Cell Scientists to Watch interviews
As a community-focused journal, Journal of Cell Science is particularly keen to support the next generation of cell biologists. Here, we present our interview series Cell Scientists to Watch which features talented researchers who have recently set up their own labs. These researchers talk about their lives in and out of the lab and the journeys that led them to where they are now. They also discuss the current state of science funding and give advice on how to navigate the transition to independence.
We also have an interview series called First Person, which features interviews with the early-career first authors of a selection of papers published in Journal of Cell Science.
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Sandra Schmid (Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, USA)
Sandra Schmid is the Chief Scientific Officer of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub in San Francisco, USA, where she supports their mission to help scientists cure, prevent or manage all disease.
J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs262126 [Full Text] [PDF]
Ginny G. Farías (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Ginny G. Farı́as is an Assistant Professor of Cell Biology at Utrecht University in The Netherlands, where her research focuses on how the local organisation and dynamics of organelles contribute to neuronal polarity.
J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs261992 [Full Text] [PDF]
Dan Dickinson (University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), USA)
Dan Dickinson is an Assistant Professor in Molecular Biosciences at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), USA. His group uses single-cell biochemistry and cell biology methods to investigate cell polarity.
J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs261964 [Full Text] [PDF]
Jörg Renkawitz (Ludwig Maximilians-University Munich, Germany)
Jörg Renkawitz is an endowed Peter Hans Hofschneider Professor in Molecular Medicine at Ludwig Maximilians-University Munich, Germany. His lab works on the mechanobiology of the immune system, combining omics approaches with engineered microenvironments and high-throughput imaging.
J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs261954 [Full Text] [PDF]
Jakub Sedzinski (University of Copenhagen and the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW), Denmark)
Jakub Sedzinski is an Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen and the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW), Denmark. His lab integrates biophysics with cell biology to elucidate relationships between cell and tissue mechanics and cell fate acquisition in epithelia.
J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs261906 [Full Text] [PDF]
Kota Miura (Bioimage Analysis & Research, Okayama, Japan)
Kota Miura is the Vice-Chair of the Network of European Bioimage Analysts (NEUBIAS) and a freelance bioimage analyst, based in Japan.
J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs261906 [Full Text] [PDF]
Maria Ioannou (University of Alberta, Canada)
Maria Ioannou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Alberta, Canada. Her group uses live-cell imaging and super-resolution microscopy to study lipid homeostasis in neurons and glial cells.
J. Cell Sci. 2024 137: jcs261791 [Full Text] [PDF]
Renata Basto (Cell Biology and Cancer Research Unit in Paris, France)
Renata Basto is a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Team Leader at the Institut Curie and Deputy Director of the Cell Biology and Cancer Research Unit in Paris, France. Her laboratory studies the biology of centrosomes and genetic instability. She is also an Editor for the Journal of Cell Science.
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261683 [Full Text] [PDF]
Jennifer Waters (Harvard Medical School, USA)
Jennifer Waters is Director of the Nikon Imaging Center and Lecturer in Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261683 [Full Text] [PDF]
Sara Sigismund (European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy)
Sara Sigismund is an Associate Professor at the University of Milan, and a researcher in the Department of Experimental Oncology at the European Institute of Oncology (IEO) in Milan, Italy. Her research aims to understand non-clathrin endocytosis and its role in health and disease. She is the current President of the Italian Association of Cell Biology and Differentiation (ABCD).
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261683 [Full Text] [PDF]
Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke (Queen Mary University of London, UK)
Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke is a Professor of the Tumour Microenvironment at Barts Cancer Institute (BCI) at Queen Mary University of London, UK, where her research focuses on understanding the roles of cell adhesion and angiocrine signalling in cancer. She is also an Editor for the Journal of Cell Science.
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261803 [Full Text] [PDF]
Laura Machesky (The University of Cambridge)
Laura Machesky is a professor at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, and the current president of the British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB). She also serves on the Board of Directors at The Company of Biologists. Her research focuses on cancer cell migration, invasion and metastasis.
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261836 [Full Text] [PDF]
Florence Niedergang (Institut Cochin in Paris)
Florence Niedergang is head of the Biology of Phagocytes, Infection and Immunity team and the director of Institut Cochin in Paris, France. Her research focuses on the internalisation and activation of phagocytic cells, and she is President of the French Society for Cell Biology (la Société de Biologie Cellulaire de France; SBCF).
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261835 [Full Text] [PDF]
Kirsty Wan (University of Exeter, UK)
Kirsty Wan is a Group Leader and Associate Professor at the Living Systems Institute in the University of Exeter, UK. Her lab uses mathematical biology to study cilia and the mechanistic origins of motility.
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261748 [Full Text] [PDF]
Benjamin Schumann (The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK)
Benjamin Schumann is a Group Leader at the Francis Crick Institute, London, UK and a Senior Lecturer in Chemical Biology at Imperial College London, UK. His research focuses on tools to advance the field of glycobiology.
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261605 [Full Text] [PDF]
Thomas McWilliams (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Thomas McWilliams is Associate Professor of mitochondrial medicine at the University of Helsinki, Finland, where his research focuses on mechanisms of mitophagy and basal turnover of mitochondria in vivo.
