First person – Anu Prakash

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. Anu Prakash is first author on ‘ Centrosome amplification promotes cell invasion via cell–cell contact disruption and Rap-1 activation’, published in JCS. Anu conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Dr Emer Bourke's lab at University of Galway, Ireland. She is currently looking for a job in the pharmaceutical industry. Her research interests are focused on clinical research and drug discovery to develop novel treatments for human diseases.