways’, published in JCS. Laura is a PhD candidate in the lab of Jean-François Côté at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute, Montréal, Canada, investigating the dynamics of GTPase signaling.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262252 [Full text] [PDF] - 14 May 2024

 

Xiumei He (Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China)

Xiumei He is co-first author on ‘ GTPBP8 modulates mitochondrial fission through a Drp1-dependent process’, published in JCS. Xiumei is a student in the lab of Hongxia Zhao at the School of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China, investigating how GTPBP8 affects mitochondrial dynamics.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262188 [Full text] [PDF] - 30 April 2024

 

Vidur Sabharwal (Abdel El Manira at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden)

Vidur Sabharwal is first author on ‘F-box protein FBXB-65 regulates anterograde transport of the kinesin-3 motor UNC-104 through a PTM near its cargo-binding PH domain’, published in JCS. Vidur conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Sandhya P. Koushika's lab at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India. He is now a postdoc in the lab of Abdel El Manira at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, where he works to understand and describe how complex observations in biological systems emerge from simple underlying mechanisms.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262138 [Full text] [PDF] - 19 April 2024

 

Maria Sharkova (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)

Maria Sharkova is first author on ‘Photoreceptor calyceal processes accompany the developing outer segment, adopting a stable length despite a dynamic core’, published in JCS. Maria is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Jennifer Hocking at the Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, investigating the role of microvilli surrounding the sensory ending of vertebrate photoreceptors.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262137 [Full text] [PDF] - 12 April 2024

 

Anne Rosfelter (RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Kobe, Japan)

Anne Rosfelter is first author on ‘Reduction of cortical pulling at mitotic entry facilitates aster centration’, published in JCS. Anne conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Alex McDougall's lab at Laboratoire Biologie du Développement (LBDV), Villefranche-sur-Mer, France. She is now a post-doctoral researcher in the lab of Yu-Chiun Wang at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Kobe, Japan, investigating the spatial organization of cells and tissue through studying the cytoskeleton.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262137 [Full text] [PDF] - 12 April 2024

 

Shang-yang Chen (National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan)

Shang-yang Chen is first author on ‘C. elegans spermatocyte divisions show a weak spindle checkpoint response’, published in JCS. Shang-yang is a PhD student in the lab of Jui-ching Wu at National Taiwan University National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, investigating spindle checkpoint regulation in male meiotic division.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262091 [Full text] [PDF] - 27 March 2024

 

Mohima Mukherjee (National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, India)

Mohima Mukherjee is first author on ‘Endoplasmic reticulum stress impedes regulated secretion by governing key exocytotic and granulogenic molecular switches’, published in JCS. Mohima is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Bhavani Shankar Sahu at the National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, India, investigating the molecular mechanisms of regulated secretion involving dense core vesicles and synaptic vesicles in neurons and neuroendocrine cells.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262093 [Full text] [PDF] - 19 March 2024

 

Celia Segui-Perez (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)

Celia Segui-Perez is first author on ‘MUC13 negatively regulates tight junction proteins and intestinal epithelial barrier integrity via protein kinase C’, published in JCS. Celia is a PhD student in the lab of Karin Strijbis at the Department of Biomolecular Health Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, investigating the role of mucins in health and disease.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262029 [Full text] [PDF] - 13 March 2024

 

Fabrizia Zevolini (University of Siena, Italy)

Fabrizia Zevolini is first author on ‘ Polo-like kinase 1 regulates immune synapse assembly and cytotoxic T cell function by driving microtubule dynamics’, published in JCS. Fabrizia is a postdoc in the lab of Cosima T. Baldari at the University of Siena, Italy, investigating cytotoxic T lymphocyte effector functions, with a focus on their killing apparatus and strategies.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262030 [Full text] [PDF] - 8 March 2024

 

Michelle Ly (CReATe Fertility Centre, Toronto, Canada)

Michelle Ly is first author on ‘ Integrin-based adhesions promote cell–cell junction and cytoskeletal remodelling to drive embryonic wound healing’, published in JCS. Michelle conducted the research described in this article while a MASc student in Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez's lab at University of Toronto, Canada where she investigated the molecular mechanisms underlying cell migration and cell–extracellular matrix adhesion, and their roles in embryology and developmental processes. She is now a Research Assistant in the lab of Stewart Russel at the CReATe Fertility Centre, Toronto, Canada, working to pinpoint biomarkers associated with successful early embryo development.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262025 [Full text] [PDF] - 8 March 2024

 

Annika Möller-Kerutt and Ann-Christin Groh (University Hospital of Münster and Merck Healthcare, Germany)

Annika Möller-Kerutt and Ann-Christin Groh are co-first authors on ‘ PALS1 is a key regulator of the lateral distribution of tight junction,proteins in renal epithelial cells’, published in JCS. Annika is a postdoc in the lab of Thomas Weide at University Hospital of Münster, Germany, and Ann-Christin undertook this work while a PhD student in the same laboratory lab and is now a Key Account Manager for Merck Healthcare, Germany. They are interested in how junction formation is dependent on cellular polarity.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262028 [Full text] [PDF] - 8 March 2024

 

Mallika Bhattacharya (NIDDK, Bethesda, USA)

Mallika Bhattacharya is first author on ‘Steroid hormone signaling synchronizes cell migration machinery, adhesion and polarity to direct collective movement’, published in JCS. Mallika conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Dr Michelle Starz-Gaiano's lab at University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA. She is now a postdoc in the lab of Dr Elissa Lei at NIDDK, Bethesda, USA. She is excited by basic biology questions in the field of developmental biology and is currently investigating the regulation of 3D chromatin architecture during development.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262026 [Full text] [PDF] - 8 March 2024

 

Liheng Yang (Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA)

Liheng Yang (杨利恒) is first author on ‘Trophoblast organoids with physiological polarity model placental structure and function’, published in JCS. Liheng is a Senior Research Associate in the lab of Carolyn Coyne at Department of Integrative Immunobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA, investigating using human placenta organoids to explore the underlying mechanisms of the innate immune defense against pathogen infection at the maternal–fetal interface.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262031 [Full text] [PDF] - 4 March 2024

 

Ruturaj (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata)

Ruturaj is first author on ‘Regulation of the apico-basolateral trafficking polarity of the homologous copper-ATPases ATP7A and ATP7B’, published in JCS. Ruturaj is a PhD student in the lab of Arnab Gupta at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, investigating the trafficking mechanisms of ATPases in polarized epithelia.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262027 [Full text] [PDF] - 4 March 2024

 

Tanja Müller (University Hospital Frankfurt, Germany)

Tanja Müller is first author on ‘ The neuronal transcription factor MEIS2 is a calpain-2 protease target’, published in JCS. Tanja conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Prof. Dr Dorothea Schulte's lab at the Institute of Neurology (Edinger Institute), University Hospital Frankfurt, Germany. She is now a postdoc and co-lead of the Translational Neurooncology Junior Group in the lab of Dr Ann-Christin Hau at the Translational Neurooncology Group at the University Hospital Frankfurt, Germany. Her current research focuses on the identification of invasion-promoting genes in high-grade glial tumors.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262013 [Full text] [PDF] - 28 February 2024

 

Shweta Santra (Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India)

Shweta Santra is first author on ‘Estimates of differential toxin expression governing heterogeneous intracellular lifespans of Streptococcus pneumoniae’, published in JCS. Shweta is a PhD student in the lab of Anirban Banerjee at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, working on decoding host–pathogen interactions and understanding cellular processes.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs261999 [Full text] [PDF] - 27 February 2024

 

Alex van Vliet (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK)

Alex van Vliet is first author on ‘ Exploring the ATG9A interactome uncovers interaction with VPS13A’, published in JCS. Alex conducted the research described in this article while a Postdoctoral Training Fellow in Sharon Tooze's lab at The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK. He is now an MRC Postdoc in the lab of Sean Munro at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK, investigating the mechanisms of membrane trafficking.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262015 [Full text] [PDF] - 22 February 2024

 

Harini Iyer (Rice University, Houston, USA)

Harini Iyer is first author on ‘ The Cl⁻ transporter ClC-7 is essential for phagocytic clearance by microglia’, published in JCS. Harini conducted the research described in this article while a Postdoctoral Scholar in William Talbot's lab at Beckman Center, Stanford, USA. She is now an Assistant Professor at Rice University, Houston, USA investigating lysosomal signaling in the neuroimmune system.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262014 [Full text] [PDF] - 16 February 2024

 

Calin Dragoi (University of Oxford, UK)

Calin Dragoi is first author on ‘ The oscillation of mitotic kinase governs cell cycle latches in mammalian cells’, published in JCS. Calin is a DPhil student in Biochemistry in the lab of Prof. Bela Novak at University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, using mathematical modelling to investigate the emergence of cell cycle properties.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs261974 [Full text] [PDF] - 13 February 2024

 

Samuele Metti (School of Life Science, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)

Samuele Metti is co-first author on ‘ Native collagen VI delays early muscle stem cell differentiation’, published in JCS. Samuele conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Prof. Paolo Bonaldo's lab at University of Padova, Italy. He is now a postdoc in the lab of Prof. Gisou van der Goot at School of Life Science, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, investigating how extracellular matrix proteins affect muscle stem cell behaviour.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs261975 [Full text] [PDF] - 13 February 2024

 

Ashley Peterson (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

Ashley Peterson is first author on ‘ Neutrophil motility is regulated by both cell intrinsic and endothelial cell ARPC1B’, published in JCS. Ashley conducted the research described in this article while a graduate research assistant (PhD student) in Anna Huttenlocher's lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. She is currently searching for jobs in pharmaceutical/biotech industry. Her research interests are in using in vitro and microfluidics systems to model human disease for drug discovery and preclinical testing.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs261983 [Full text] [PDF] - 12 February 2024

 

JingHui Cao (Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka, Japan)

JingHui Cao is first author on ‘ Artificial tethering of constitutive centromere-associated network proteins induces CENP-A deposition without Knl2 in DT40 cells’, published in JCS. JingHui is a PhD student in the lab of Tatsuo Fukagawa at the Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka, Japan, investigating the relationship between cancer and chromosomal instability (CIN).

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs261976 [Full text] [PDF] - 6 February 2024

 

Neha Saxena (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)

Neha Saxena is first author on ‘ Stiffness-dependent MSC homing and differentiation into CAFs – implications for breast cancer invasion’, published in JCS. Neha conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Professor Shamik Sen's lab at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India. She is now a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Professor Siddharth Dey, based in the Bioengineering Building, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, investigating the role of the microenvironment in disease and the progression of embryonic development.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs261939 [Full text] [PDF] - 15 January 2024

 

Artem Fokin (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France)

Artem Fokin is first author on ‘ Inactivating negative regulators of cortical branched actin enhances persistence of single cell migration’, published in JCS. Artem conducted the research described in this article while a postdoc in the lab of Alexis Gautreau at Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France. His research focuses on investigating the cytoskeleton and everything that moves, both at the intracellular level (vesicular traffic) and at the level of individual cells and cell layers.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs261940 [Full text] [PDF] - 15 January 2024

 

Poulomi Das (University of Georgia, Athens, USA)

Poulomi Das is first author on ‘The Small Interactor of PKD2 protein promotes the assembly and ciliary entry of the Chlamydomonas PKD2–mastigoneme complexes’, published in JCS. Poulomi is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Karl F. Lechtreck at the Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, USA, where she investigates the molecular world of proteins using microscopy.