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261604 [Full Text] [PDF]
Lucy Collinson (The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK)
Lucy Collinson is Head of the Electron Microscopy Science Technology Platform at The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK, where she and her team provide expertise in imaging techniques such as cryo microscopy, volume electron microscopy, X-ray microscopy and correlative imaging. Lucy is a member of the FocalPlane Scientific Advisory Board and is a Guest Editor for the JCS Special Issue on 'Imaging Cell Dynamics'.
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261656 [Full Text] [PDF]
Charlotte Aumeier (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Charlotte Aumeier is an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, where her research focuses on the dynamics and regulatory mechanisms of microtubule networks.
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261524 [Full Text] [PDF]
Anjali Kusumbe (MRC Human Immunology Unit and MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, UK)
Anjali Kusumbe is the head of the Tissue and Tumour Microenvironments Group at the MRC Human Immunology Unit and MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, and Director of the Oxford Tissue Imaging Centre, UK, where her group works on vascular and tissue ageing. She is the winner of the 2023 Women in Cell Biology Early Career Medal awarded by the British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB).
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261544 [Full Text] [PDF]
Géraldine Laloux (de Duve Institute, UCLouvain, Belgium)
Géraldine Laloux is an Associate Professor at the de Duve Institute, UCLouvain, Belgium. Her lab works on the unusual cell cycle mechanisms and underlying cellular organisation of predatory bacteria.
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261524 [Full Text] [PDF]
Ines Drinnenberg (Institut Curie, Paris, France)
Ines Drinnenberg is a Team Leader in the nuclear dynamics unit at Institut Curie, Paris, France, where her research focuses on the evolution of centromeres and genome organisation.
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261376 [Full Text] [PDF]
Pascale Guiton (Santa Clara University, California, USA)
Pascale Guiton is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biology, Santa Clara University, California, USA, which is an undergraduate institution. Her lab researches the molecular mechanisms underlying infection by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii.
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261304 [Full Text] [PDF]
Ondřej Štěpánek (Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic)
Ondřej Štěpánek is a Group Leader at the Institute of Molecular Genetics (IMG) at the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic. His research focuses on the fundamental biology of T cells and their functions in adaptive immunity.
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261261 [Full Text] [PDF]
Andrew Carter (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), Cambridge, UK)
Andrew Carter leads a group at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), Cambridge, UK, studying the structure and function of dynein motor proteins. He is the recipient of the 2023 BSCB Hooke medal for emerging leaders in cell biology.
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs261168 [Full Text] [PDF]
Jordan Beach and Patrick Oakes (Loyola University Chicago, USA)
Jordan Beach and Patrick Oakes run groups that share lab space at Loyola University Chicago, USA. Their research groups are interested in how all cells build, sense and interpret mechanical forces.
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs260939 [Full Text] [PDF]
Elvan Böke (Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) Barcelona, Spain)
Elvan Böke leads a group at the Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain, where her lab investigates oocyte biology and cellular dormancy.
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs260997 [Full Text] [PDF]
Felicity Davis (UNSW Sydney, Australia and Aarhus University, Denmark)
Felicity Davis leads a lab at the lab at the EMBL-Australia Node in Single Molecule Science, UNSW Sydney, Australia, as well as a team at Aarhus University, Denmark. Both of these groups use advanced imaging and mouse models to explore roles for intracellular Ca2+ signalling in the mammary gland.
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs260898 [Full Text] [PDF]
Benjamin Towbin (University of Bern, Switzerland)
Benjamin Towbin is a group leader at the University of Bern, where he applies quantitative systems biology approaches to study optimality principles at a multicellular scale using C. elegans.
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs260899 [Full Text] [PDF]
Anne Straube (Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, UK)
Anne Straube is the Head of Biomedical Sciences at Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, UK. Her lab studies cytoskeletal dynamics and molecular motors, and she is the Guest Editor for the 2023 Cell Biology of Motors Special Issue.
J. Cell Sci. 2023 136: jcs260852 [Full Text] [PDF]
Marie Barberon (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Marie Barberon is an Assistant Professor at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, where she works to uncover the mechanisms controlling radial transport of nutrients in plant roots.
J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260814 [Full Text] [PDF]
Gautam Dey (EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany)
Gautam Dey is a group leader at EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany, where his lab investigates the fundamental organisational principles and evolutionary dynamics of the nuclear compartment across eukaryotes.
J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260793 [Full Text] [PDF]
Lena Pernas (Max Planck Institute for the Biology of Ageing in Cologne, Germany)
Lena Pernas leads a lab at the Max Planck Institute for the Biology of Ageing in Cologne, Germany, studying the organelle and metabolic dynamics of the host–pathogen interaction.
J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260704 [Full Text] [PDF]
Guillaume Jacquemet (Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland)
Guillaume Jacquemet is a group leader at Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland, where his group investigates cancer metastasis and cell migration, and develops tools for deep-learning-based image analysis.
J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260555 [Full Text] [PDF]
Thiago Castro-Gomes (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Thiago Castro-Gomes is a group leader in the Department of Parasitology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, where he investigates lysosome-dependent plasma membrane repair mechanisms and their involvement in host cell invasion.
