News & Events

June 2024: Presentation!
Noble and James both presented posters at the Trainees’ Research Day hosted by the PSP department at UC. James was also recognized for his outstanding poster presentation. Congrats Noble and James!

June 2024: New summer lab member!
Isis Atenea Ocegueda Medina, a rising Senior from Monterrey Institution of Technology, Mexico, has been selected for the 2024 UC International Global Research Experience Program. She will be receiving both a stipend and housing for her 8 weeks of research effort during the summer in the K lab. The K lab also received $1,000 to cover incurred research expenditures. Congrats Atenea!

June 2024: New summer lab member!
Hailey Harrell, a rising Senior from Howard University, has been selected for the 2024 AHA SURE Program. She will be receiving a $6000 stipend for her 10 weeks of research effort during the summer in the K lab. Congrats Hailey!

April 2024: Farewell!
Two of our undergrads, 'Afra and Dharshini,' bid farewell to the lab as they graduated. We wish you success in all of your upcoming pursuits. Farewell Afra and Dharshini!

April 2024: Oral Presentation!
Karthick was invited to give an in-person talk at the 2024 American Physiology Summit in Long Beach, CA.

April 2024: Presentation!
Afra and Dharshini both presented posters at the 2024 American Physiology Summit in Long Beach, CA. Congrats Afra and Dharshini!

April 2024: Publication!
Our manuscript on how the hepatokine ITIH3 protects against MASLD was published in iScience.

April 2024: Award!
Afra has received 2nd place in the 5th Annual Medical Sciences Poster Fair for her presentation, "Role of Endoplasmic Reticulum Metallopeptidase 1 (ERMP1) in MASLD." Congrats Afra!

March 2024: Award!
Afra has been selected for the 2024 Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award, the  2024 Lead & Grow Grant and the 2024 UPRISE Conference Award. She will be receiving a total of $1700 to help offset the cost of attending the 2024 American Physiology Summit in Long Beach, CA. Congrats Afra!

March 2024: New lab member!
Ashish joined the K lab as a postdoc. Welcome Ashish!

February 2024: New lab member!
Zoe joined the K lab as a PhD student. Welcome Zoe!

January 2024: Rotation student!
Anna joined the K lab as a PhD rotation student. Welcome Anna!

January 2024: New lab member!
James joined the K lab as a PhD student. Welcome James!

January 2024: Grant!
Karthick received an NIH R01 grant from the NHLBI.

December 2023: New lab member!
Brook joined the K lab as a lab manager. Welcome Brook!

December 2023: Oral Presentation!
Karthick was invited to give an in-person talk at the 6th Annual Mitochondria Symposium in Los Angeles, CA.

December 2023: Presentation!
Usha presented a poster at the 6th Annual Mitochondria Symposium in Los Angeles, CA. Congrats Usha!

October 2023: Oral Presentation!
Karthick was invited to give an in-person talk at the Department of Pharmacology and Systems Physiology Retreat in Cincinnati, OH.

October 2023: Oral Presentation!
Karthick was invited to give an in-person talk at the 37th Ohio Physiological Society (OPS) Annual Meeting in Perrysburg, OH.

October 2023: OPS 2023!
The lab attended our third OPS at the 37th Ohio Physiological Society (OPS) Annual Meeting and presented posters. Congrats everyone!

September 2023: Rotation student!
James joined the K lab as a PhD rotation student. Welcome James!

August 2023: Rotation student!
Zoe joined the K lab as a PhD rotation student. Welcome Zoe!

July 2023: Rotation student!
Chau joined the K lab as a PhD rotation student. Welcome Chau!

July 2023: Publication!
Our collaborative manuscript on adipocyte thermogenesis was published in Nature.

July 2023: Oral Presentation!
Karthick was invited to give an in-person talk hosted by the School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.

June 2023: Publication!
Our manuscript on heart mitochondrial proteome influencing cardiac hypertrophy was published in eLife.

June 2023: Presentation!
Noble presented a short-talk and Usha presented a poster at the Trainees’ Research Day hosted by the PSP department at UC. Congrats Noble and Usha!

June 2023: New summer lab member!
Chiara Girardi, a Senior from University of Trento, Italy, has been selected for the 2023 UC International Global Research Experience Program. She will be receiving both a stipend and housing for her 8 weeks of research effort during the summer in the K lab. The K lab also received $1,000 to cover incurred research expenditures. Congrats Chiara!

May 2023: Oral Presentation!
Karthick was invited to give a virtual talk at the Virtual Career Seminar Series organized by the Society for South Asian Heart Research (SAHR).

May 2023: Award!
Karthick was nominated for the best mentor award, twice in a row, by the PhD students in the department of Pharmacology & Systems Physiology at the 2nd Annual Kranias Symposium on Early Career Mentorship .