J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs261941 [Full text] [PDF] - 15 January 2024

 

Anuttoma Ray (Cactus Communications, Princeton, NJ, USA)

Anuttoma Ray is first author on ‘ Regulated dynamic subcellular GLUT4 localization revealed by proximal proteome mapping in human muscle cells’, published in JCS. Anuttoma conducted the research described in this article while a Postdoctoral researcher in Dr Timothy McGraw's lab at Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, USA. She is now an Editor at Cactus Communications, Princeton, NJ, USA, where she leverages her skills and expertise for the scientific community to drive the creation of high-quality, research-based manuscripts for academic publishing.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261855 [Full text] [PDF] - 21 December 2023

 

Agnieszka Pierzynska-Mach (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy)

Agnieszka Pierzynska-Mach is first author on ‘ DEK oncoprotein participates in heterochromatin replication via SUMO-dependent nuclear bodies’, published in JCS. Agnieszka conducted the research described in this article while a researcher in Alberto Diaspro's lab at the Nanoscopy & NIC@IIT, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy. She is experienced in cell biophysics and specializes in investigating chromatin structure and DNA-related cellular processes with high-resolution microscopy techniques.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261851 [Full text] [PDF] - 18 December 2023

 

Alexander Whitehead (Microbial Sciences Building, Madison, USA)

Alexander Whitehead is first author on ‘ AP-1 signaling modulates cardiac fibroblast stress responses’, published in JCS. Alexander conducted the research described in this article while an NSF GRFP Graduate Fellow in Adam Engler's lab at Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, USA. He is now a Hartwell Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Bruce Klein at Microbial Sciences Building, Madison, USA. His research interests include regenerative medicine, stem cell modeling, immunity and fibrosis.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261845 [Full text] [PDF] - 15 December 2023

 

Sarah Barger (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Jo Strachan is first author on ‘ SUMOylation regulates Lem2 function in centromere clustering and silencing’, published in JCS. Jo conducted the research described in this article while a postdoc in Elizabeth Bayne's lab at University of Edinburgh, UK. She is now a postdoc in the lab of Steven Spoel at University of Edinburgh. Her interest is in exploring the diverse roles of the small protein modifiers ubiquitin and SUMO.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261821 [Full text] [PDF] - 4 December 2023

 

Kodzo Atchou and Bianca Manuela Berger (University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland)

Kodzo Atchou and Bianca Manuela Berger are co-first authors on ‘ Pre-gelation staining expansion microscopy for visualisation of the Plasmodium liver stage’, published in JCS. Kodzo is a PhD student in the lab of Prof. Dr Volker Heussler at the Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, where he is interested in molecular biology and parasitology with a focus on host–pathogen interaction for the Plasmodium liver stage. Bianca is a PhD student in the lab of Prof. Dr Torsten Ochsenreiter also at the Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bern, where she has a broad interest in molecular biology and parasitology; during her PhD she investigated mitochondrial gene expression in Trypanosoma brucei.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261781 [Full text] [PDF] - 30 November 2023

 

 

Francisca Vitorino (Washington University, St. Louis, USA)

Francisca Vitorino is first author on ‘ The antiproliferative effect of FGF2 in K-Ras-driven tumor cells involves modulation of rRNA and the nucleolus’, published in JCS. Francisca conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Julia Pinheiro Chagas da Cunha's lab at Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil. She is now a Research Lab supervisor in the lab of Benjamin A. Garcia at Washington University in St. Louis, USA. Her research interest is in mass spectrometry-based proteomics, focusing on chromatin proteome and histone post-translational modifications.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261780 [Full text] [PDF] - 30 November 2023

 

Kolaparamba V. Navyasree (Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Trivandrum, Kerala, India)

Kolaparamba V. Navyasree is first author on ‘ Cholesterol regulates insulin-induced mTORC1 signaling’, published in JCS. Kolaparamba is a PhD student in the lab of Perunthottathu K. Umasankar at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Trivandrum, Kerala, India, where she explores the intricate mechanisms of cell signaling pathways to unravel their role in cellular function and potential diseases.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261779 [Full text] [PDF] - 29 November 2023

 

Amber Shaheen (Western University, London, Canada)

Amber Shaheen is first author on ‘ Cholesterol is required for activity-dependent synaptic growth’, published in JCS. Amber conducted the research described in this article while a graduate student in Dr Jeffrey Dason's lab at University of Windsor. She is now a MD candidate at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University, London, Canada. Amber's research focuses on understanding the role of cholesterol in neuronal membranes, its regulation by synaptic activity, and its impact on neuronal development and function, using Drosophila as a model organism.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261775 [Full text] [PDF] - 23 November 2023

 

Sarah Barger (Yale University, USA)

Sarah Barger is first author on ‘ Nuclear envelope assembly relies on CHMP-7 in the absence of BAF–LEM-mediated hole closure’, published in JCS. Sarah is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Shirin Bahmanyar at Yale University, USA, investigating the role of nuclear envelope proteins in cancer initiation and progression.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261710 [Full text] [PDF] - 13 November 2023

 

Sonal Jaiswal (Techno India University, Kolkata)

Sonal Jaiswal is first author on ‘ Separation-of-function MCPH-associated mutations in CPAP affect centriole number and length’, published in JCS. Sonal conducted the research described in this article while a PhD candidate in Dr. Priyanka Singh's lab at the Indian Institute of Technology, Rajasthan, India. She is now an Academic Coordinator in the Management Division at Techno India University, Kolkata, where her role involves contributing insights and expertise to the academic community.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261746 [Full text] [PDF] - 9 November 2023

 

Anu Prakash (University of Galway, Ireland)

Anu Prakash is first author on ‘ Centrosome amplification promotes cell invasion via cell–cell contact disruption and Rap-1 activation’, published in JCS. Anu conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Dr Emer Bourke's lab at University of Galway, Ireland. She is currently looking for a job in the pharmaceutical industry. Her research interests are focused on clinical research and drug discovery to develop novel treatments for human diseases.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261708 [Full text] [PDF] - 1 November 2023

 

Teresa Vitali (Washington University Saint Louis, USA)

Teresa Vitali is first author on ‘ Vimentin intermediate filaments provide structural stability to the mammalian Golgi complex’, published in JCS. Teresa undertook the work while a Research Associate in the lab of Martin Lowe at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK. Teresa has since spent time as a Senior Research Assistant in the lab of Dr Inhee Chung at George Washington University, Washington, USA and will soon be starting a new role at Washington University Saint Louis, USA. She is interested in cytoskeletal organization and function in diverse cellular processes (at the molecular and cellular level), and in pathological contexts like cancer and infection.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261707 [Full text] [PDF] - 20 October 2023

 

Ari Dehn (The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA)

Ari Dehn is first author on ‘ Epithelial mechanics are maintained by inhibiting cell fusion with age in Drosophila’, published in JCS. Ari conducted the research described in this article while a Research Associate in Dr Vicki Losick's lab at Boston College, MA, USA. Ari is now a Research Assistant at The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA, where they are interested in exploring new ideas and using science to further understand human health and disease.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261706 [Full text] [PDF] - 18 October 2023

 

David Anaguano (University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA)

David Anaguano is first author on ‘ Time-resolved proximity biotinylation implicates a porin protein in export of transmembrane malaria parasite effectors’, published in JCS. David is a PhD student in the lab of Vasant Muralidharan at Center for Tropical Emerging Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, investigating the mechanisms protozoan parasites utilize to maintain a successful infection within their hosts.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261711 [Full text] [PDF] - 18 October 2023

 

Carolyn Davis (University of California, Davis, USA)

Carolyn Davis is joint first author on ‘ Light-activated BioID – an optically activated proximity labeling system to study protein–protein interactions’, published in JCS. Carolyn is a PhD student in the lab of Sanjeevi Sivasankar at the University of California, Davis, USA, where she is developing tools to investigate how protein interaction networks at cell junctions change under differing conditions and how this can play a role in diseases like cancer.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261665 [Full text] [PDF] - 11 October 2023

 

Rebeka Tomasin (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA)

Rebeka Tomasin is first author on ‘ A molecular landscape of quiescence and proliferation highlights the role of Pten in mammary gland acinogenesis’, published in JCS. Rebeka conducted the research described in this article while a postdoc in Alexandre Bruni-Cardoso's lab at the Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. She is now a postdoc in the lab of Cyrus Ghajar at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA, investigating microenvironmental influences on cell behavior in normal tissue and across cancer progression.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261664 [Full text] [PDF] - 11 October 2023

 

Parisa Naeli (Queen's University Belfast, UK)

Parisa Naeli is first author on ‘ The SARS-CoV-2 protein NSP2 enhances microRNA-mediated translational repression’, published in JCS. Parisa is a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Seyed Mehdi Jafarnejad at Queen's University Belfast, UK, investigating mRNA translation and decay, RNA biology, and RNA-binding proteins.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261698 [Full text] [PDF] - 11 October 2023

 

Antoine Canat (Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany)

Antoine Canat is first author on ‘ DAXX safeguards heterochromatin formation in embryonic stem cells’, published in JCS. Antoine conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Emmanuelle Fabre's lab at Insitut de Recherche St Louis, Université de Paris, France. He is now a postdoc in the lab of Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla at the Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany, investigating nuclear organization and chromatin regulation during totipotency and pluripotency.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261613 [Full text] [PDF] - 11 October 2023

 

Anthony Dornan (University of Glasgow, UK)

Anthony Dornan is first author on ‘ Compromised junctional integrity phenocopies age-dependent renal dysfunction in Drosophila Snakeskin mutants’, published in JCS. Anthony conducted the research described in this article while at Prof. Julian Dow's lab at School of Molecular Biosciences, University of Glasgow, UK, where he currently works as a Lab Manager/Research Technician. Anthony's research focuses on applying molecular genetic techniques, predominantly using the model organism Drosophila and in particular the fly's Malpighian (renal) tubules, to address fundamental questions in the physiology of cell signalling, transport and stress responses.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261663 [Full text] [PDF] - 10 October 2023

 

Toan Le (Osaka University, Japan)

Toan Le is first author on ‘ A ubiquitin–proteasome pathway degrades the inner nuclear membrane protein Bqt4 to maintain nuclear membrane homeostasis’, published in JCS. Toan is a PhD student in the lab of Yasushi Hiraoka at the Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Japan, investigating protein degradation at the inner nuclear membrane.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261662 [Full text] [PDF] - 3 October 2023

 

Clara Mutschler (John Van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, UK)

Clara Mutschler is first author on ‘Schwann cells are axo-protective after injury irrespective of myelination status in mouse Schwann cell–neuron cocultures’, published in JCS. Clara is a PhD student in the lab of Peter Arthur-Farraj at the John Van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, UK, investigating axon–Schwann cell interactions after peripheral nervous system injury.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261615 [Full text] [PDF] - 4 September 2023

 

Makoto Nagano (National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan)

Makoto Nagano is first author on ‘ Distinct role of TGN-resident clathrin adaptors for Vps21p activation in the TGN–endosome trafficking pathway’, published in JCS. Makoto conducted the research described in this article while a lecturer in Jiro Toshima's lab at Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan. He is now a Senior Researcher in the lab of Koichi Watashi at National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan, investigating molecular mechanisms for regulation of membrane trafficking.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261576 [Full text] [PDF] - 4 September 2023

 

Rachel Wills (University of Pittsburgh, USA)