J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260495 [Full Text] [PDF]
Fei Xavier Chen (Fudan University in Shanghai, China)
Fei Xavier Chen has an independent research group at the Fudan University in Shanghai, China, where his lab studies the mechanisms of transcriptional regulation in health and disease, with a special focus on cancer.
J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260465 [Full Text] [PDF]
Britta Trappmann (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster, Germany)
Britta Trappmann is a group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster, Germany, where her group studies how interactions between cells and their surrounding extracellular matrix regulate cell and tissue function.
J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260463 [Full Text] [PDF]
Jeremy Carlton (Francis Crick Institute, London, UK)
Jeremy Carlton is a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, and his lab, currently seconded to the Francis Crick Institute, London, UK, investigates membrane and organelle remodelling during cell division. He is the recipient of the 2022 BSCB Hooke medal for emerging leaders in cell biology.
J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260367 [Full Text] [PDF]
Lena Ho (Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR, Singapore)
Lena Ho is a group leader at Duke–NUS Medical School and the Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR, Singapore, where she investigates the cell biological roles of secreted and mitochondria-localised peptides, and their potential to improve cardiometabolic and immune health.
J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260287 [Full Text] [PDF]
Christian Münch (Institute of Biochemistry II, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)
Christian Münch leads an independent research group at Institute of Biochemistry II, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, where he works on understanding cellular stress responses to mitochondrial protein misfolding, infection and disease.
J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260188 [Full Text] [PDF]
Laura Greaves (Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Newcastle, UK)
Laura Greaves has an independent research group at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Newcastle, UK, where she investigates the functional consequences of mtDNA mutations on cellular metabolism and colorectal cancer development. She is the winner of the 2022 Women in Cell Biology Early Career Medal awarded by the British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB).
J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260081 [Full Text] [PDF]
Lydia Finley (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, USA)
Lydia Finley is a group leader at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, USA, where she investigates the mechanisms that link metabolic pathways to cell fate decisions.
J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs260023 [Full Text] [PDF]
Abdou Rachid Thiam (Biophysics Research Axis at the École Normale Supérieure de Paris, France)
Abdou Rachid Thiam is a group leader and chair of the Biophysics Research Axis at the École Normale Supérieure de Paris, where his lab combines membrane biophysics and emulsion science with cell biology to understand organelle dynamics.
J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259881 [Full Text] [PDF]
Dora Tang (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany)
Dora Tang is a group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, where her lab investigates the chemical and physical processes that drive molecular organisation in lipids, polymers and proteins in order to understand how molecular ensembles make life.
J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259851 [Full Text] [PDF]
James Olzmann (University of California Berkeley, USA)
James Olzmann has an independent research group at University of California Berkeley, USA, where he works on the mechanisms that govern organelle and lipid homeostasis in health and disease. He is the Guest Editor for the 2022 Cell Biology of Lipids Special Issue.
J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259799 [Full Text] [PDF]
Mounia Lagha (Institute of Molecular Genetics of Montpellier (IGMM), French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France)
Mounia Lagha leads an independent research group at the Institute of Molecular Genetics of Montpellier (IGMM), French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) studying transcription and transcriptional memory, and the dynamics of translation.
J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259714 [Full Text] [PDF]
Martin Loose (Institute of Science and Technology, Austria)
Martin Loose has an independent research group at the Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, where he studies the self-organization of bacterial cell division and small GTPase networks.
J. Cell Sci. 2022 135: jcs259715 [Full Text] [PDF]
Stefanie Redemann (University of Virginia School of Medicine, USA)
Stefanie Redemann leads an independent research group at the University of Virginia School of Medicine where she uses interdisciplinary approaches to study spindle assembly and chromosome segregation.
J. Cell Sci. 2021 134: jcs259556 [Full Text] [PDF]
Tim Lämmermann (Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg, Germany)
Tim Lämmermann is a group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg, Germany, where his lab investigates the single-cell and population dynamics of immune cells.
J. Cell Sci. 2021 134: jcs259492 [Full Text] [PDF]
Yasin Dagdas (Gregor Mendel Institute, Vienna, Austria)
Yasin Dagdas is a group leader at the Gregor Mendel Institute in Vienna; his lab focusses on autophagy-mediated cellular quality control mechanisms in plants.
J. Cell Sci. 2021 134: jcs259377 [Full Text] [PDF]
Prachee Avasthi (Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, UK)
Prachee Avasthi is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, where her lab investigates the role of the cytoskeleton in ciliary biogenesis.
J. Cell Sci. 2021 134: jcs259296 [Full Text] [PDF]
Stephen Royle (Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology, Warwick Medical School, UK)
Stephen Royle is a Professor at Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology, Warwick Medical School, UK, where he studies the molecular mechanisms of membrane trafficking and mitosis. He is the recipient of the 2021 BSCB Hooke medal for emerging leaders in cell biology.
