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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

August 1st, 2022

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