Rachel Wills is first author on ‘ A novel homeostatic mechanism tunes PI(4,5)P₂-dependent signaling at the plasma membrane’, published in JCS. Rachel conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Gerry Hammond's lab at University of Pittsburgh. She is now a postdoc in the lab of Jason Lohmueller at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, investigating how basic cellular mechanisms contribute to diseases at the organismal level.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261539 [Full text] [PDF] - 29 August 2023

 

Nioosha Nekooie Marnany (Institut de Biologie, Paris, France)

Nioosha Nekooie Marnany is first author on ‘ Glucose oxidation drives trunk neural crest cell development and fate’, published in JCS. Nioosha conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Dr Sylvie Dufour and Dr Jean-Loup Duband's lab at Institut Mondor de Recherches Biomédicales, Université Paris-Est Créteil, France. Currently, she is a postdoc in the ‘Institut de Biologie, Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS)' in Paris, at Hervé Le Hire's lab where she is working on the relationship between the exon junction complex (EJC) and metabolism.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261506 [Full text] [PDF] - 17 August 2023

 

James Glover (King's College London, UK)

James Glover is co-first author on ‘ UMAD1 contributes to ESCRT-III dynamic subunit turnover during cytokinetic abscission’, published in JCS. James is a PhD student in the lab of Juan Martin-Serrano at the Department of Infectious Diseases, King's College London, UK, investigating cell division using advanced microscopy techniques.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261498 [Full text] [PDF] - 10 August 2023

 

Karel Mocaer (EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany)

Karel Mocaer is first author on ‘ Targeted volume correlative light and electron microscopy of an environmental marine microorganism’, published in JCS. Karel is a PhD student in the lab of Yannick Schwab at EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany, where she is interested in ultrastructural studies of marine microorganisms using various electron microscopy techniques.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261499 [Full text] [PDF] - 9 August 2023

 

Katherine Paine (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Katherine Paine is first author on ‘ The phosphatase Glc7 controls the eisosomal response to starvation via post-translational modification of Pil1’, published in JCS. Katherine conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Chris MacDonald's lab at University of York, York, UK. She is now a Postdoc in the lab of Simon Wilkinson at Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, UK. During her PhD, she was interested in the regulation of cell surface membrane proteins but has now moved into the field of autophagy, where she is working to understand factors involved in regulating this process.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261459 [Full text] [PDF] - 24 July 2023

 

Tadayuki Komori (Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan)

Tadayuki Komori is first author on ‘ Phosphorylation of Rab29 at Ser185 regulates its localization and role in the lysosomal stress response in concert with LRRK2’, published in JCS. Tadayuki conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Takeshi Iwatsubo's lab at University of Tokyo, Japan. He is now a postdoc in the lab of Mitsunori Fukuda at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, investigating Rab GTPases and membrane trafficking in general.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261458 [Full text] [PDF] - 21 July 2023

 

Debasna Panigrahi (Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, Bengaluru, India)

Debasna Panigrahi is first author on ‘ The inner mitochondrial membrane fission protein MTP18 serves as a mitophagy receptor to prevent apoptosis in oral cancer’, published in JCS. Debasna conducted the research described in this article while a PhD Research Scholar in Dr Sujit Kumar Bhutia's lab at National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India. She is now a DBT Research Associate in the lab of Dr Arvind Ramanathan at Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, Bengaluru, India, investigating the regulation of the balance between mitochondrial division and recycling for optimal cellular health.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261435 [Full text] [PDF] - 11 July 2023

 

Hope Needs (University of Bristol, UK)

Hope Needs is first author on ‘ Aggregation-prone Tau impairs mitochondrial import, which affects organelle morphology and neuronal complexity’, published in JCS. Hope conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Prof. Ian Collinson and Prof. Jeremy Henley's lab at School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, UK. She is now a postdoc in the lab of at Prof. Jeremy Henley investigating mitochondrial function and dysfunction (particularly mitochondrial protein import) in neurodegenerative disease.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261433 [Full text] [PDF] - 7 July 2023

 

Nevena Stajković (Yale School of Medicine, USA)

Nevena Stajković is first author on ‘ Direct fluorescent labeling of NF186 and Na_v1.6 in living primary neurons using bioorthogonal click chemistry’, published in JCS. Nevena is a PhD student in the lab of Ivana Nikić-Spiegel at Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN), Tübingen, Germany, investigating neuronal biology, axon initial segment components (particularly voltage-gated sodium channels) and their role in neurological diseases, fluorescent protein labeling and advanced microscopy methods, such as super-resolution microscopy.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261396 [Full text] [PDF] - 28 June 2023

 

Benjamin Walters (Yale School of Medicine, USA)

Benjamin Walters is first author on ‘ Divergent functions of histone acetyltransferases KAT2A and KAT2B in keratinocyte self-renewal and differentiation’, published in JCS. Benjamin conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student with the A*STAR Research Attachment Programme (ARAP) in Dr Chin Yan Lim's lab at Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore. He is now a Hope Funds for Cancer Research Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Bluma Lesch at Yale School of Medicine, USA, where he is currently interested in exploring how parental experiences can affect the health of offspring through the inheritance of germline epigenetic information.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261397 [Full text] [PDF] - 22 June 2023

 

Amruta Vasudevan and Reshma Maiya (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai and The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India)

Amruta Vasudevan and Reshma Maiya are two of the co-first authors on ‘Transport of synaptic vesicles is modulated by vesicular reversals and stationary cargo clusters’, published in JCS. Amruta is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Sandhya P. Koushika at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India, investigating neuronal vesicular transport in the context of neuronal function and organismal behaviour. Reshma is a PhD student in the lab of Prof. Gautam I. Menon at The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India, modelling and performing theoretical studies of intracellular transport, specifically in neurons.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 136: jcs261346 [Full text] [PDF] - 21 June 2023

 

Tatsuki Tsuruoka (National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Aichi, Japan)

Tatsuki Tsuruoka is first author on ‘ Development of a fluorescence reporter system to quantify transcriptional activity of endogenous p53 in living cells’, published in JCS. Tatsuki conducted the research described in this article while a Master's course student in Kazuyasu Sakaguchi's lab at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. He is now a PhD student in the lab of Kazuhiro Aoki at Quantitative Biology Research Group, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Aichi, Japan, investigating the regulatory mechanisms of cellular responses mediated by the p53 signaling pathway.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261398 [Full text] [PDF] - 16 June 2023

 

Harry Scott (University of Glasgow and Glasgow Caledonian University, UK)

Harry Scott is first author on ‘ The human discs large protein 1 interacts with and maintains connexin 43 at the plasma membrane in keratinocytes’, published in JCS. Harry is a PhD student in the labs of Professor Sheila Graham and Patricia Martin at University of Glasgow and Glasgow Caledonian University, UK, where he studies the role of Cx43 and Dlg1 in human papillomavirus-associated cancer and wound healing.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261342 [Full text] [PDF] - 9 June 2023

 

Akshay Vishwanatha (Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA)

Akshay Vishwanatha is first author on ‘Altered cohesin dynamics and histone H3K9 modifications contribute to mitotic defects in the cbf11Δ lipid metabolism mutant’, published in JCS. Akshay conducted the research described in this article while a Postdoctoral Associate in Martin Převorovský's lab at Charles University, Czech Republic. He is now a Postdoc in the lab of Laura Kirkman at Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell, New York, USA. As a molecular cell biologist, he is fascinated by the intricacies of the less-explored facets that impact genome integrity, cell cycle dynamics and DNA repair mechanisms.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261345 [Full text] [PDF] - 8 June 2023

 

Connie Shen (McGill University, Montréal, Canada)

Connie Shen is first author on ‘ Nuclear segmentation facilitates neutrophil migration’, published in JCS. Connie is a PhD candidate in the lab of Judith Mandl at McGill University, Montréal, Canada, where she studies the dynamics of immune cell migration.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261344 [Full text] [PDF] - 8 June 2023

 

Guan Chen (Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan)

Guan Chen is first author on ‘ Oxidative stress induces chromosomal instability through replication stress in fibroblasts from aged mice’, published in JCS. Guan is an Assistant Professor in the lab of Kozo Tanaka at Department of Molecular Oncology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer (IDAC), Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, investigating aging and cancer-related research.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261343 [Full text] [PDF] - 8 June 2023

 

Chandra Ramakrishnan (University of Zurich, Switzerland)

Chandra Ramakrishnan is co-first author on ‘ Radial spoke protein 9 is necessary for axoneme assembly in Plasmodium but not in trypanosomatid parasites’, published in JCS. Chandra conducted the research described in this article while a postdoc in Prof. Robert E. Sinden's lab at Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, UK. She is now a senior staff scientist in the lab of Prof. Adrian B. Hehl at Institute of Parasitology, University of Zurich, Switzerland, investigating genes and their regulation important for the sexual development of coccidian parasites.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261358 [Full text] [PDF] - 8 June 2023

 

Roshan Lal Shrestha (National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA)

Roshan Lal Shrestha is first author on ‘ The histone H3/H4 chaperone CHAF1B prevents the mislocalization of CENP-A for chromosomal stability’, published in JCS. Roshan Lal is a research fellow in the lab of Dr Munira A. Basrai at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA, investigating the mechanisms of chromosomal instability and aneuploidy.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261312 [Full text] [PDF] - 31 May 2023

 

Julia Spear (University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, USA)

Julia Spear is first author on ‘ Single-cell intracellular pH dynamics regulate the cell cycle by timing the G1 exit and G2 transition’, published in JCS. Julia is a PhD student in the lab of Katharine White at the Harper Cancer Research Institute, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, USA, investigating single-cell intracellular pH dynamics during the cell cycle and intracellular pH heterogeneity in diseases such as cancer.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261308 [Full text] [PDF] - 31 May 2023

 

Haymar Wint (Okayama University, Japan)

Haymar Wint is first author on ‘Pacsin 2-dependent N-cadherin internalization regulates the migration behaviour of malignant cancer cells’, published in JCS. Haymar conducted the research described in this article while an assistant lecturer at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Medicine 2, Yangon, Myanmar. She is now a PhD student at the Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University in the lab of Tetsuya Takeda and Kohji Takei at the Okayama University, Japan, investigating the molecular mechanisms of metastasis of cancer cells.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261309 [Full text] [PDF] - 31 May 2023

 

Marcelo da Silva (São Paulo, Brazil)

Marcelo da Silva is first author on ‘ Clues on the dynamics of DNA replication in Giardia lamblia’, published in JCS. Marcelo conducted the research described in this article while a postdoctoral fellow in Maria Carolina Elias's lab at Cell Cycle Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil. He is now a newly hired PI at the Chemistry Institute, University of São Paulo, Brazil, investigating DNA metabolism of single-celled parasites.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261310 [Full text] [PDF] - 30 May 2023

 

Yasuhiro Hirano (Osaka University, Suita, Japan)

Yasuhiro Hirano is first author on ‘ Ceramide synthase homolog Tlc4 maintains nuclear envelope integrity via its Golgi translocation’, published in JCS. Yasuhiro conducted the research described in this article while a lecturer in Professor Yasushi Hiraoka's lab at the Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan. He is now a lecturer in the lab of Professor Tatsuo Fukagawa at the Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, investigating the maintenance of nuclear membrane homeostasis by inner nuclear membrane proteins.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261311 [Full text] [PDF] - 23 May 2023

 

Priyanka Ghosh (University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, USA)