J. Cell Sci. 2021 134: jcs259282 [Full Text] [PDF]
Vivian Li (Francis Crick Institute, London, UK)
Vivian Li is a group leader at the Francis Crick Institute, London, where her lab uses mouse models and organoids to investigate the regulation of intestinal homeostasis and cancer. She is the winner of the 2021 Women in Cell Biology Early Career Medal awarded by the British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB).
J. Cell Sci. 2021 134: jcs259245 [Full Text] [PDF]
Verena Ruprecht (Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, Spain)
Verena Ruprecht has an independent laboratory at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, Spain; her group studies cellular dynamics in embryo development.
J. Cell Sci. 2021 134: jcs259094 [Full Text] [PDF]
Alexey Amunts (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Alexey Amunts is a group leader at the Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) and Stockholm University, where his lab is investigating the mechanisms, assembly and evolution of bioenergetic complexes.
J. Cell Sci. 2021 134: jcs58670 [Full Text] [PDF]
Zdeněk Lánský and Marcus Braun (Institute of Biotechnology, Czech Academy of Sciences, BIOCEV)
Zdeněk Lánský and Marcus Braun are group leaders at the Institute of Biotechnology, Czech Academy of Sciences, BIOCEV, where they investigate the ensemble dynamics of cytoskeletal proteins.
J. Cell Sci. 2021 134: jcs258943 [Full Text] [PDF]
Liang Ge (Tsinghua University, China)
Liang Ge is a group leader at the School of Life Sciences at Tsinghua University, China, where his lab studies the mechanisms of autophagy and unconventional protein secretion.
J. Cell Sci. 2021 134: jcs58670 [Full Text] [PDF]
Julia Cordero (Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, Glasgow, UK)
Julia Cordero is a group leader at the Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre in Glasgow, where her lab is investigating local and systemic functions of the adult intestine in health and disease.
J. Cell Sci. 2021 134: jcs258668 [Full Text] [PDF]
Binyam Mogessie (University of Bristol, UK)
Binyam Mogessie is a group leader at the University of Bristol, where his lab is investigating actin- and microtubule-based cytoskeletal ensembles that promote healthy egg development and embryogenesis in mammals.
J. Cell Sci. 2021 134: jcs258506 [Full Text] [PDF]
Derek Walsh (Northwestern University, Chicago, USA)
Derek Walsh is a Professor at Northwestern University, Chicago, where he studies the role of the host translation system during infection by poxviruses, as well as microtubule regulation and function during herpesvirus infection.
J. Cell Sci. 2021 134: jcs258547 [Full Text] [PDF]
Janet Iwasa (University of Utah, USA)
Janet Iwasa is an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Utah, where her group creates and develops molecular and cellular animations for various projects.
J. Cell Sci. 2021 134: jcs257030 [Full Text] [PDF]
Romain Levayer (Institut Pasteur, Paris, France)
Romain Levayer is a group leader at Institut Pasteur, Paris, where he studies how the plasticity of behaviour of epithelial cells and the regulation of cell death modulate tissue morphogenesis and homeostasis.
J. Cell Sci. 2021 134: jcs256487 [Full Text] [PDF]
Anthony Roberts (University of London and UCL, UK)
Anthony Roberts is a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow at University of London, and University College London (UCL), where his lab focusses on the mechanisms of microtubule-based transport within cilia and flagella.
J. Cell Sci. 2021 134: jcs256172 [Full Text] [PDF]
Christine Faulkner (John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK)
Christine Faulkner is a group leader at the John Innes Centre, Norwich, where she investigates cell–cell communication in plants, focusing on how it contributes to the regulation of plant immune responses.
J. Cell Sci. 2020 133: jcs256826 [Full Text] [PDF]
Eurico Morais-de-Sá (Instituto de Inovação e Investigação em Saúde (i3S), Porto)
Eurico Morais-de-Sá is a group leader at Instituto de Inovação e Investigação em Saúde (i3S), Porto, where he works on the mechanisms by which epithelial cells modulate spatial asymmetry during cell division to maintain the function and integrity of proliferative tissues.
J. Cell Sci. 2020 133: jcs256040 [Full Text] [PDF]
Hayley Sharpe (Babraham Institute in Cambridge, UK)
Hayley Sharpe is a group leader at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge, UK, where her lab works on protein tyrosine phosphatase function in signalling and cell–cell communication, with a particular focus on a family of cell surface receptors.
J. Cell Sci. 2020 133: jcs255869 [Full Text] [PDF]
Ian Chambers (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Ian Chambers is a Professor of Pluripotent Stem Cell Biology and the Head of the Institute for Stem Cell Research at University of Edinburgh, where he studies the regulatory networks that control the identity and cell fate decisions of pluripotent embryonic stem cells. He is the recipient of the 2020 BSCB Hooke medal for emerging leaders in cell biology.
J. Cell Sci. 2020 133: jcs254219 [Full Text] [PDF]
Yanlan Mao (University College London, UK)
Yanlan Mao is a group leader at the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology (MRC-LMCB), University College London, UK, where she studies the importance of tissue mechanics during development, homeostasis and repair. She is the recipient of the 2020 Women in Cell Biology Early Career Award Medal from the British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB).
