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  • Katie Davanzo wins poster prise at Medical Student Research Symposium

    April 2nd, 2025

    Medical student Katie Davanzo has won the 3rd place poster prize in the basic science category at the Medical Student Research Symposium for her poster titled Characterizing KMT2D in Endometrial Cancer. Congrats, Katie!

  • Areebah Qazi awarded Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program fellowship

    January 11th, 2025

    Undergrad researcher Areebah Qazi has been awarded a UROP fellowship for her proposal “Interactions Between PI3K Pathway Dysregulation, KMT2D, and Estrogen Signaling in Endometrial Cancer".” Congratulations, Areebah!

  • Juveria Ali wins first place poster prize

    November 22nd, 2024

    Juveria Ali won the first place poster prize at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium. Well done!

  • MARTS 2025

    November 15th, 2024

    Jessica, Sophia, Juveria and Areebah presented posters at the Michigan Alliance for Reproductive Technology and Sciences meeting in Ann Arbor, MI. Good work everyone!

  • C.S. Mott Center Trainee Research Symposium

    October 25th, 2024

    Our lab members presented at the C.S. Mott Center’s Trainee Research Symposium. Sophia Agrusa, Areebah Qazi and Rayyan Syed presented posters. Juveria was selected for a podium presentation. Great job everyone!

  • Advancing Community Engaged Science

    October 1st, 2024

    The Wilson Lab has been awarded an internal grant from the Karmanos Cancer Institute Office of Community Outreach & Engagement, the “Advancing Community Engaged Science” award. Through this mechanism the lab will share our work with community stakeholders and involve them in our research.

  • Sneha Aradhya completes Biomedical Career Advancement Pipeline program

    August 5th, 2024

    Sneha, a sophomore student from Northvile High School, joined our lab for a 6 week research experience through the Biomedical Career Advancement Pipeline. She successfully presented he project “CRISPR/Cas9 knockout FBXW7 in endometrial epithelial cells”. Well done, Sneha!

    BCAP program for high school students

  • Areebah Qazi finishes Summer Undergraduate Research Experience

    August 2nd, 2024

    WSU junior Areebah Qazi participated in the 10-week Summer Undergraduate Research Experience through the WSU School of Medicine. She presented her project “Impact of ZFHX3 loss on endometrial cancer progression”. Congrats Areebah!

    WSU SoM SURE program

  • Juveria Ali completes Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

    August 2nd, 2024

    WSU junior Juveria Ali participated in the Cancer Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship and presented her project “Role for KMT2C mutation in endometrial cancer pathogenesis”. This project is part of our lab’s collaboration with KCI/WSU epidemiologist Dr. Anna Gottschlich. Well done, Juveria!

    Cancer Biology SURF program

  • Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program award for Amina Haq

    May 9th, 2024

    Undergraduate researcher Amina Haq was awarded a UROP fellowship for her project “Examining biomarker PD‐L1 expression in endometrial tumors during obesity.” Congratulations, Amina!

    WSU UROP

  • Master of Science in Cancer Biology: successful thesis defense

    April 27th, 2024

    Sanjeev Ganesh has successfully defended his master’s thesis titled “The role of ZFHX3 in endometrial cancer.” This is the culmination of two years of extensive work. Congratulations, Sanjeev!!

    Master of Science in Cancer Biology program

  • Medical Student Research Fellowship for Katie Davanzo

    April 12th, 2024

    M2 medical student Katherine Davanzo has received a Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship from the WSU School of Medicine. This fellowship will support a research project focused on metalloproteinase inhibitor 3 in endometrial cancer. Congrats, Katie!

    WSU MSRF

  • Poster award at CB symposium

    February 16th, 2024

    Congratulations to Saneev Ganesh, who won 3rd place for his poster presentation at the 13th annual Cancer Biology Graduate Symposium. Well done, Sanjeev!

    WSU News Story

  • Award for podium presentation

    January 22nd, 2024

    Sanjeev Ganesh was awarded an Honorary Mention award for his podium presentation at the Graduate Research Symposium. Congrats, Sanjeev!

    WSU News Story

  • Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program award for Rayyan Syed

    January 18th, 2024

    Undergraduate researcher Rayyan Syed was awarded a UROP fellowship for his project “Response of PIK3CA Transfected Cells to Tunicamycin and their Role in Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress.” Congratulations to Rayyan!

    WSU UROP

  • DMC Foundation grant awarded to Wilson Lab

    September 9th, 2023

    The DMC Foundation has awarded Michael Wilson, Ph.D., member of the Molecular Therapeutics Research Program at Karmanos and assistant professor in the Department of Oncology at Wayne State University (WSU) School of Medicine, a $75,000 grant for the study “Obesity impacts the endometrial cancer tumor microenvironment.”

    His team’s research focuses on immune cell populations associated with endometrial tumors and how obesity impacts both the abundance and the characteristics of these cell types. The study began on July 1, 2023, and is expected to run for a year, ending on June 30, 2024.

    Karmanos News Story

    WSU News Story

  • Poster award for undergrad research

    August 3rd, 2023

    Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship student Madelyn Maurer received the 2nd place poster award at the 9th Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium at Wayne State University. Congratulations, Madelyn!

    WSU News Story

  • Master's proposal

    May 24th, 2023

    Cancer Biology Master’s student Sanjeev Ganesh has successfully defended his Master’s thesis proposal. The project will focus on tumor suppressor function in the endometrium. Congratulations, Sanjeev!

  • Medical Student Research Fellowship for Jessica Long

    April 7th, 2023

    MD/PhD student Jessica Long has received a Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship from the WSU School of Medicine. This fellowship will support a research project focused on calcium signaling in endometrial cancer. Congratulations, Jessica!

    WSU MSRF

  • Founding of the lab

    August 1st, 2022

    The Wilson Lab was founded on August 1st, 2022.