News
2022
9.5 Bahar (postdoc fellow from Rutgers/Princeton University) joined the lab. Welcome!
8.11 Another review paper on the immunologic regulation of BAT by Nicole and Kosaku has been published in Comprehensive Physiology (Editor of the special issue: Dr. Rana Gupta). Congrats!
4.25 The lab has received funding from HAIR Grant Program - American Academy of Dermatology (collaboration with Dr. McLellan). Much appreciated!
3.7 Our research paper on lipomas—the most prevalent dermatologic neoplasm—has been published in the Journal of Investigational Dermatology and featured in the Department of Medicine Newsletter.
2021
11.23 Kosaku gave a talk at the Boston University. The first in-person seminar in three years!
11.15 The lab has received funding from the American Federation for Aging Research and the Glenn Foundation for a project to prevent the aging of brown adipose tissue (BAT). Much appreciated!
11.4 Moin, a fellow in the Division of Endocrinology & Diabetes has joined the lab to begin a one-year research program. Welcome!
9.14 Austin started his thesis project.
7.27 Youlei (Yang's lab)'s farewel lunch party.
7.19 Megan started her rotation project. Welcome!
5.27 Alana has graduated from the lab. She published three papers and was accepted to the top ranking Yale dermatology program, despite the interruption of research activities due to COVID-19. Really well done. Congratulations!
4.12 Alana's preview article published in Nature Metabolism.
1.13 Kosaku gave a seminar at New York Medical College. Thank you, Dr. Schwartzman for invitation.
2020
10.6 Another review paper with collaborator, Dr. McLellan (Chief of Dermatology, Einstein).
Volume 1, Issue 2, December 2020, Pages 182-188
Single-cell transcriptomics in dermatology
8.13 Nicole started her rotation project. Welcome!
7.15 Alana's review paper published. Congrats!
The Impact of Single-Cell Genomics on Adipose Tissue Research
by Alana Deutsch 1, Daorong Feng 1,2, Jeffrey E. Pessin 1,2,3 and Kosaku Shinoda 1,2,3,*
7.1 "CD81 Controls Beige Fat Progenitor Cell Growth and Energy Balance via FAK Signaling" is out in Cell.
6.18 Kosaku gave a talk at Mount Sinai.
6.12 Gabrielle's protocol paper on signle-adipcoyte RNA-sequencing published.
Isolation of Adipose Tissue Nuclei for Single-Cell Genomic Applications
doi: 10.3791/61230
Gabrielle J. Benitez1, Kosaku Shinoda1,2,3
1Departments of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2Departments of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 3Fleischer Institute of Diabetes and Metabolism
5.11 Hannah presented her work at the New York State Science and Engineering Fair and earned the distinction of NYSSEF Honors. Congratulations!
2.23 Kosaku presented poster at Keystone Symposia Obesity and NAFLD: Mechanisms and Therapeutics.
With Shingo, the organizer and Kosaku's mentor.
2019
10.16 We invited Dr. McGee (Northwestern University) for a daylong NIH Grant-Writing Workshop. Thank you, Rick! We've learned a lot.
8.12 Gabrielle presented poster at Next-Generation Genomics Conference @ NYU.
7.8 Hannah from Elmont Memorial High School started as a summer student. Welcome!
6.22 Emily presented her work at the the international GENIUS Olympiad and won her bronze medal. GENIUS Olympiad is an international high school project competition about environmental issues. It brought together more than 1,400 students from 75 countries and 39 states. Congratulations!
5.10 Drs. Cannon and Nedergaard from Stockholm University (Sweden) visited Einstein Diabetes Research Center.
5.10 Ziv started her rotation. Welcome!
5.8 Lawrence joined the Shinoda Lab. Welcome!
5.3 Aoi and Gabrielle presented their work at Norman Fleischer NYC Diabetes Symposium.
4.1 Kosaku receives Pilot & Feasibility grant for innovative single cell mapping of beige fat.
3.28 Valerie joined the Shinoda Lab. Welcome!
3.16 Emily presented her work at the Westchester Science & Engineering Fair and won an award for Excellence in Medical Research. Congrats!
2018
12.19 A new collaborative paper was out in Nature. We identified a previously uncharacterized type of thermogenic fat cell, which burns mainly sugar, rather than the sugar and lipid (see News and Views). We contributed to the bioinformatic analyses.
11.26 Andrea started her rotation. Welcome!
9.26 Kosaku gave a presentation at Regional Obesity Forum at Columbia University.
9.7 Member page updated. Special thanks to Masako!
8.6 Kosaku is awarded a R00 grant from NIDDK.
8.2 Emily started as a summer student. Welcome!
7.9 Gabrielle joined the Shinoda Lab. Welcome!
7.1 Kosaku gave a talk at NYC Diabetes Meeting.
4.3 Aoi joins as the Shinoda Lab's first member!