J. Cell Sci. 2020 133: jcs252569 [Full Text] [PDF]
Thomas Iskratsch (Queen Mary University of London, UK)
Thomas Iskratsch is a group leader at Queen Mary University of London, where he investigates the role of mechanosensing in the development and function of the cardiovascular system, and how mechanical forces shape cell behaviour and differentiation.
J. Cell Sci. 2020 133: jcs251595 [Full Text] [PDF]
Prisca Liberali (FMI, Switzerland)
Prisca Liberali is a group leader at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), in Basel, where she studies how single-cell properties and behaviour determine the patterning and collective characteristics of multicellular systems.
J. Cell Sci. 2020 133: jcs246272 [Full Text] [PDF]
Alba Diz-Muñoz (EMBL, Germany)
Alba Diz-Muñoz is a group leader at the EMBL, in Heidelberg, where she investigates how mechanical properties and cellular signalling pathways influence tissue morphogenesis and cell fate decisions.
J. Cell Sci. 2020 133: jcs245373 [Full Text] [PDF]
Ana-Maria Lennon-Dumenil (Institut Curie, France)
Ana-Maria Lennon-Dumenil is a group leader at the Department of Immunity and Cancer at Institut Curie in Paris, where she investigates the coordination of cell migration and antigen presentation in dendritic cells and the contribution of cell polarity to the establishment of the immune synapse in B-lymphocytes.
J. Cell Sci. 2020 133: jcs243915 [Full Text] [PDF]
Sophie Acton (University College London, UK)
Sophie Acton is a group leader at the Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, where she investigates the interaction of dendritic cells and fibroblastic reticular cells during lymph node remodelling in the adaptive immune response.
J. Cell Sci. 2020 133: jcs242941 [Full Text] [PDF]
Jeremy Carlton (The Francis Crick Institute, UK)
Jeremy Carlton is a group leader at The Francis Crick Institute, London, where he investigates membrane remodelling and organelle dynamics during cell division.
J. Cell Sci. 2020 133: jcs242982 [Full Text] [PDF]
Elizabeth Hinde (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Elizabeth Hinde is a group leader at the University of Melbourne, Australia, where she focuses her research on nuclear organisation and chromatin dynamics in genome function using quantitative fluorescence microscopy.
J. Cell Sci. 2019 132: jcs241489 [Full Text] [PDF]
Jean-Léon Maître (Institut Curie, France)
Jean-Léon Maître is a group leader at the Institut Curie in Paris, France, where his research focuses on the cell-cell interactions and cell mechanics during mammalian pre-implantation development.
J. Cell Sci. 2019 132: jcs239905 [Full Text] [PDF]
Elif Nur Firat-Karalar (Koç University, Turkey)
Elif Nur Firat-Karalar is a group leader at Koç University where her group studies the structure and function of the mammalian centrosome/cilium complex and centriolar satellites.
J. Cell Sci. 2019 132: jcs238774 [Full Text] [PDF]
Kassandra Ori-McKenney and Richard McKenney (UC Davis, USA)
Kassandra Ori-McKenney and Richard McKenney are group leaders at UC Davis where they study the roles of the microtubule cytoskeleton, microtubule-associated proteins and motor proteins in neuronal transport and human diseases.
J. Cell Sci. 2019 132: jcs237891 [Full Text] [PDF]
Adrian Saurin (University of Dundee, UK)
Adrian Saurin is a group leader at the University of Dundee where he studies the spatial regulation of mitotic signalling networks and specifically kinase-phosphatase integration during cell division.
J. Cell Sci. 2019 132: jcs235200 [Full Text] [PDF]
Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan (Indian Institute of Science, India)
Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for BioSystems Science and Engineering and the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India, where she studies the activation of the dynein motor protein in living cells and the roles of microtubules in mitochondrial dynamics during neurodegeneration.
J. Cell Sci. 2019 132: jcs234088 [Full Text] [PDF]
Julien Berro (Yale University, USA)
Julien Berro is an Assistant Professor at Yale University, USA, where he investigates in the actin cytoskeleton and force generation during endocytosis.
J. Cell Sci. 2019 132: jcs233296 [Full Text] [PDF]
Pleasantine Mill (MRC Human Genetics Unit in Edinburgh, UK)
Pleasantine Mill is a group leader at the MRC Human Genetics Unit in Edinburgh, UK, where she investigates the genetics behind cilia structure and function in the light of human ciliopathies. She is the recipient of the 2019 Women in Cell Biology Early Career Award Medal from the British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB).
J. Cell Sci. 2019 132: jcs231381 [Full Text] [PDF]
Eugenia Piddini (University of Bristol, UK)
Eugenia Piddini is a Professor at the University of Bristol, UK. Her group researches cell competition mechanisms in homeostasis and in a tumour-host-cell context. She was awarded the Hooke medal in 2019, established to recognize an emerging leader in cell biology.
J. Cell Sci. 2019 132: jcs231803 [Full Text] [PDF]
Kivanc Birsoy (Rockefeller University, USA)
Kivanc Birsoy is an Assistant Professor and group leader at Rockefeller University, New York City, where he investigates changes in metabolic pathways in cancer and metabolic dysfunction.
