Lab News
March 2024
2024 Sustainable Laboratory Certification
Research laboratories have a significant environmental impact and the Alumkal lab is proud to participate in the University of Michigan Office of Campus Sustainability - Sustainable Workspaces Program.
Alumkal Lab UM Planet Blue Ambassador: Hannah Beck
Learn more about environmentally conscious initiatives and other ways to contribute to a sustainable future at the University of Michigan OCS website
July 2023
New Publication: LSD1 promotes prostate cancer reprogramming by repressing TP53 signaling independently of its demethylase function
Congratulations to Anbu, who led this work!
Additionally, please read the University of Michigan Health Lab blog post!
June 2023
Dr. Tom Westbrook graduates from Hematology and Oncology Fellowship program
Dr. Westbrook successfully completed the Hematology and Oncology Fellowship program at Michigan Medicine. Tom will soon join the GU Oncology group at Rush University Medical College. Congratulations, Tom! We look forward to all that you will accomplish.
February 2023
Dr. Alumkal wins 2023 Stephen Weiss Award for Excellence in Research by an Established Investigator
Dr. Alumkal was awarded 2023 Stephen Weiss Award for Excellence in Research by an Established Investigator in the Division of Hematology-Oncology at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center.
December 2022
Dr. Alumkal inaugurated as the Wicha Family
Professor of Oncology
Watch the inauguration ceremony.
See more photos of the event on our Lab Photos page!
Congratulations, Joshi!
November 2022
Dr. Kumaraswamy wins poster awards at UM Cell Plasticity and Organ Design Symposium
Congratulations, Anbu!
October 2022
Dr. Willam Storck named a Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator
Congratulations on this huge honor, Will!
September 2022
New Publication: Transcriptional profiling of matched patient biopsies clarifies molecular determinants of enzalutamide-induced lineage plasticity
Congratulations to Tom, who led this work!
Additionally, please read the Nature Community blog post and the University of Michigan Health Lab blog post!
August 2022
Drs. Kumaraswamy and Kuleape win poster awards at Van Andel Institute Epigenetics Symposium
Congratulations, Anbu and Joshua!
June 2022
Dr. Alumkal is named Wicha Family Professor of Oncology
Read the announcement from the Rogel Cancer Center.
Congratulations, Joshi!
April 2022
Dr. Kumaraswamy's review article published in Cancer Research
Great work, Anbu!
September 2021
Dr. William Stork awarded Cancer Biology Fellowship
Will has been named an awardee of the UM Cancer Biology Training Program Fellowship (NCI T32). Congratulations, Will!