ABSTRACT
First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open (BiO). James Fabrizio is first author on ‘ Tubulin-binding cofactor E-like (TBCEL), the protein product of the mulet gene, is required in the germline for the regulation of inter-flagellar microtubule dynamics during spermatid individualization’, published in BiO. James is a Professor of Biology/Jean Ames-DeNunzio Endowed Chair of Faculty Excellence at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, USA, investigating the genetics of spermatid individualization in Drosophila melanogaster.
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