J. Cell Sci. 2019 132: jcs230540 [Full Text] [PDF]
Franziska Lautenschläger (Leibniz Institute, Germany)
Franziska Lautenschläger is a group leader at the Leibniz Institute for New Materials in Saarbrücken, Germany. Her group focuses on cell migration and polarity, and the links to cell mechanics and the different cytoskeletal networks in cells.
J. Cell Sci. 2019 132: jcs230151 [Full Text] [PDF]
Elçin Ünal and Gloria Brar (UC Berkeley, USA)
Elçin Ünal and Gloria Brar are Assistant Professors at UC Berkeley and run a joint research group where they investigate gene expression, translational control, meiotic differentiation and cell rejuvenation in yeast.
J. Cell Sci. 2019 132: jcs229260 [Full Text] [PDF]
Tobias Zech (University of Liverpool, UK)
Tobias Zech is a group leader at the University of Liverpool, where his group studies cell migration and cancer cell invasion, in particular actin dynamics and receptor trafficking.
J. Cell Sci. 2018 131: jcs227223 [Full Text] [PDF]
Siobhan Braybrook (University of California, USA)
Siobhan Braybrook is an assistant professor at University of California, Los Angeles, where she works on cell wall mechanics and the coordination of cell shape and tissue growth in plants and algae.
J. Cell Sci. 2018 131: jcs225607 [Full Text] [PDF]
Serge Mostowy (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
Serge Mostowy is a Professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. He focuses his research on cellular immunity and the role of the cytoskeleton therein, as well as the molecular mechanisms of bacterial infection.
J. Cell Sci. 2018 131: jcs223958 [Full Text] [PDF]
Pere Roca-Cusachs (Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain)
Pere Roca-Cusachs is a group leader at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, where his research group studies how mechanical signals are sensed and transduced into a cellular response.
J. Cell Sci. 2018 131: jcs222596 [Full Text] [PDF]
Sandra Rieger (MDI Biological Laboratory, USA)
Sandra Rieger is a group leader at The MDI Biological Laboratory in Maine where her group studies cellular communication during wound healing and nerve regeneration after injury.
J. Cell Sci. 2018 131: jcs219048 [Full Text] [PDF]
Guangshuo Ou (Tsinghua University, China)
Guangshuo Ou is a group leader at Tsinghua University in Beijing, where he investigates the remodelling of the cytoskeleton in the C.elegans neuroblast in response to extracellular cues. Guangshuo is a Journal of Cell Science Editor since 2017.
J. Cell Sci. 2018 131: jcs218826 [Full Text] [PDF]
Pakorn ‘Tony’ Kanchanawong (Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore)
Pakorn ‘Tony’ Kanchanawong is a group leader at the Mechanobiology Institute in Singapore, where his group studies the structure-function relationships of cell adhesion and cell migration protein complexes.
J. Cell Sci. 2018 131: jcs217786 [Full Text] [PDF]
Andrew McAinsh (University of Warwick, UK)
Andrew McAinsh is a Professor of Cell Biology at the University of Warwick, studying the mechanisms that lead to correct chromosome segregation into daughter cells during cell division. He is the recipient of the 2018 BSCB Hooke medal for emerging leaders in cell biology.
J. Cell Sci. 2018 131: jcs217372 [Full Text] [PDF]
Susana Godinho (Barts Cancer Institute, UK)
Susana Godinho is a group leader at the Barts Cancer Institute, where she studies the links between extra centrosomes in a cell and the progression of tumours.
J. Cell Sci. 2018 131: jcs215947 [Full Text] [PDF]
David Bryant (Beatson Institute, UK)
David Bryant is a group leader at the Beatson Institute where his group investigates how cell polarity affects development and cancer invasion and progression in 3D tumours.
J. Cell Sci. 2018 131: jcs213181 [Full Text] [PDF]
Lukas Kapitein (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
Lukas Kapitein is an associate professor at Utrecht University, where his group investigates cargo and organelle transport in cells using high resolution microscopy and optogenetics.
J. Cell Sci. 2017 130: 3951-3953 [Full Text] [PDF]
Gregory Alushin (Rockefeller University, New York, USA)
Gregory Alushin is an assistant professor at Rockefeller University where his group investigates how the actin cytoskeleton reacts to mechanical forces in cells and how this is transduced to signalling pathways .
J. Cell Sci. 2017 130: 3607-3609 [Full Text] [PDF]
Mahak Sharma (IISER, Mohali, India)
Mahak Sharma is a group leader at the Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research (IISER) in Mohali, where her group investigates the mechanisms of late endosome and lysosome trafficking.
J. Cell Sci. 2017 130: 3423-3425 [Full Text] [PDF]
Dana Branzei (Molecular Oncology Foundation, Milan, Italy)
Dana Branzei is a group leader at the Molecular Oncology Foundation (IFOM) in Milan, where she works on the DNA damage response and regulatory pathways of chromosome structure during replication.
J. Cell Sci. 2017 130: 3193-3195 [Full Text] [PDF]
Paul Timpson (Garvan Institute, Sydney)
Paul Timpson is a principal investigator at the Garvan Institute where his group uses advanced imaging techniques to assess cancer in the context of its surrounding environment.
