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ABSTRACTFirst Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Pankaj Dubey and Tushna Kapoor are co-first authors on ‘Atypical septate junctions maintain the somatic enclosure around maturing spermatids and prevent premature sperm release in Drosophila testis’, published in BiO. Pankaj is a Postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr Subhojit Roy at Wisconsin Institute of Medical Research (WIMR) II, Madison, USA, investigating how to understand how cytoskeleton dynamics shapes neuronal physiology and transport. Tushna is a PhD student in the lab of Prof. Krishanu Ray at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India, investigating the interplay between cell adhesion, the cytoskeleton and membrane dynamics.

Highlights

  • Pankaj Dubey and Tushna Kapoor are co-first authors on ‘Atypical septate junctions maintain the somatic enclosure around maturing spermatids and prevent premature sperm release in Drosophila testis’, published in BiO

  • Our lab focuses on the cellular biology of the cytoskeleton, motors and transport in Drosophila

  • We explore the role of Kinesin-2 in development and function of cilia and axonal transport

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How would you explain the main findings of your paper to non-scientific family and friends? PD- This is bit of a tricky one; the non-scientific community always find it amusing that we work on insect sperm release. Pankaj Dubey and Tushna Kapoor are co-first authors on ‘Atypical septate junctions maintain the somatic enclosure around maturing spermatids and prevent premature sperm release in Drosophila testis’, published in BiO. Krishanu Ray at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India, investigating the interplay between cell adhesion, the cytoskeleton and membrane dynamics. The lab has been studying the role of the cytoskeleton, adhesion and signaling in Drosophila spermatogenesis.

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