Lab News

September 2024

Dr. William Storck wins Best Poster award at the 2024 UM Cancer Biology Program Retreat 

Congratulations Will!

April 2024

2024 Sustainable Laboratory Certification-Level: Gold

Research laboratories have a significant environmental impact and the Alumkal Lab is proud to be a Gold-Level Sustainable Laboratory by participating in the University of Michigan Office of  Campus Sustainability - Sustainable Workplaces Program

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!

Read the article here.

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!

Read about Will's project on the PCF website.

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!

Read the article here.

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

April 2022

Dr. Kumaraswamy's review article published in Cancer Research

Read the article here.

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!