J. Cell Sci. 2017 130: 2949-2951 [Full Text] [PDF]
Ana Garcia-Saez (University of Tübingen, Germany)
Ana Garcia-Saez is a group leader at the University of Tübingen where she uses single-molecule high-resolution microscopy and biophysical modeling to understand membrane dynamics of mitochondria.
J. Cell Sci. 2017 130: 2773-2774 [Full Text] [PDF]
Kevin Corbett (University of California, San Diego, USA)
Kevin Corbett works at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research San Diego where he studies homologous chromosome pairing in meiosis I and the contribution of misregulation of meiotic genes to carcinogenesis.
J. Cell Sci. 2017 130: 2225-2227 [Full Text] [PDF]
Jacky Goetz (Strasbourg, France)
Jacky Goetz is a group leader in Strasbourg where he works on biomechanical forces during tumour progression using intravital imaging methods.
J. Cell Sci. 2017 130: 2081-2082 [Full Text] [PDF]
Mads Gyrd-Hansen (University of Oxford, UK)
Mads Gyrd-Hansen is an associate professor at the University of Oxford and is interested in the non-degradative functions of ubiquitylation during innate immune responses.
J. Cell Sci. 2017 130: 1981-1983 [Full Text] [PDF]
Lidia Vasilieva (University of Oxford, UK)
Lidia Vasilieva has her research group at the Department of Biochemistry in Oxford, where she studies how RNA levels of protein-coding and non-coding transcripts are regulated.
J. Cell Sci. 2017 130: 1857-1858 [Full Text] [PDF]
Melike Lakadamyali (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA)
Melike Lakadamyali is a group leader at the University of Pennsylvania, where she develops and uses imaging techniques to study cytoskeletal transport mechanisms in cells and neurons.
J. Cell Sci. 2017 130: 1689-1690 [Full Text] [PDF]
Mitchell Guttman (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA)
Mitchell Guttman is a group leader at the California Institute of Technology where he studies the mechanisms by which long non-coding RNAs act to control cellular functions.
J. Cell Sci. 2017 130: 1497-1499 [Full Text] [PDF]
Robert Ernst (University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany)
Robert Ernst is a Professor at the University of Saarland. His laboratory is interested in sense-and-control elements underlying the homeostasis of cellular membrane properties.
J. Cell Sci. 2017 130: 1343-1345 [Full Text] [PDF]
Victoria Sanz-Moreno (King’s College, London, UK)
Victoria Sanz-Moreno is a group leader at King’s College London where she investigates the crosstalk between the actomyosin cytoskeleton and transcription factors in cancer cells.
J. Cell Sci. 2017 130: 1199-1200 [Full Text] [PDF]
Gaia Pigino (Max-Planck Institute, Dresden, Germany)
Gaia Pigino is a group leader at the Max-Planck Institute in Dresden. Her research focuses on the mechanisms regulating ciliary transport in cells and the assembly of the eukaryotic cilium.
J. Cell Sci. 2017 130: 1019-1020 [Full Text] [PDF]
Marvin Tanenbaum (Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands)
Marvin Tanenbaum is a group leader at the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht. His group aims to understand the dynamics of different aspects of gene expression at the single-molecule level, the kinetics that occur in translation and how it influences important cellular decisions.
J. Cell Sci. 2017 130: 817-818 [Full Text] [PDF]
Arun Shukla (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India)
Arun Shukla is a group leader at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur. His research group is interested in the signalling pathways and structural aspects of G-protein-coupled-receptors (GPCRs).
J. Cell Sci. 2017 130: 659-661 [Full Text] [PDF]
Andrew Holland (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA)
Andrew Holland is a group leader at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He studies the mechanisms regulating copy numbers of centrosomes during cell division and how this is linked to genome instability and tumorigenesis.
J. Cell Sci. 2017 130: 523-524 [Full Text] [PDF]
Edgar Gomes (Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal)
Edgar Gomes is a group leader at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular in Lisbon where he investigates the mechanisms of nuclear positioning and signal transduction into the nucleus in skeletal muscle and migrating cells.
J. Cell Sci. 2017 130: 305-306 [Full Text] [PDF]
Madeline Lancaster (MRC-LMB, Cambridge, UK)
Madeline Lancaster is a group leader at the MRC-LMB in Cambridge where she studies the biological processes underlying human brain development using the organoid system.
J. Cell Sci. 2017 130: 11-13 [Full Text] [PDF]
Megan King (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Megan King is an Associate Professor for Cell Biology at Yale School of Medicine, and she’s interested in how chromatin dynamics are influenced by their cellular context and the mechanical properties of cells.
J. Cell Sci. 2016, 129: 4437-4438 [Full Text] [PDF]
Brian Stramer (King’s College London, UK)
Brian Stramer works at King’s College London where his group investigates the regulation of contact inhibition of locomotion.
J. Cell Sci. 2016, 129: 4319-4320 [Full Text] [PDF]
Sabine Petry (Princeton University, USA)
Sabine Petry is a group leader at Princeton University where her group investigates the mechanisms by which microtubules build cellular structures to allow cells to attain a particular shape and function.
