delorme-axford lab at oakland university 

The Delorme-Axford lab focuses on identifying the molecular mechanisms regulating cellular autophagy in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Our studies apply a “yeast to human” approach of identifying conserved targets in yeast and expanding to relevant models of human disease. The long-term goal of the lab is to understand the multifaceted roles that autophagy plays in the cell and to develop new strategies targeting autophagy as a therapeutic. 

Recent Lab News

July 2025: Our latest manuscript has been accepted for publication - stay tuned! 

June 2025: Prof. Delorme-Axford attended and presented work from the lab at the Keystone Symposia on Autophagosomes and Endolysosomes in Whistler, BC, Canada. She also received an early career travel grant from Keystone Symposia to support her attendance.

May 2025: Welcome to Sarah Cook, 2025 OU SURP student in the lab! 

April 2025: Prof. Delorme-Axford attended and presented recent work from the lab at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.  

April 2025: Congratulations to Connor Jabro and Miriam Ibezim for successfully completing their Honors College theses!

April 2025: Congratulations to Emmanuella Avogo for successfully completing her MS degree! We wish her the best as she begins her PhD at Oakland University this summer.

March 6, 2025: Congratulations to Emmanuella Avogo on her Master's thesis seminar!

April 2024: Congratulations to Connor and Miriam for submitting their Honors College thesis proposals this semester and receiving Honors College thesis grants to support their research!

January 2024: Prof. Delorme-Axford receives a research grant from PCR Biosystems. 

January 2024: Welcome to Connor Jabro, a new Honors College student in the lab!

December 2023: Welcome to Sean McMahon, our new undergraduate research lab assistant!

December 2023: Congratulations to Tabassum Tasmi for completing her MS degree! We wish her the best as she begins her PhD at Texas A&M University in January '24.

December 2023: Prof. Delorme-Axford attended and presented recent work from the lab at the American Society for Cell Biology/ASCB Annual Meeting in Boston, MA.  She also received a travel grant from ASCB.

September 2023: Welcome to new graduate students Swaroopa and Emmanuella!

July 2023: Welcome to Miriam Ibezim, a new undergraduate student in the lab this summer!

June 2023: Prof. Delorme-Axford attended and gave a talk at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/ASBMB Interactive Mentoring Activities for Grantsmanship Enhancement/IMAGE grant writing workshop in Washington, DC.  

April 2023: Congratulations to Tabassum Tasmi on her induction into Sigma Xi and receiving the Provost's Graduate Student Research Award! Tasmi presented her research at the OU Sigma Xi annual poster session on April 5.

March 22, 2023: Hala Khasawneh presented her thesis work at the OU Honors College I.C.E. Festival.

December 4, 2022: Prof. Delorme-Axford gave a talk at the Minisymposium on Metabolism at the Lysosomes and Mitochondria and presented a poster at the American Society for Cell Biology/ASCB–European Molecular Biology Organization/EMBO Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.  

November 15, 2022: Prof. Delorme-Axford presented a poster at the Women in Autophagy 3rd Annual Symposium.

November 7, 2022: Prof. Delorme-Axford was an invited panelist at the WISER panel on Women in Science hybrid event at Oakland University.

July 29, 2022: Mina Khoshaba presented his summer research at the OU SURP symposium.

June 2022:  Prof. Delorme-Axford has joined the Early Career Reviewer Board at the Journal of Biological Chemistry (https://www.jbc.org/ecr).

May 2022: Welcome to Mina Khoshaba, 2022 SURP student! Mina received funding from the OU Center for Biomedical Research for summer undergraduate research.

February 2022: Prof. Delorme-Axford receives the URC Faculty Research Fellowship.

December 2021: Hala Khasawneh receives Honors College thesis grant!