Priyanka Ghosh is first author on ‘ Inflammatory macrophage to hepatocyte signals can be prevented by extracellular vesicle reprogramming’, published in JCS. Priyanka is a Senior Scientist in the lab of Ann Wozniak at University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, USA, investigating extracellular vesicle-mediated therapeutics in inflammatory liver disease.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261260 [Full text] [PDF] - 12 May 2023

 

Lu Xu (Nankai University, Tianjin, China)

Lu Xu is first author on ‘ Molecular basis of Climp63-mediated ER lumen spacing’, published in JCS. Lu conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Junjie Hu's lab at Nankai University, Tianjin, China. She is now a postdoc in the lab of Xin Bian at Nankai University, where she performs functional studies of membrane-shaping proteins.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261259 [Full text] [PDF] - 28 April 2023

 

Udo Onwubiko (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA)

Udo Onwubiko is first author on ‘ Cdc42 prevents precocious Rho1 activation during cytokinesis in a Pak1-dependent manner’, published in JCS. Udo conducted the research described in this article while a graduate student in Dr Maitreyi Das's lab at the University of Tennessee, USA. She is now a postdoc in the lab of Dr Amy Maddox at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, investigating how cells organize spatially and temporally to give rise to higher functional structures, such as organs and tissues.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261238 [Full text] [PDF] - 26 April 2023

 

Eirini Tsekitsidou (Stanford University, CA, USA)

Eirini Tsekitsidou is first author on ‘ Calcineurin associates with centrosomes and regulates cilia length maintenance’, published in JCS. Eirini conducted the research described in this article while a Graduate Student Researcher in Martha Cyert's lab at the Department of Biology, Stanford University, CA, USA. She is now a Senior Analyst at Health Advances LLC in San Francisco, CA, USA.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261228 [Full text] [PDF] - 25 April 2023

 

Damián Lobato-Márquez and José Javier Conesa (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK and CNB-CSIC, Madrid, Spain)

Damián Lobato-Márquez and José Javier Conesa are co-first authors on ‘ Septins and K63 ubiquitin chains are present in separate bacterial microdomains during autophagy of entrapped Shigella’, published in JCS. Damián is a Research fellow in the lab of Serge Mostowy at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK, investigating bacterial pathogenesis and the cell-autonomous immune response. José Javier is a postdoctoral research assistant in the lab of Jose María Valpuesta at CNB-CSIC, Madrid, Spain, where he works on structural biology method development.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261194 [Full text] [PDF] - 13 April 2023

 

Marc Severin (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Marc Severin is first author on ‘ Dynamic localization of the Na⁺-HCO₃⁻ co-transporter NBCn1 to the plasma membrane, centrosomes, spindle and primary cilia’, published in JCS. Marc is a PhD student in the lab of Stine Falsig Pedersen at Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, investigating the way cells live and interact with each other and their surroundings.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261192 [Full text] [PDF] - 11 April 2023

 

Nazlı Ezgi Özkan Küçük (Koc University, Istanbul, Türkiye)

Nazlı Ezgi Özkan Küçük is first author on ‘ Cell cycle-dependent palmitoylation of protocadherin 7 by ZDHHC5 promotes successful cytokinesis’, published in JCS. Nazlı Ezgi conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Nurhan Özlü’s lab at Koc University, Istanbul, Türkiye, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics. She is now a postdoc in the lab of in the same lab, working on understanding the role of post-translational modifications in cell division using a combination of cell biology and proteomics approaches.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261103 [Full text] [PDF] - 20 March 2023

 

Franziska Lehne (Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany)

Franziska Lehne is first author on ‘ Swip-1 promotes exocytosis of glue granules in the exocrine Drosophila salivary gland’, published in JCS. Franziska conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Prof. Dr Sven Bogdan's lab at the Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Department of Molecular Cell Physiology, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany. She is now a postdoc in the lab of Prof. Dr Christian Helker at Philipps-University Marburg, investigating the formation of the lymphatic vasculature in zebrafish.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs2261106 [Full text] [PDF] - 5 March 2023

 

Ana Popović (Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland)

Ana Popović is first author on ‘ Myosin-X recruits lamellipodin to filopodia tips’, published in JCS. Ana is a PhD student in the lab of Guillaume Jacquemet at Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland, investigating cell migration with a focus on cellular protrusions called filopodia.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261054 [Full text] [PDF] - 3 March 2023

 

Felicity Sterling (Belmont University, Nashville, TN, USA)

Felicity Sterling is first author on ‘ StARD9 is a novel lysosomal kinesin required for membrane tubulation, cholesterol transport and Purkinje cell survival’, published in JCS. Felicity conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Kevin T. Vaughan's lab at the University of Notre Dame, IN, USA, and in her own lab as assistant professor at Belmont University, Nashville, TN, USA. The Sterling lab is now investigating the contribution of lysosomal dynamics in rare pediatric neurodegenerative disorders.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261051 [Full text] [PDF] - 2 March 2023

 

Stephen Coscia (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA)

Stephen Coscia is first author on ‘ Myo19 tethers mitochondria to endoplasmic reticulum-associated actin to promote mitochondrial fission’, published in JCS. Stephen is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Erika Holzbaur at the University of Pennsylvania, where he uses microscopy to study regulation of mitochondrial dynamics by the cytoskeleton.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261044 [Full text] [PDF] - 2 March 2023

 

Joanna Pylvänäinen (Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland)

Joanna Pylvänäinen is first author on ‘ Fast4DReg – fast registration of 4D microscopy datasets’, published in JCS. Joanna is a PhD student in the lab of Guillaume Jacquemet at Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland, where she is interested in microscopy images and how to analyze them in the best possible way.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261053 [Full text] [PDF] - 24 February 2023

 

Tetsuaki Miyake (York University, Toronto, Canada)

Tetsuaki Miyake is first author on ‘ Re-organization of nucleolar architecture in myogenic differentiation’, published in JCS. Tetsuaki is a post-doc in the lab of Dr J. C. McDermott at York University, Toronto, Canada, where he is currently interested in visualizing and recording protein activities inside live cells.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261055 [Full text] [PDF] - 23 February 2023

 

Julia Romano (Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA)

Julia Romano is first author on ‘ Toxoplasma gondii scavenges mammalian host organelles through the usurpation of host ESCRT-III and Vps4A’, published in JCS. Julia is a Senior Research Associate in the lab of Isabelle Coppens at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA, investigating how intracellular parasites interact with host cells to scavenge host materials such as lipids and vesicles.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261049 [Full text] [PDF] - 22 February 2023

 

Kazutoshi Takebayashi (Osaka University, Japan)

Kazutoshi Takebayashi is first author on ‘ Field model for multistate lateral diffusion of various transmembrane proteins observed in living Dictyostelium cells’, published in JCS. Kazutoshi is a research associate in the lab of Masahiro Ueda at the BioSystems Building, Osaka University, Japan, focusing on diffusion analysis and modelling of transmembrane proteins in living cell membranes.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261050 [Full text] [PDF] - 21 February 2023

 

Pablo Sánchez and Franziska Kriegenburg ( University of Freiburg, Germany)

Pablo Sánchez and Franziska Kriegenburg are co-first authors on ‘ ULK1-mediated phosphorylation regulates the conserved role of YKT6 in autophagy’, published in JCS. Pablo is a postdoc in the lab of Claudine Kraft at Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany, investigating the molecular mechanisms regulating autophagy in different organisms. Franziska is a postdoc in the same lab working on understanding the regulation of protein degradation pathways and the impact on cellular fate.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 136: jcs261011 [Full text] [PDF] - 10 February 2023

 

 

 

Gabriella Robertson (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA)

Gabriella Robertson is first author on ‘ DRP1 mutations associated with EMPF1 encephalopathy alter mitochondrial membrane potential and metabolic programs’, published in JCS. Gabriella is a PhD candidate in the lab of Vivian Gama at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA, where her research interests center on the role of organelle dynamics and metabolic function in early neurodevelopment and disease.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261010 [Full text] [PDF] - 10 February 2023

 

Konstantin Stoletov (University of Alberta, Canada)

Konstantin Stoletov is first author on ‘ Intravital imaging of Wnt/β-catenin and ATF2-dependent signalling pathways during tumour cell invasion and metastasis’, published in JCS. Konstantin is a Research Associate in the lab of John Lewis at Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Canada, investigating intravital imaging of cancer metastasis.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs260947 [Full text] [PDF] - 10 February 2023

 

Mia Konjikusic (University of California, San Francisco, USA)

Mia Konjikusic is first author on ‘ Kif9 is an active kinesin motor required for ciliary beating and proximodistal patterning of motile axonemes’, published in JCS. Mia conducted the research described in this article while a graduate student in John Wallingford and Ryan Gray's lab at the University of Texas at Austin. She is now a postdoctoral scholar in the lab of Jeremy Reiter at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), investigating how cells confer cell-type-specific signaling through the cilium.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs260969 [Full text] [PDF] - 8 February 2023

 

Daniel Lagunas-Gomez (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, México)

Daniel Lagunas-Gomez is first author on ‘ The C-terminus of the cargo receptor Erv14 affects COPII vesicle formation and cargo delivery’, published in JCS. Daniel is a PhD student in the lab of Omar Pantoja at the Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, México, investigating membrane trafficking using yeast and plants as model systems.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261009 [Full text] [PDF] - 7 February 2023

 

Alice Dupont Juhl (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark)

Alice Dupont Juhl is co-first author on ‘ Transient accumulation and bidirectional movement of KIF13B in primary cilia’, published in JCS. Alice is a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of Daniel Wüstner at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, focusing on molecular cell imaging.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs260968 [Full text] [PDF] - 6 February 2023

 

Sherman Foo (Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK)

Sherman Foo is first author on ‘ Diacylglycerol at the inner nuclear membrane fuels nuclear envelope expansion in closed mitosis’, published in JCS. Sherman conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in the labs of Snezhana Oliferenko (The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK, and Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, UK) and Markus R. Wenk (Singapore Lipidomics Incubator, National University of Singapore). He is now a postdoc in the lab of Buzz Baum at Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, UK, where he is currently studying cellular organization of hyperthermophilic archaea, with a particular focus on the surface layer and cell cycle of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261013 [Full text] [PDF] - 6 February 2023

 

Lilian Sluimer (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)

Lilian Sluimer is first author on ‘ SKOR1 mediates FER kinase-dependent invasive growth of breast cancer cells’, published in JCS. Lilian conducted the research described in this article while working on this research as a first-year master's student and continued working on this project as a research technician for a year in Patrick Derksen's lab at UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands. She is now a PhD student in the lab of Anna Akhmanova at the Division of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, investigating the organization and dynamics of cytoskeletal microtubule networks in different cellular systems.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261006 [Full text] [PDF] - 6 February 2023

 

Ezgi Odabasi (Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey)

Ezgi Odabasi is first author on ‘ CCDC66 regulates primary cilium length and signaling via interactions with transition zone and axonemal proteins’, published in JCS. Ezgi is a postdoc in the lab of Elif Nur Firat-Karalar at Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey, investigating regulation of centrosome or cilium complex by centriolar satellites.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261008 [Full text] [PDF] - 3 February 2023

 

Agostina Di Pizio (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel)

Agostina Di Pizio is first author on ‘ A conditional null allele of Dync1h1 enables targeted analyses of dynein roles in neuronal length sensing’, published in JCS. Agostina is a PhD student in the lab of Prof. Mike Fainzilber at Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, investigating neuronal growth and regeneration.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs260972 [Full text] [PDF] - 2 February 2023

