Vikalp Kumar (pictured left), a PhD candidate in the Greenberg lab, has published a new article in the journal Frontiers in Physiology. The article, “Emerging roles of pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase 1: a key player in metabolic health,” provides critical insight Read More …
Publication alert: Greenberg lab alumnus, Dr. Amit S. Joshi, Phosphatidic acid drives spatiotemporal distribution of Pex30 at ER-LD contact sites
Exciting news from a Greenberg Lab alumnus! Dr. Amit Joshi, who completed his Ph.D. in the Greenberg Lab in 2012 and is currently an assistant professor at the university of Knoxville Tennessee, has just published an exciting paper in the Read More …
May 2025: Congratulations to Rupa Boppe for gaining admission to Case Western Reserve University!
Congratulations to Rupa Boppe on her admission to the Case Western Reserve University biochemistry program! Rupa, who just graduated from Novi High School, volunteered in the Greenberg lab during the summer of 2024. Rupa was mentored by Vikalp Kumar, a Read More …
April 2025: PhD candidate Mohamed Chakkour awarded Thomas C. Rumble fellowship
The Thomas C. Rumble fellowship is awarded yearly to Wayne State University graduate students. Its goal is to optimize the recipients’ training. Congratulations Mohamed! More about the Rumble fellowship here!
April 2025: Greenberg lab alumnus, Dr. Vishal Gohil, receives the prestigious Chancellor’s Innovation Award from Texas A&M University!
Early Greenberg lab Alumnus Dr. Vishal Gohil receives the Chancellor’s Innovation Award from Texas A&M University for making groundbreaking discoveries in copper metabolism. Dr. Gohil’s research is a great example of translational research. Read the full article here.
Publication alert: Greenberg lab alumnus, Dr. Cunqi Ye, publishes two papers in Nature Chemical Biology
Exciting news from a Greenberg Lab alumnus! Dr. Cunqi Ye, who completed his Ph.D. in the Greenberg Lab in 2014 and is currently an assistant professor at Zhejiang University, has just published two exciting papers in Nature Chemical Biology. The Read More …
April 2025: Greenberg lab participates in SciPol Detroit’s Science Fair with a Twist!
Greenberg Lab recently participated in a science outreach event for high school students. We presented a poster showcasing how yeast help researchers explore fundamental questions in biology. It was a fun opportunity to share our work and inspire curiosity about Read More …
March 2025: Greenberg lab undergraduate researcher Dania Jabbar receives UROP symposium award
We are delighted to share the good news that Dania received an award at the UROP symposium for her poster: “The Link between a cellular energy demand and inositol synthesis.” Dania is working under the mentorship of PhD candidate Chisom Onu.
February 2025: Vikalp Kumar presents his poster entitled “Cardiolipin regulates retinoic acid signaling-Implications for Barth syndrome” at the Wayne State Graduate Research Symposium!
PhD Candidate Vikalp Kumar presenting his poster entitled “Cardiolipin regulates retinoic acid signaling-Implications for Barth syndrome”. Vikalp’s work focuses on discovering the interesting interplay between retinoic acid signaling and cardiolipin. More about Vikalp here.
January 2025: Award alert — Brandon Opalewski receives WSU Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program funding to investigate the role of cardiolipin in cellular differentiation!
Brandon Opalewski, a junior undergraduate researcher in the Greenberg Lab, has received funding through Wayne State University’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program to investigate the role of cardiolipin in cellular differentiation. Brandon will develop a new cellular model using CRISPR-Cas9 to Read More …
