First person – Ari Dehn

Abstract

ABSTRACT First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Journal of Cell Science, helping researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. 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.