 

Olivera Mitevska (Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK)

Olivera Mitevska is first author on ‘ Lis1–dynein drives corona compaction and limits erroneous microtubule attachment at kinetochores’, published in JCS. Olivera conducted the research described in this article while an Undergraduate Research Fellow in Dr Philip Auckland's lab at Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, London, UK. She is now a Placement student in the lab of Prof. Zameel Cader at Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK. She has broad interests in cell and molecular biology; currently she is working on elucidating circadian biology in the CNS as part of a professional placement on the MSci Pharmacology with Professional Placement Year course at King's College London.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs260970 [Full text] [PDF] - 2 February 2023

 

Yanze Jian (University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China)

Yanze Jian is first author on ‘ The fission yeast kinetochore complex Mhf1–Mhf2 regulates the spindle assembly checkpoint and faithful chromosome segregation’, published in JCS. Yanze is a PhD student in the lab of Chuanhai Fu at the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, investigating checkpoint signalling in mitosis and meiosis.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs260945 [Full text] [PDF] - 24 January 2023

 

Anchi Chann (Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, USA)

Anchi Chann is first author on ‘ Scribble and E-cadherin cooperate to control symmetric daughter cell positioning by multiple mechanisms’, published in JCS. Anchi conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Sarah Russell's lab at Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia. He is now a Research Fellow in the lab of Fotini Gounari at the Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, USA, investigating fate-determining mechanisms in development and disease.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs260901 [Full text] [PDF] - 20 January 2023

 

Jessica Kehrer (Heidelberg University Medical School, Germany)

Jessica Kehrer is first author on ‘ Clearing of hemozoin crystals in malaria parasites enables whole-cell STED microscopy’, published in JCS. Jessica is a PhD student in the lab of Friedrich Frischknecht at Heidelberg University Medical School, Germany, investigating malaria parasites using different microscopy and cell biology methods.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs260900 [Full text] [PDF] - 12 January 2023

 

Leeba Ann Chacko (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)

Leeba Ann Chacko is first author on ‘ Microtubule–mitochondrial attachment facilitates cell division symmetry and mitochondrial partitioning in fission yeast’, published in JCS. Leeba Ann is a PhD student in the lab of Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan at the Single Molecule Science initiative, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, investigating how mitochondrial volume homeostasis is maintained during the cell cycle.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs260895 [Full text] [PDF] - 12 January 2023

 

Marina Bleileri (University of Connecticut, USA)

Marina Bleiler is first author on ‘ Incorporation of 53BP1 into phase-separated bodies in cancer cells during aberrant mitosis’, published in JCS. Marina is a PhD student in the lab of Charles Giardina at Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, USA, investigating molecular mechanisms impacting survival of mitotically stressed cancer cells.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs260893 [Full text] [PDF] - 9 January 2023

 

Aarthi Subramani (Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, USA)

Aarthi Subramani is first author on ‘ Regulation of macrophage IFNγ-stimulated gene expression by the transcriptional coregulator CITED1’, published in JCS. Aarthi is a PhD student, graduating December 2022, in the lab of David E. Nelson at the Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, USA, investigating the interaction of host and pathogen at the cellular and molecular levels, which has always piqued her interest. To be more specific, she is interested in the mechanisms/strategies utilized by either the pathogen or the host during infection and how they shape the outcome of an infection.

J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs260894 [Full text] [PDF] - 3 January 2023

 

Vasileios Papalazarou (Francis Crick Institute, London, UK)

Vasileios Papalazarou is joint first author on ‘Collagen VI expression is negatively mechanosensitive in pancreatic cancer cells and supports the metastatic niche’, published in JCS. Vasileios conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Laura Machesky's lab at the Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Glasgow, UK. He is now a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Karen Vousden at the Francis Crick Institute, London, UK, investigating cancer metabolism, cell migration and metastasis.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260866 [Full text] [PDF] - 22 December 2022

 

Kerstin Hinterndorfer and Felix Mikus (University of Geneva, Switzerland and Heidelberg, Germany)

Kerstin Hinterndorfer and Felix Mikus are co-first authors on ‘ Ultrastructure expansion microscopy reveals the cellular architecture of budding and fission yeast’, published in JCS. Kerstin is a PhD student in the lab of Robbie Loewith at University of Geneva, Switzerland, working on TOR signaling and expansion microscopy in yeast. Felix is a predoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr Gautam Dey in Heidelberg, Germany, investigating how nuclear pore complex dynamics regulate nuclear remodeling and proteostasis in closed and semi-closed mitosis.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260862 [Full text] [PDF] - 20 December 2022

 

 

 

Vaishna Vamadevan (Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India)

Vaishna Vamadevan is first author on ‘ Ubiquitin-assisted phase separation of dishevelled-2 promotes Wnt signalling’, published in JCS. Vaishna is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Subbareddy Maddika at Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, investigating the role of ubiquitylation in regulating various cellular events.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260861 [Full text] [PDF] - 15 December 2022

 

Paul Ann Riya and Budhaditya Basu (Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India)

Paul Ann Riya and Budhaditya Basu are co-first authors on ‘ HES1 promoter activation dynamics reveal the plasticity, stemness and heterogeneity in neuroblastoma cancer stem cells’, published in JCS. Paul Ann Riya is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Jackson James at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, investigating the key mechanisms that maintain stem cells. Budhaditya Basu is a PhD student in same lab, where he works on understanding the role of circular RNA in axon path finding.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260800 [Full text] [PDF] - 23 November 2022

 

 

 

Ignasi Casanellas (University of California, Irvine, USA)

Ignasi Casanellas is first author on ‘ Substrate adhesion determines migration during mesenchymal cell condensation in chondrogenesis’, published in JCS. Ignasi conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Josep Samitier's lab at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain. He is now a postdoctoral scholar in the lab of Medha Pathak at University of California, Irvine, USA, where he is developing in vitro systems to understand how mechanical environmental inputs guide stem cell functions during tissue formation.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260798 [Full text] [PDF] - 22 November 2022

 

Rodolpho Ornitz Oliveira Souza (Indiana University School of Medicine, USA)

Rodolpho Ornitz Oliveira Souza is first author on ‘ IMC10 and LMF1 mediate mitochondrial morphology through mitochondrion–pellicle contact sites in Toxoplasma gondii’, published in JCS. Rodolpho is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Gustavo Arrizabalaga at Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA, where he is interested in the cell biology and metabolism of protozoan parasites.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260797 [Full text] [PDF] - 17 November 2022

 

Sarantis Korniotis (Intelligencia AI, Athens, Greece)

Sarantis Korniotis is first author on ‘ GM-CSF-activated human dendritic cells promote type 1 T follicular helper cell polarization in a CD40-dependent manner’, published in JCS. Sarantis conducted the research described in this article while a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Vassili Soumelis's lab at Saint-Louis Hospital, Université de Paris, France. He is now a Senior Scientific Associate in Immunology at Intelligencia AI, Athens, Greece, investigating new signals and factors that make cells acquire regulatory or immune-suppressive properties.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260764 [Full text] [PDF] - 11 November 2022

 

Lizbeth Perez-Castro and Niranjan Venkateswaran (UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA)

Lizbeth Perez-Castro and Niranjan Venkateswaran are co-first authors on ‘ The AHR target gene scinderin activates the WNT pathway by facilitating the nuclear translocation of β-catenin’, published in JCS. Lizbeth is a PhD Student in the lab of Maralice Conacci-Sorrell at UT Southwestern Medical Center, where she is interested in cell molecular biology. Niranjan is a Research scientist in same laboratory where he is interested in understanding the role of essential amino acids in cancer.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260703 [Full text] [PDF] - 27 October 2022

 

 

 

Umar Butt (Turku Bioscience, Turku, Finland)

Umar Butt is first author on ‘ SHARPIN S146 phosphorylation mediates ARP2/3 interaction, cancer cell invasion and metastasis’, published in JCS. Umar is a PhD student in the lab of Jukka Westermarck and Jeroen Pouwels at Turku Bioscience, Turku, Finland, investigating the molecular mechanisms behind cancer cell invasion and metastasis.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260702 [Full text] [PDF] - 21 October 2022

 

Vinay Kumar Dubey (Institute for Stem Cell Sciences and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), Bangalore, India)

Vinay Kumar Dubey is first author on ‘ S. mediterranea ETS-1 regulates the function of cathepsin-positive cells and the epidermal lineage landscape via basement membrane remodeling’, published in JCS. Vinay Kumar is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Dasaradhi Palakodeti at the Institute for Stem Cell Sciences and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), Bangalore, India, investigating extracellular factors that govern maintenance and differentiation of adult pluripotent stem cell in planaria.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260710 [Full text] [PDF] - 20 October 2022

 

Akash Chinchole (Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India)

Akash Chinchole is first author on ‘ MLL regulates the actin cytoskeleton and cell migration by stabilising Rho GTPases via the expression of RhoGDI1’, published in JCS. Akash is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Shweta Tyagi at Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India, where he is interested in studying disease models pertaining to defective cell migration and developing therapeutics.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260701 [Full text] [PDF] - 20 October 2022

 

Ramesh Rijal (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA)

Ramesh Rijal is first author on ‘Dictyostelium discoideum cells retain nutrients when the cells are about to outgrow their food source’, published in JCS. Ramesh is a postdoc in the lab of Richard H. Gomer at the Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, investigating polyphosphate biology at the host–microbe interface.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260620 [Full text] [PDF] - 26 September 2022

 

Daniel Williams (University of Sheffield, UK)

Daniel Williams is first author on ‘ Assessment of endocytic traffic and Ocrl function in the developing zebrafish neuroepithelium’, published in JCS. Daniel conducted the research described in this article while a PhD Student in Professor Martin Lowe's lab at the School of Biosciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, UK. He then did a postdoc with Professor David Brough, University of Manchester, UK, investigating the regulation of the NLRP3 inflammasome. Daniel is now a postdoctoral research associate in the lab of Andrew Peden at the School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, UK, studying the regulation of membrane contact site formation between endosomes and the endoplasmic reticulum.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260619 [Full text] [PDF] - 20 September 2022

 

Boris Sieber and Fangfang Lu (University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland and University of Oxford, Oxford, UK)

Boris Sieber and Fangfang Lu are co-first authors on ‘ iRhom2 regulates ERBB signalling to promote KRAS-driven tumour growth of lung cancer cells’, published in JCS. Boris is a postdoc in the lab of Sophie Martin at University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, investigating the regulation of Ras signalling and the MAPK cascade upon receptor activation. Fangfang is a PhD student in the lab of Matthew Freeman at University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, investigating control of cell signalling and its implications in health and diseases.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260569 [Full text] [PDF] - 8 September 2022

 

 

 

Madison Rogers (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA)

Madison Rogers is first author on ‘ PDGFR dimer-specific activation, trafficking and downstream signaling dynamics’, published in JCS. Madison is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Katherine A. Fantauzzo at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA, where she is broadly interested in cell signaling and how biological specificity is defined downstream of receptor tyrosine kinases.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260572 [Full text] [PDF] - 7 September 2022

 

Vartika Sharma (University of California Los Angeles, USA)