J. Cell Sci. 2016, 129: 4155-4157 [Full Text] [PDF]
Celeste Nelson (Princeton University, USA)
Celeste Nelson is a group leader at Princeton University where her group investigates how biochemical and mechanical cues affect individual cells during organ morphogenesis and what happens when organs are destroyed in diseases such as cancer and fibrosis.
J. Cell Sci. 2016, 129: 3961-3962 [Full Text] [PDF]
Emmanuel Boucrot (University College London, UK)
Emmanuel Boucrot is a group leader at University College London where his group studies the mechanisms of clathrin-independent endocytosis, as well as the properties of quiescent cells.
J. Cell Sci. 2016, 129: 3209-3210 [Full Text] [PDF]
Christian Behrends (Frankfurt, Germany)
Christian Behrends is a group leader at the Medical School of Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. His lab focuses on the basic mechanisms of autophagy, particularly concentrating on the role of ubiquitin signalling, and the crosstalk between autophagy and other vesicular trafficking pathways.
J. Cell Sci. 2016, 129: 3057-3058 [Full Text] [PDF]
Meritxell Huch (University of Cambridge, UK)
Meritxell Huch is a group leader at the Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, UK and a Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Research Fellow. She investigates the mechanisms responsible for adult tissue regeneration in the liver and the pancreas.
J. Cell Sci. 2016, 129: 2877-2879 [Full Text] [PDF]
Sascha Martens (Vienna, Austria)
Sascha Martens is group leader at the University of Vienna Max F. Perutz Laboratories in Austria. His research focuses on understanding the mechanisms that orchestrate autophagy.
J. Cell Sci. 2016, 129: 651-652 [Full Text] [PDF]
Virgile Viasnoff (France/Singapore)
Virgile Viasnoff holds a dual appointment between the CNRS in France and the MBI in Singapore. His lab in Singapore investigates how the physical and biochemical parameters of the cellular microenvironment regulate cell–cell adhesion and cell fate.
J. Cell Sci. 2016, 129: 459-460 [Full Text] [PDF]
Lei (Stanley) Qi (California, USA)
Lei (Stanley) Qi is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Systems Biology at Stanford University, California, USA, and a faculty fellow in Stanford ChEM-H. His research focuses on applying genome engineering and CRISPR technologies to genetic interaction networks related to cell differentiation, proliferation, epigenetic regulation and diseases.
J. Cell Sci. 2016, 129: 243-244 [Full Text] [PDF]
Melina Schuh (Göttingen, Germany)
At the time this interview was conducted, Melina Schuh was a group leader at the Medical Research Council – Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK. She is now a Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany. Her research focuses on meiosis in mammalian oocytes.
J. Cell Sci. 2016, 129: 7-8 [Full Text] [PDF]
Julie Welburn (Edinburgh, UK)
Julie Welburn is a group leader at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology in Edinburgh. Her laboratory works on microtubules and microtubule motors and their function during cell division and differentiation.
J. Cell Sci. 2015, 128: 4465-4466 [Full Text] [PDF]
Christine Mayr (New York, USA)
Christine Mayr is an assistant professor at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre and the Weill Cornell Medical School at Cornell University in New York, USA. She investigates how untranslated regions of the mRNA regulate protein function.
J. Cell Sci. 2015, 128: 4251-4252 [Full Text] [PDF]
Maya Schuldiner (Rehovot, Israel)
Maya Schuldiner is a principal investigator at the Weizmann Institute of Sciences, Rehovot, Israel, and is investigating novel functions of proteins involved in yeast organelle biology.
J. Cell Sci. 2015, 128: 4029-4031 [Full Text] [PDF]
José Silva (University of Cambridge, UK)
José Silva is a Senior Group Leader at the Wellcome Trust – Medical research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute at the University of Cambridge, UK. He works on nuclear reprogramming and induced pluripotency.
J. Cell Sci. 2015, 128: 3841-3842 [Full Text] [PDF]
Thomas Wollert (Martinsried, Germany)
Thomas Wollert is an independent group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried, Germany. His research aims to elucidate the mechanism of autophagosome formation.
J. Cell Sci. 2015, 128: 3685-3686 [Full Text] [PDF]
Irene Miguel-Aliaga (Imperial College London, UK)
Irene Miguel-Aliaga is a Programme Leader at the Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre and a Reader at Imperial College London, UK. Her research focuses on understanding the biology of gut cells.
J. Cell Sci. 2015, 128: 3519-3520 [Full Text] [PDF]
Philip Zegerman (University of Cambridge, UK)
Philip Zegerman is a group leader at the Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, UK. He works on the regulation of DNA replication initiation.
J. Cell Sci. 2015, 128: 3361-3362 [Full Text] [PDF]
Victoria Cowling (University of Dundee, UK)
A group leader at the Department of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, UK, Victoria Cowling studies the biology of the mRNA methyl cap.
J. Cell Sci. 2015, 128: 2953-2954 [Full Text] [PDF]
Paul Conduit (University of Cambridge, UK)
Paul Conduit is a group leader at the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK. He works on gamma tubulin ring complexes.
