First person - Lai Kuan Dionne and Eric Peterman

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. Lai Kuan Dionne and Eric Peterman are co-first authors on 'FYCO1 regulates accumulation of post-mitotic midbodies by mediating LC3- dependent midbody degradation', published in Journal of Cell Science. Lai Kuan Dionne is a post-doctoral associate in the lab of Moe Mahjoub at Washington University School of Medicine, investigating the molecular mechanisms of post-mitotic midbody accumulation and secretion in health and diseases. Eric Peterman is a PhD student in the lab of Rytis Prekeris at the University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, investigating post-mitotic inheritance and roles of the midbody.