Vartika Sharma is first author on ‘ Deltex modulates Dpp morphogen gradient formation and affects Dpp signaling in Drosophila’, published in JCS. Vartika conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Ashim Mukherjee's lab at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. She is now a Postdoc in the lab of David Walker at University of California Los Angeles, USA, where she explores the molecular and cellular mechanisms of aging.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260571 [Full text] [PDF] - 7 September 2022

 

Kenrick Waite (University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, USA)

Kenrick Waite is first author on ‘ Proteasome granule localization is regulated through mitochondrial respiration and kinase signaling’, published in JCS. Kenrick is a postdoc in the lab of Jeroen Roelofs at Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, USA, where he is interested in understanding how cells regulate biological processes and how this is linked to different phenotypes or diseases.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260570 [Full text] [PDF] - 7 September 2022

 

Neža Vadnjal (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK)

Neža Vadnjal is first author on ‘ Proteomic analysis of the actin cortex in interphase and mitosis’, published in JCS. Neža is a PhD student in the lab of Ewa Paluch at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, investigating the molecular control of cell mechanics.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260485 [Full text] [PDF] - 26 August 2022

 

Darshika Tomer (Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey)

Darshika Tomer is first author on ‘ A new mechanism of fibronectin fibril assembly revealed by live imaging and super-resolution microscopy’, published in JCS. Darshika conducted the research described in this article while a postdoc in Dr Sophie Astrof's lab at Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, where she was interested in growth and differentiation signaling pathways and how they are manipulated under normal and disease scenarios.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260494 [Full text] [PDF] - 19 August 2022

 

Pharvendra Kumar (NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India)

Pharvendra Kumar is first author on ‘ Bidirectional regulation between AP-1 and SUMOylation pathway genes modulates inflammatory signaling during Salmonella infection’, published in JCS. Pharvendra is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Chittur V. Srikanth at Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India, investigating transcriptional regulation of host signaling during infection and inflammation.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260486 [Full text] [PDF] - 19 August 2022

 

Nannan Gao (Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA)

Nannan Gao is first author on ‘ Respiratory syncytial virus disrupts the airway epithelial barrier by decreasing cortactin and destabilizing F-actin’, published in JCS. Nannan is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Fariba Rezaee, at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, investigating the impact of respiratory viral infection and environmental factors on airway epithelial barrier.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260484 [Full text] [PDF] - 19 August 2022

 

Ambuja Navalkar (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA)

Ambuja Navalkar is first author on ‘ Oncogenic gain of function due to p53 amyloids occurs through aberrant alteration of cell cycle and proliferation’, published in JCS. Ambuja conducted the research described in this article while a postdoctoral fellow in Professor Samir K. Maji's lab at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India. She is now a postdoctoral research associate in the lab of Professor Tanja Mittag at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA, investigating the role of biomolecular condensation in transcription factor assembly and activity in the context of cancer.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260459 [Full text] [PDF] - 9 August 2022

 

Hardik P. Gala and Debarya Saha (University of Washington, Seattle Washington, USA)

Hardik P. Gala and Debarya Saha are co-first authors on ‘ A transcriptionally repressed quiescence program is associated with paused RNA polymerase II and is poised for cell cycle re-entry’, published in JCS. Hardik conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Dr Jyotsna Dhawan's lab at CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Habsiguda, Hyderbad-500007, India. He is now a post doc in the lab of Dr Jennifer Nemhauser at Dept of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle Washington, investigating how plant cells integrate a plethora of signals, coordinate and adapt growth and development to an ever-changing environment. Debarya is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Jyotsna Dhawan where he aims to understand the regulatory mechanisms controlling the cell cycle during homeostasis and disease

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260460 [Full text] [PDF] - 8 August 2022

 

 

Mustafa Aydogan and Laura Hankins (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, UK)

Mustafa Aydogan and Laura Hankins are co-first authors on ‘ Centriole distal-end proteins CP110 and Cep97 influence centriole cartwheel growth at the proximal end’, published in JCS. Mustafa is now a group leader at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Broadly, his group focuses on fundamental mechanisms of time control in early metabolism and development, with a particular interest in autonomous clocks that can run independently of the cell cycle and/or the circadian clock. He performed this work while a PhD student in the lab of Jordan Raff, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, UK. Laura was also a PhD student at the lab of Jordan Raff, where she was studying the process of centriole biogenesis, with a particular focus on how these organelles grow to the right size. She is now a Science Communications Officer at The Company of Biologists Ltd, Histon, Cambridge, UK.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260402 [Full text] [PDF] - 27 July 2022

 

 

Charlotte Canet-Jourdan (Institut Curie, Paris, France)

Charlotte Canet-Jourdan is first author on ‘ Patient-derived organoids identify an apico-basolateral polarity switch associated with survival in colorectal cancer’, published in JCS. Charlotte conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Fanny Jaulin's lab at Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France, and is now a postdoc in the lab of Ana-Maria Lennon-Duménil at Institut Curie, Paris. She is passionate about cancer cell biology and is now investigating the intricate relationships between tumor and immune cells, especially macrophages.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260403 [Full text] [PDF] - 25 July 2022

 

Gaëlle Letort (Institut Pasteur, Paris, France)

Gaëlle Letort is first author on ‘ An interpretable and versatile machine learning approach for oocyte phenotyping’, published in JCS. Gaëlle conducted the research described in this article while a post-doc in Marie-Emilie Terret and Marie-Hélène Verlhac’s lab at Collège de France, Paris. She is now a Research Engineer (CNRS) in the lab of Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology at Institut Pasteur, Paris, investigating mathematical modelling and image analysis applied to biology.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260360 [Full text] [PDF] - 13 July 2022

 

Aadil Qadir Bhat and Mir Owais Ayaz (CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, India)

Aadil Qadir Bhat and Mir Owais Ayaz are co-first authors on ‘ Identification of a stretch of four discontinuous amino acids involved in regulating kinase activity of IGF1R’, published in JCS. Aadil is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Mohd Jamal Dar at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, India, investigating membrane receptors and their role in cancers. Mir is a PhD student in the same lab investigating the role of GSK3-β in different types of cancers.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260361 [Full text] [PDF] - 13 July 2022

 

 

 

Tina Angelika Schrader and Ruth Carmichael (College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Biosciences, University of Exeter, UK)

Tina Angelika Schrader and Ruth Carmichael are co-first authors on ‘ PEX11β and FIS1 cooperate in peroxisome division independently of mitochondrial fission factor’, published in JCS. Tina Angelika is a senior research technician in the lab of Prof. Michael Schrader at the College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Biosciences, University of Exeter, UK, where her area of expertise is culturing and manipulating mammalian cells, as well as implementing new scientific ideas and directions. Ruth is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the same lab, who is interested in the fundamental physiological mechanisms and regulation of organelle dynamics (e.g. their shape/morphology, number and interorganelle interactions) in mammalian cells, and the impact of this on health and disease.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260359 [Full text] [PDF] - 11 July 2022

 

Morgan Schrock (The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA)

Morgan Schrock is first author on ‘ MKLP2 functions in early mitosis to ensure proper chromosome congression’, published in JCS. Morgan is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Matthew K. Summers at The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, investigating antimitotic treatments for brain cancer.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260317 [Full text] [PDF] - 29 June 2022

 

Yun-Ting Tseng (College of Bioresources and Agriculture, National Taiwan University)

Yun-Ting Tseng is first author on ‘ Translation initiation factor eIF4G1 modulates assembly of the polypeptide exit tunnel region in yeast ribosome biogenesis’, published in JCS. Yun-Ting is a PhD student in the lab of Kai-Yin Lo at the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, College of Bioresources and Agriculture, National Taiwan University, working within the field of ribosome biogenesis, exploring how ribosomes are assembled and matured correctly.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260316 [Full text] [PDF] - 21 June 2022

 

Akira Kawamura (The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan)

Akira Kawamura is first author on ‘ DYRK2 maintains genome stability via neddylation of cullins in response to DNA damage’, published in JCS. Akira is an undergraduate student in the lab of Kiyotsugu Yoshida at Department of Biochemistry, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, investigating the function of dual-specificity tyrosine-regulated kinase 2, mainly in human cancers.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260276 [Full text] [PDF] - 10 June 2022

 

Sherif Khodeer (University of Leuven Department of Development and Regeneration, Leuven, Belgium)

Sherif Khodeer is first author on ‘ ALKBH5 regulates somatic cell reprogramming in a phase-specific manner’, published in JCS. Sherif conducted the research described in this article while a postdoctoral research fellow in John Arne Dahl's lab at Oslo University Hospital. He is now a postdoctoral research fellow in the lab of Vincent Pasque at University of Leuven Department of Development and Regeneration, Leuven B3000, Belgium, investigating reprogramming, pluripotency and early development.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260275 [Full text] [PDF] - 10 June 2022

 

Hendrik Schürmann (Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Essen, Germany)

Hendrik Schürmann is first author on ‘ Analysis of monocyte cell tractions in 2.5D reveals mesoscale mechanics of podosomes during substrate-indenting cell protrusion’, published in JCS. Hendrik conducted the research described in this article while a medical doctoral student in Timo Betz's lab at Institute of Cell Biology, University of Münster, Germany. He is now a research associate/physician in the lab of Jens Siveke at Bridge Institute of Experimental Tumor Therapy (BIT)/Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Essen, Germany, investigating using imaging-based screenings to predict treatment responses using preclinical cancer models.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcsJCS260211 [Full text] [PDF] - 27 May 2022

 

Chia-Li Liao (Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Taiwan University)

Chia-Li Liao is first author on ‘ Unveiling a novel serpinB2-tripeptidyl peptidase II signaling axis during senescence’, published in JCS. Chia-Li is a PhD student in the lab of Jing-Jer Lin, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Taiwan University, investigating the molecular mechanisms of size-scaling between cells and organelles during senescence.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcsJCS260209 [Full text] [PDF] - 25 May 2022

 

Cláudia Barata-Antunes and Gabriel Talaia (University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal and Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA)

Cláudia Barata-Antunes and Gabriel Talaia are co-first authors on ‘ Interactions of cytosolic tails in the Jen1 carboxylate transporter are critical for trafficking and transport activity’, published in JCS. Cláudia is a PhD student in the lab of Sandra Paiva at Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal, where her research interests focus on the study of nutrient transporters endocytosis and trafficking in yeast. Gabriel is a postdoc in the lab of Shawn Ferguson at Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA, investigating endocytic trafficking and the function of transmembrane proteins and lysosomal signaling in neurodegenerative disorders.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260210 [Full text] [PDF] - 19 May 2022

 

 

Keira L. Rice (Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)

Keira L. Rice is first author on ‘ Localized TPC1-mediated Ca²⁺ release from endolysosomes contributes to myoseptal junction development in zebrafish’, published in JCS. Keira is a PhD candidate in the lab of Prof. Andrew L. Miller at the Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, investigating endolysosomal Ca²⁺ signaling in skeletal muscle development.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260166 [Full text] [PDF] - 11 May 2022

 

Shalini Umachandran (Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai, India)

Shalini Umachandran is first author on ‘ A PKC that controls polyphosphate levels, pinocytosis and exocytosis, regulates stationary phase onset in Dictyostelium’, published in JCS. Shalini is a PhD student in the lab of Ramamurthy Baskar at Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai, India, investigating the role of PKC in delaying stationary phase onset in Dictyostelium.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260168 [Full text] [PDF] - 10 May 2022

 

Deblina Sain Basu (Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), Bangalore, India)

