fall 2023
Ankit, Renan, and James go to Ithaca for the Cornell Intercampus Symposium on Metabolic Health and Nutrition. James and Ankit give talks while Renan dazzles with a poster. Great visit to upstate NY in the fall and making new connections.
summer 2023
The lab welcomes visiting summer undergraduate student Tint Tha Ra Wun from Smith College.
James delivers a talk and reconnects with old friends and colleagues at the ADA Scientific Sessions in San Diego.
We bid Kou (Ang) Li best wishes as he starts medical school this summer at Eastern Virginia Medical School. Congratulations Kou!
Congratulations to Edwin on his promotion to Instructor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology!
april 2023
The lab welcomes postdoctoral fellow Renan from the Federal University of Ceara. Congratulations to Renan on his AHA postdoctoral fellowship!
March 2023
Alfonso’s paper on beta cell heterogeneity and type 2 diabetes has been published in Nature Cell Biology. Read the news story.
february 2023
James has been elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI). He will attend the annual meeting in Chicago this April.
November 2022
Deanndria joins the lab as a research technician from Cornell University in Ithaca. Welcome Deanndria!
Eric and James presenting at the CZI Single Cell Biology Meeting in San Jose.
september 2022
Congratulations to Ankit for being awarded an ADA postdoctoral fellowship!
summer 2022
James receives an AHA Transformational Project Award. Thanks to the AHA for their support!
We welcome summer undergraduate students Tricia Curtin (Notre Dame), Ruby Berger (Cornell), and Maya Johnson (University of Chicago) to the lab.
Edwin is appointed on a cardiology T32 training grant. Congratulations Edwin!
We welcome Anthony Pettinato (MD/PhD student from U. Conn - Travis Hinson’s lab) to the lab for a research rotation.
spring 2022
We bid farewell to postdoctoral fellows Alfonso Rubio-Navarro and Moritz Reiterer. Had a great time celebrating at a Spanish and German restaurant. You guys will be sorely missed. Look forward to what you will accomplish next.
february 2022
We welcome Sruthi Ramaraju to the lab as a visiting medical student from the Imperial College of London.
december 2021
Lisa found out that her application for an AHA postdoctoral fellowship has been successful! Congratulations Lisa!
september 2021
Moritz’s paper on hyperglycemia in acute Covid infection and adipose is published in Cell Metabolism. Read the story from the WCM Newsroom. Featured in Science News and talked about in the context of Long Covid in Health Digest.
Moritz presents his work to a live audience at WCM’s postdoc research day.
Moritz presenting in Uris auditorium.
june 2021
The lab welcomes cardiology fellow Edwin Homan from New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center. Edwin is a recipient of the Glorney-Raisbeck Fellowship Award In Cardiovascular Diseases. Congratulations to Edwin.
The lab welcomes Kou Ang Li who is coming from Amherst College and joining the lab as a research technician. Welcome Kou!
The lab welcomes summer intern Nicholas Couchara from Cornell University. Welcome Nicholas!
may 2021
James is promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine. Big thanks to all the current and past lab members, collaborators, WCM leadership, and funding agencies for the support.
Boris finishes in the lab and will start medical school at the University of Miami this summer. Congratulations to Boris.
MArch 2021
James receives the Irma T. Hirschl Career Scientist Award. Thanks to the Hirschl and Weill-Caulier Trust for their support!
DEcember 2020
The lab welcomes postdoctoral fellow Eric Cortada from the University of Girona.
november 2020
The lab welcomes postdoctoral fellow Moritz Reiterer from the University of Cambridge.
September 2020
Ankit Gilani won first place for his oral presentation during WCM’s Postdoc Research Day 2020. Congratulations Ankit!
july 2020
Nicolás starts the next chapter as an internal medicine resident on the Medical Research Track at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
María starts her next chapter as a cardiology fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard.
Congratulations to both Nicolás and María! Wish the two of you continued success.
april 2020
The lab will receive a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to study inflammation in heart disease. Read about it and other projects here.
January 2020
We welcome Mindy Hugo and Nathalia Montoya-Oviedo to the lab. Mindy is a rotating Pharmacology PhD student. Nathalia is a visiting medical student from Colombia.
We have been awarded an R01 grant from the NIH/NIDDK!
december 2019
The lab welcomes postdoctoral fellow Ankit Gilani from NY Medical College.
Boris Yang is coming from the University of Virginia and joining the lab as a research technician. Welcome Boris!
Lots of fun and merriment at Bierhaus where we had our traditional end of year holiday dinner.
november 2019
Nicolas’ paper on adipsin and prevention of beta cell failure in type 2 diabetes is published in Nature Medicine. Read the story from the WCM Newsroom.
Welcome to Riley Hughes, a first year pharmacology PhD student, as he starts his rotation in the lab.
october 2019
Lab welcomes Lunkun Ma who joins from Chongqing University as a visiting graduate student. Lunkun is supported by a CSC fellowship.
James gives a talk at the Cornell Precision Nutrition Symposium that he co-organized. Read the story here.
August 2019
Emily Liu joins the lab as an intern. Welcome Emily!
July 2019
The lab is awarded a Feldstein Medical Foundation award. Thanks to the FMF for its support.
June 2019
Welcome summer students Ali Abdelati and Ruby Berger to the lab.
Welcome to Annalyn Brown as she starts her summer rotation in the lab.
Lab welcomes Yeonsoo Kum who is joining as a research technician.
January 2018
Nicolas received a postdoctoral fellowship from the American Diabetes Association. Congrats Nico!
November 2016
James was named a Gilead Sciences Research Scholar in Cardiovascular Diseases
september 2017
James was featured in the Weill Cornell Graduate School newsletter WorthWeill.
April 2016
James won a Young Physician-Scientist Award from the American Society of Clinical Investigation.