May 2023: Oral Presentation!
Karthick was invited to give an in-person talk at the OSSD 17th Annual meeting in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

April 2023: Farewell!
Three of our MedSci undergrads, 'Ani, Irene, and Meghan,' bid farewell to the lab as they graduated. We wish you success in all of your upcoming pursuits. Farewell Ani, Irene and Meghan!

April 2023: Award!
Irene has received 2nd place in the 4th Annual Medical Sciences Poster Fair for her presentation "Role of Inter-Alpha-Trypsin Inhibitor Heavy Chain H3 (ITIH3) in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)." Congrats Irene!

April 2023: Presentation!
All K lab MedSci undergrads presented their research as a poster at the 4th Annual Medical Sciences Poster Fair.

April 2023: Award!
Karthick was awarded a CoM Faculty Development Award ($4285.43) to attend & present at the OSSD 17th Annual Meeting in Calgary.

March 2023: Oral Presentation!
Karthick was invited to give an in-person short-talk at the 2023 joint Keystone meeting 'Metabolic and Molecular Mechanisms of NAFLD/NASH' running jointly with 'Fibrosis Pathogenesis and Resolution: From Mechanisms to Therapies' in Banff, Alberta, Canada.

February 2023: Presentation!
Noble presented a poster at the Digestive Health Center (DHC) Annual Scientific Symposium. Congrats Noble!

January 2023: Oral Presentation!
Karthick was invited to give his first in-person short-talk since the pandemic at the 2023 joint Keystone meeting 'Adipose Tissue: Energizing the Good Fat' running jointly with 'Bioenergetics in Health and Disease' in Keystone, Colorado. Karthick is also awarded the Keystone Symposia Early Career Investigator Travel Award ($1200).

December 2022: New lab member!
Usha joined the K lab as a postdoc. Welcome Usha!

November 2022: Farewell!
The lab gave farewell to our lab manager 'Simi' who was leaving for an Admin job at the UC SRS division. Farewell Simi!

October 2022: OPS 2022!
The lab attended our second OPS at the 36th Ohio Physiological Society (OPS) Annual Meeting and presented posters. Congrats everyone!

September 2022: Presentation!
Noble presented his first poster at the 2022 Heart Institute Retreat. Congrats Noble!

September 2022: New lab member!
Dharshini joined the K lab as undergrad research assistant. Welcome Dharshini!

August 2022: News!
Afra was spotted on the UC news article about her time in the 2022 UPRISE Summer Research Program.

August 2022: Award!
Grace has received 2nd place in the AHA SURF oral competition for her presentation "Isolation and Characterization of Lipid Droplet-associated Mitochondria." Congrats Grace!

July 2022: Publication!
Our collaborative manuscript on sex differences in heart mitochondrial function was published in Nature Communications.

May 2022: New summer lab member!
Grace Oh, a rising Senior in Fall 2022 from Biola University California, has been selected for the 2022 AHA SURF Program. She will be receiving a $4000 stipend for her 10 weeks of research effort during the summer in the K lab. Congrats Grace!

May 2022: Award!
Karthick was nominated for the best mentor award by the PhD students in the department of Pharmacology & Systems Physiology at the Inagural Annual Kranias Symposium on Early Career Mentorship .

April 2022: Presentation!
Meghan presented her first poster at the 3rd Annual Medical Sciences Poster Fair. Congrats Meghan!

March 2022: Award!
Karthick was nominated for an award by Ani for positively affecting her career!!! Karthick received a medal of honor from Ani!

March 2022: Award!
Afra has been selected for the 2022 UPRISE Summer Research Program. She will be receiving a $4500 stipend for her 12 weeks of research effort during the summer. Congrats Afra!

March 2022: New lab member!
Noble joined the K lab as a postdoc. Welcome Noble!

February 2022: The K lab has turned one!
It has been a year since we started our lab. We have had several ups and few downs despite a pandemic. Hope we do more in our 2nd year and beyond.

January 2022: New lab members!
Afra and Shaurya joined the K lab as undergrad research assistants. Welcome Afra and Shaurya!

October 2021: Publication!
Our manuscript on sex differences in adipose mitochondrial function was published in Nature Metabolism.

September 2021: OPS 2021!
The lab presented our first poster at the 35th Ohio Physiological Society (OPS) Annual Meeting. Congrats everyone!

September 2021: New lab member!
Meghan joins the K lab as a undergrad research assistant. Welcome Meghan!

July 2021: Award!
Ani has been selected for the Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award. She will be receiving $700 to help offset the cost of research supplies. Congrats Ani!

June 2021: New lab member!
Irene joined the K lab as a undergrad research assistant. Welcome Irene!

April 2021: New lab member!
Ani joined the K lab as an undergrad research assistant. Welcome Ani!

April 2021: New lab member!
Simi joined the K lab as a lab manager. Welcome Simi!

February 2021: Grant!
Karthick received an NIH K99/R00 Pathway-to-Independence Award from the NIDDK.

February 2021: The K lab is officially open for business!
Karthick became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Systems Physiology at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.