Deblina Sain Basu is first author on ‘ FMRP protects the lung from xenobiotic stress by facilitating the integrated stress response’, published in JCS. Deblina is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Arjun Guha at Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), Bangalore, India, where she probes mechanisms that confer susceptibility to environmental insults.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260167 [Full text] [PDF] - 10 May 2022

 

Aude Pascal (Régis Giet at University of Rennes, France)

Aude Pascal is first author on ‘Annexin A2 and Ahnak control cortical NuMA–dynein localization and mitotic spindle orientation’, published in JCS. Aude is a research assistant in the lab of Régis Giet at University of Rennes, France, who is particularly interested in developmental biology. She has always been struck by the fact that a whole organism displaying multiple functions arises from a single cell. For this reason, she has oriented her research on mitosis and meiosis to study the different steps, components and structures involved in these processes.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260167 [Full text] [PDF] - 09 May 2022

 

Davide Martino Coda (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)

Davide Martino Coda is first author on ‘ A network of transcription factors governs the dynamics of NODAL/Activin transcriptional responses’, published in JCS. Davide Martino is a postdoc in the lab of Johannes Graeff at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, investigating epigenetics and transcriptional mechanisms in developmental biology and memory neuroscience.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260117 [Full text] [PDF] - 27 April 2022

 

Momoe Nakajo (Laboratory of Developmental Dynamics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan)

Momoe Nakajo is first author on ‘ Centrosome maturation requires phosphorylation-mediated sequential domain interactions of SPD-5’, published in JCS. Momoe is a PhD student in the lab of Asako Sugimoto at the Laboratory of Developmental Dynamics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, investigating the mechanisms involved in formation of microtubule-organizing centers.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260116 [Full text] [PDF] - 25 April 2022

 

Raviprasad Kuthethur (Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India)

Raviprasad Kuthethur is first author on ‘ Expression analysis and function of mitochondrial genome-encoded microRNAs’, published in JCS. Raviprasad is a PhD scholar in the lab of Dr Sanjiban Chakrabarty at Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India, investigating the function of mitochondrial genome-encoded microRNAs in mitochondrial perturbation.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260115 [Full text] [PDF] - 25 April 2022

 

Kazuki Ueda (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)

Kazuki Ueda is a joint first author on ‘ Recruitment of Peroxin 14 to lipid droplets affects lipid storage in Drosophila’, published in JCS. Kazuki is a MSc student in the lab of Andrew Simmonds at University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, investigating peroxisome-independent roles of Pex proteins in regulating lipid metabolism.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260034 [Full text] [PDF] - 14 April 2022

 

Sophia Pantasis (Novartis, Basel, Switzerland)

Sophia Pantasis is first author on ‘ Vertebrate lonesome kinase modulates the hepatocyte secretome to prevent perivascular liver fibrosis and inflammation’, published in JCS. Sophia conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in the labs of Dr Mattia R. Bordoli and Professor Sabine Werner at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. She is now a Discovery Track postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr Valerie Salazar at Novartis, Basel, Switzerland, investigating the molecular players behind fibroproliferative diseases.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260035 [Full text] [PDF] - 13 April 2022

 

Yiwei Zhang and Hui Tu (Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)

Yiwei Zhang and Hui Tu are co-first authors on ‘ Oligopeptide transporter Slc15A modulates macropinocytosis in Dictyostelium by maintaining intracellular nutrient status’, published in JCS. Yiwei is a PhD student in the lab of Huaqing Cai at Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, where she is interested in understanding the interrelationship between cellular nutrient status and macropinocytic activity, and lipid transport. Hui is a PhD student in the same lab, investigating the mechanisms of macropinocytosis, cell migration and lipid transport.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260036 [Full text] [PDF] - 4 April 2022

 

 

 

Ioannis Kasioulis (School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, UK)

Ioannis Kasioulis is first author on ‘ A lateral protrusion latticework connects neuroepithelial cells and is regulated during neurogenesis’, published in JCS. Ioannis conducted the research described in this article while a postdoc (Research Associate) in Prof. Kate G. Storey's lab at School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, UK. He is now a Research Associate in the lab of Dr Alessandra Granata at University of Cambridge, UK, working to uncover the molecular mechanisms of large vessel disease.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259966 [Full text] [PDF] - 30 March 2022

 

Federica Giannini (School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, UK)

Federica Giannini is co-first author on ‘ The prophase oocyte nucleus is a homeostatic G-actin buffer’, published in JCS. Federica is a PhD student in the lab of Binyam Mogessie at the School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, UK, investigating the molecular mechanisms of how healthy mammalian eggs are formed.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259965 [Full text] [PDF] - 23 March 2022

 

Hoi Tong Wong (Stony Brook University, New York, USA)

Hoi Tong Wong is first author on ‘ Decoupling SARS-CoV-2 ORF6 localization and interferon antagonism’, published in JCS. Hoi Tong is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Daniel Salamango at Stony Brook University, New York, investigating host–pathogen interactions at the molecular level.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259964 [Full text] [PDF] - 21 March 2022

 

Yulu Cherry Liu (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA)

Yulu Cherry Liu is first author on ‘ Hedgehog pathway modulation by glypican 3-conjugated heparan sulfate’, published in JCS. Yulu Cherry conducted the research described in this article while a postdoctoral fellow in Adrian Salic's lab at the Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. She is now an assistant professor at Hood College, Frederick, MD, USA, investigating primary cilia and glypican.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259962 [Full text] [PDF] - 18 March 2022

 

Kotoku Kawaguchi (Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan)

Kotoku Kawaguchi is first author on ‘ Ezrin knockdown reduces procaterol-stimulated ciliary beating without morphological changes in mouse airway cilia’, published in JCS. Kotoku is an assistant professor in the lab of Shinji Asano at Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan, investigating the role of ezrin in ciliary beating and mucociliary clearance.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259961 [Full text] [PDF] - 18 March 2022

 

Wenjing Liu (Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, China)

Wenjing Liu is first author on ‘ LMBR1L regulates the proliferation and migration of endothelial cells through Norrin/β-catenin signaling’, published in JCS. Wenjing is a PhD student in the lab of Xianjun Zhu at Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, China, investigating the molecular mechanisms of retinal vascular diseases.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259963 [Full text] [PDF] - 16 March 2022

 

Asmahan Abu-Arish (McGill University, Montreal, Canada)

Asmahan Abu-Arish is first author on ‘ Lipid-driven CFTR clustering is impaired in cystic fibrosis and restored by corrector drugs’, published in JCS. Asmahan conducted the research described in this article while a Research Associate in John W. Hanrahan's lab at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. She is now an Assistant Professor at University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, where she is interested in uncovering the molecular players behind disease development in real time, namely in hyperinflammatory pulmonary diseases, such as cystic fibrosis and COPD.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259841 [Full text] [PDF] - 7 March 2022

 

Kristina Ehring (Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University of Münster, Germany)

Kristina Ehring is first author on ‘ Conserved cholesterol-related activities of Dispatched 1 drive Sonic hedgehog shedding from the cell membrane’, published in JCS. Kristina is a PhD student in the lab of Kay Grobe at the Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University of Münster, Germany, investigating mechanisms involved in the release of lipidated Hedgehog morphogen from the plasma membrane.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259870 [Full text] [PDF] - 3 March 2022

 

Benjamin Roberts (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA)

Benjamin Roberts is first author on ‘ Characterization of lipoprotein lipase storage vesicles in 3T3-L1 adipocytes’, published in JCS. Benjamin conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Dr Saskia Neher's lab at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA. He is now a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr Prasanna Krishnan at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA, investigating regulated secretory trafficking and cargo sorting.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259844 [Full text] [PDF] - 3 March 2022

 

Rasha Khaddaj (Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland)

Rasha Khaddaj is first author on ‘ The surface of lipid droplets constitutes a barrier for endoplasmic reticulum-resident integral membrane proteins’, published in JCS. Rasha is a postdoc in the lab of Roger Schneiter at the Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, investigating lipid droplet biogenesis in budding yeast.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259845 [Full text] [PDF] - 1 March 2022

 

Dolma Choezom (Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Germany)

Dolma Choezom is first author on ‘ Neutral sphingomyelinase 2 controls exosome secretion by counteracting V-ATPase-mediated endosome acidification’, published in JCS. Dolma is a PhD student in the lab of Professor Dr Julia Christina Gross at Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Germany, investigating the molecular mechanisms that underlie membrane vesicle trafficking processes.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259842 [Full text] [PDF] - 1 March 2022

 

Yuan Gao (Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China)

Yuan Gao is first author on ‘ PDZD8-mediated lipid transfer at contacts between the ER and late endosomes/lysosomes is required for neurite outgrowth’, published in JCS. Yuan is a PhD Student in the lab of Dr Weike Ji at the School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, investigating inter-organelle interaction.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259862 [Full text] [PDF] - 28 February 2022

 

Baishakhi Ghosh and Kristine Nishida (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and FastForward Facility, Maryland, USA)

Baishakhi Ghosh and Kristine Nishida are co-first authors on ‘ Epithelial plasticity in COPD results in cellular unjamming due to an increase in polymerized actin’, published in JCS. Baishakhi is a post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Venkataramana K. Sidhaye at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Maryland, USA, evaluating the mechanisms by which inhaled pollutants can cause chronic injury to model chronic lung diseases. Kristine is a Research Associate in the FastForward Facility at Maryland, where she is interested in increasing the accessibility of cell and gene therapies to patients.

J. Cell Sci. 2021 135: jcs259866 [Full text] [PDF] - 25 February 2022

 

Debatrayee Sinha (The University of Toledo, OH, USA)

Debatrayee Sinha is first author on ‘ Fission yeast polycystin Pkd2p promotes cell size expansion and antagonizes the Hippo-related SIN pathway’, published in JCS. Debatrayee is a PhD student in the lab of Qian Chen at The University of Toledo, OH, USA, where she is integrating genetics and microscopy to explore the mechanisms by which the Pkd2 channel mediates its function.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259865 [Full text] [PDF] - 24 February 2022

 

Chaoyu Fu (National University of Singapore)

Chaoyu Fu is first author on ‘ Cooperative regulation of adherens junction expansion through epidermal growth factor receptor activation’, published in JCS. Chaoyu conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in the labs of Virgile Viasnoff and Michael Sheetz at the Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore. He is now a postdoc in the lab of Yan Jie at the National University of Singapore, investigating mechanosensing and mechanical stability of membrane receptors.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259868 [Full text] [PDF] - 24 February 2022

 

Tetsuo Mioka (Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan)

Tetsuo Mioka is first author on ‘ Characterization of micron-scale protein-depleted plasma membrane domains in phosphatidylserine-deficient yeast cells’, published in JCS. Tetsuo is an assistant professor in the lab of Kazuma Tanaka at the Division of Molecular Interaction Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan, where he is involved in characterization of a novel plasma membrane domain generated in PtdSer-deficient budding yeast cells.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259846 [Full text] [PDF] - 23 February 2022

 

Jianhui Li (Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, CT, USA)

Jianhui Li is first author on ‘ Selective microautophagy of proteasomes is initiated by ESCRT-0 and is promoted by proteasome ubiquitylation’, published in JCS. Jianhui is a postdoc in the lab of Mark Hochstrasser at the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, CT, USA, investigating how cellular signaling pathways and autophagy regulate nucleocytoplasmic trafficking and quality control of the proteasome under changing nutrient conditions.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259864 [Full text] [PDF] - 23 February 2022

 

Melanie Ridgway (Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK)

Melanie Ridgway is first author on ‘ Analysis of sex-specific lipid metabolism in Plasmodium falciparum points to importance of sphingomyelin for gametocytogenesis’, published in JCS. Melanie conducted the research described in this article while a PhD candidate in Alexander Maier's lab at Biomedical Science and Biochemistry, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Australia. She is now a postdoc in the lab of David Horn at Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK, investigating the cell biology of unicellular parasites.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259848 [Full text] [PDF] - 21 February 2022

 

Kazuhiro Kajiwara (University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA)

Kazuhiro Kajiwara is first author on ‘ Ferroptosis induces membrane blebbing in placental trophoblasts’, published in JCS. Kazuhiro undertook this study in the lab of Yoel Sadovsky, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA, where he works on functional analysis of ferroptosis in trophoblasts.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259847 [Full text] [PDF] - 21 February 2022

 

Katharina Keuenhof (Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Medicinaregatan, Göteborg, Sweden)

Katharina Keuenhof is first author on ‘ Large organellar changes occur during mild heat shock in yeast’, published in JCS. Katharina is a PhD student in the lab of Johanna Höög at Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Medicinaregatan, Göteborg, Sweden, where she is curious about ultrastructural changes within biological organisms and using electron microscopy in new ways.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259843 [Full text] [PDF] - 21 February 2022

 

Marta Grifell-Junyent (Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Marta Grifell-Junyent is first author on ‘ CDC50A is required for aminophospholipid transport and cell fusion in mouse C2C12 myoblasts’, published in JCS. Marta conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Prof. Dr Thomas Günther Pomorski's lab at Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She is now a postdoc in the lab of Tim Cash (CSO) at Senolytic Therapeutics, Barcelona, Spain, a longevity start-up, where she is doing research on senolytic drugs to remove senescent cells involved in age-related diseases.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259840 [Full text] [PDF] - 21 February 2022

 

Badwi (Bobby) Boumelhem (Medical Foundation Building, The University of Sydney, Australia)

Badwi (Bobby) Boumelhem is first author on ‘ Intracellular flow cytometric lipid analysis – a multiparametric system to assess distinct lipid classes in live cells’, published in JCS. Badwi (Bobby) conducted the research described in this article while a postdoc in the labs of Prof. Stuart Fraser and Prof. Stephen Assinder's at Medical Foundation Building, The University of Sydney, Australia. Badwi is now a postdoc in the lab of Prof. Simon Fleming and Prof. Marcela Bilek at the same institution, using pluripotent, embryonic stem cells to gain insight into the early stages of development.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259838 [Full text] [PDF] - 21 February 2022

 

Giovanna Lucrecia Gallo and Ayelen Valko (Centro de Virologia Humana y Animal, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center, Germany)

Giovanna Lucrecia Gallo and Ayelen Valko are co-first authors on ‘ A novel fission yeast platform to model N-glycosylation and the bases of congenital disorders of glycosylation type I’, published in JCS. Giovanna conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Cecilia D'Alessio's lab at Fundación Instituto Leloir, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is now a postdoc in the lab of Nora Lopez at Centro de Virologia Humana y Animal, Buenos Aires, Argentina, investigating the biological mechanisms underlying virus–host cell interactions, intracellular viral strategies to survive host immune responses and the control mechanisms displayed by the host. Ayelen conducted the research described in this article while a postdoc in Cecilia D'Alessio's lab. She is now a postdoc in the lab of Sebastian Schuck at Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center, Germany, investigating the underlying mechanisms of micro-ER-phagy, an autophagic process that is essential for elimination of the ER during ER stress.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259839 [Full text] [PDF] - 18 February 2022

 

Poulomi Banerjee (National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, Maharashtra, India)

Poulomi Banerjee is first author on ‘ SUMOylation modulates the function of DDX19 in mRNA export’, published in JCS. Poulomi is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Jomon Joseph at National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, Maharashtra, India, where she is interested in delineating the molecular mechanisms involved in regulation of eukaryotic gene expression in health and diseases.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259867 [Full text] [PDF] - 18 February 2022

 

Shengnan Zheng (University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China)

Shengnan Zheng is first author on ‘ The Cdc42 GTPase-activating protein Rga6 promotes the cortical localization of septin’, published in JCS. Shengnan is a PhD student in the lab of Chuanhai Fu at University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China, investigating how septin and microtubule cytoskeletons regulate cell septation and cell polarity.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259869 [Full text] [PDF] - 17 February 2022

 

Syed Qaaifah Gillani (Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Germany)

Syed Qaaifah Gillani is first author on ‘ PCTAIRE1 promotes mitotic progression and resistance against antimitotic and apoptotic signals’, published in JCS. Syed Qaaifah conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Dr Shaida Andrabi's lab at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Kashmir, India, and as a visiting research scholar at the Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, UK, and the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. She is now a postdoc in the lab of Dr Anja Zeigerer at Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Germany, investigating the connection of endosomal trafficking to liver metabolism, and its impact on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and diabetes.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259793 [Full text] [PDF] - 9 February 2022

 

Yu-Chien Chuang (Fred Hutchinson Research Center, Seattle, USA)

Yu-Chien Chuang is first author on ‘ Dynamic configurations of meiotic DNA-break hotspot determinant proteins’, published in JCS. Yu-Chien is a postdoctorial fellow in the lab of Gerald R. Smith at Basic Science Division, Fred Hutchinson Research Center, Seattle, USA, investigating the regulation mechanism of meiosis crossover interference.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259792 [Full text] [PDF] - 9 February 2022

 

Imge Ozugergin (Concordia University, Montreal, Canada)

Imge Ozugergin is first author on ‘Diverse mechanisms regulate contractile ring assembly for cytokinesis in the two-cell Caenorhabditis elegans embryo’, published in JCS. Imge is a PhD student in the lab of Alisa Piekny at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, investigating the mechanisms regulating cytokinesis, as well as how and why this process varies between different cell types.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259794 [Full text] [PDF] - 8 February 2022

 

Carolina Camelo (Institute of Integrative Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Münster, Germany)

Carolina Camelo is first author on ‘ Tracheal tube fusion in Drosophila involves release of extracellular vesicles from multivesicular bodies’, published in JCS. Carolina is a PhD student in the lab of Stefan Luschnig at Institute of Integrative Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Münster, Germany, where she is interested in understanding how cells organize themselves to form functional tissues and organisms, particularly during development. In this work, I was interested in understanding how tracheal tube fusion is regulated by specialized tracheal fusion cells.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259791 [Full text] [PDF] - 7 February 2022

 

Weiya Xu (Nanjing Medical University, P.R. China)

Weiya Xu is first author on ‘ Transcription factor-like 5 is a potential DNA- and RNA-binding protein essential for maintaining male fertility in mice’, published in JCS. Weiya conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Xin Wu's lab at State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, P.R. China. Her current study is an investigation into the regulatory mechanisms during germline cell development, in particular, spermiogenesis.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259759 [Full text] [PDF] - 3 February 2022

 

Lei Qi (University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA)

Lei Qi is first author on ‘ Integrin α6β4 requires plectin and vimentin for adhesion complex distribution and invasive growth’, published in JCS. Lei is a research scientist in the lab of Kathleen L. O'Connor at University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA, investigating cellular mechanotransduction and epigenetics.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259761 [Full text] [PDF] - 28 January 2022

 

Sweksha Lohani (Department of Cellular Regulation, Osaka University, Japan)

Sweksha Lohani is first author on ‘ A novel role for PRL in regulating epithelial cell density by inducing apoptosis at confluence’, published in JCS. Sweksha is a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Hiroaki Miki at Department of Cellular Regulation, Osaka University, Japan, investigating the physiological role of PRL in epithelial homeostasis.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259762 [Full text] [PDF] - 26 January 2022

 

Gianna Fote (University of California Irvine School of Medicine, USA)

Gianna Fote is first author on ‘ Isoform-dependent lysosomal degradation and internalization of apolipoprotein E requires autophagy proteins’, published in JCS. Gianna conducted the research described in this article while a MD/PhD student in Joan S. Steffan and Leslie M. Thompson's lab at the University of California Irvine School of Medicine, USA, working on the influence of genetic variants on molecular mechanisms of autophagy, and therapeutic modulation of autophagic balance in neurological disease.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259758 [Full text] [PDF] - 25 January 2022

 

Eliana Torres-Zelada (University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, USA)

Eliana Torres-Zelada is first author on ‘ Chiffon triggers global histone H3 acetylation and expression of developmental genes in Drosophila embryos’, published in JCS. Eliana conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Vikki Weake's lab at Purdue University, Indiana, USA. She is now a postdoc in the lab of Melissa Harrison at University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, USA, investigating Drosophila Gcn5-containing complexes and their function in gene expression regulation and fly development.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259760 [Full text] [PDF] - 24 January 2022

 

Rajdeep Das (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India)

Rajdeep Das is first author on ‘MITOL-mediated DRP1 ubiquitylation and degradation promotes mitochondrial hyperfusion in a CMT2A-linked MFN2 mutant’, published in JCS. Rajdeep is a senior research fellow in the lab of Professor Oishee Chakrabarti at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India, investigating mitochondrial dynamics and cellular trafficking.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259717 [Full text] [PDF] - 19 January 2022

 

Masashi Nambu (Faculty of Science, and Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Japan)

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.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259726 [Full text] [PDF] - 12 January 2022

 

Ziyan Fang (Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, USA)

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.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259721 [Full text] [PDF] - 12 January 2022

 

Mira Kuzmić (Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM), France)

Mira Kuzmić is first author on ‘ Septin-microtubule association via a motif unique to isoform 1 of septin 9 tunes stress fibers’, published in JCS. Mira conducted the research described in this article while a post-doc in the lab of Dr Ali Badache and Dr Pascal Verdier-Pinard's at Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM), France. Her life's vocation is cancer research.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259719 [Full text] [PDF] - 12 January 2022

 

Ana Julia Fernández-Alvarez and María Gabriela Thomas (Fundación Instituto Leloir, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Ana Julia Fernández-Alvarez and María Gabriela Thomas are co-first authors on ‘ Smaug1 membrane-less organelles respond to AMPK and mTOR and affect mitochondrial function’, published in JCS. Ana Julia and María Gabriela (Gabi) are both Research Associates in the lab of Graciela Boccaccio at Fundación Instituto Leloir, Buenos Aires, Argentina, where they investigate the cellular biology of RNA granules.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259716 [Full text] [PDF] - 12 January 2022

 

Hannah Black and Rachel Livingstone (Department of Biology, University of York and Henry Wellcome Laboratory for Cell Biology, University of Glasgow, UK)

Hannah Black and Rachel Livingstone are co-first authors on ‘ Knockout of syntaxin-4 in 3T3-L1 adipocytes reveals new insight into GLUT4 trafficking and adiponectin secretion’, published in JCS. Hannah conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Professor Nia Bryant and Professor Gwyn Gould's lab at the Henry Wellcome Laboratory for Cell Biology, University of Glasgow, UK. She is now a postdoc in the lab of Professor Nia Bryant at the Department of Biology, University of York, UK, investigating membrane trafficking of the glucose transporter protein GLUT4. Rachel is a PhD student in the lab of Professor Gwyn Gould at the Henry Wellcome Laboratory for Cell Biology, University of Glasgow, UK, where she is also investigating membrane trafficking of GLUT4.

J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259718 [Full text] [PDF] - Published 10 January 2022

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