Lab News

  • Dr. Blaze Selected for Cold Spring Harbor Metabolomics Course

    04/29/2025

    Congrats to our talented postdoc Bhavya who was accepted into Cold Spring Harbor’s highly selective and intensive Metabolomics course!

  • Dr. Cluntun Overcomes Flight Delays to Speak on Mitochondria at ASBMB Chicago

    04/12/2025

    Dr. Cluntun barely made it to his session at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology’s annual meeting in Chicago, overcoming flight delays and cancellations. He dashed straight from the terminal to the Multifaceted Mitochondria Interest Group, arriving just minutes before his presentation!

  • The Cluntun lab's 1st group meeting!

    04/10/2025

    At the inaugural lab meeting, Dr. Cluntun presented his strategic vision and goals, walking team members through the key projects and experimental plans slated for the coming year. The team then celebrated the occasion with a lunch, marking a festive start to their collaborative work.

  • Dr. Cluntun talks about lactate metabolism at the nutritional sciences seminar series

    01/22/2025

    Dr. Cluntun gave a talk as part of the Department of Nutritional Sciences Spring 2025 seminar series at Rutgers University.

  • First shipments arrive to the lab!

    01/29/2025

    The Cluntun Lab receives its first packages!

  • Dr. Cluntun's RWJMS Cardiology Grand Rounds Talk—Now Streaming on YouTube!

    10/28/2024

    Catch Dr. Cluntun's engaging presentation from RWJMS Cardiology Grand Rounds, now streaming on YouTube! In this talk, he reflects on his postdoctoral work, including groundbreaking discoveries in cardiac metabolism, and outlines the current research directions of his lab. A great opportunity to gain insight into both his foundational studies and the innovative work being pursued by the Cluntun Lab.

    https://youtu.be/xnbuA8wTJDk?si=XotdxW9B8PjRL7j8

  • New Preprint Uncovers Mitochondrial Lactate Pathway: A Breakthrough in Cardiac Metabolism

    10/9/2024

    This work represents Dr. Cluntun’s crowning achievement from his postdoctoral research in the Rutter lab, uncovering the direct mitochondrial import of lactate in cardiomyocytes, mediated by MCT1. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.07.617073v1

  • Cluntun Lab is Hiring!

    10/1/2024

    We are looking for an experienced lab manager (apply here)

    We also have multiple postdoc position vacancies (apply here)

  • Cluntun Lab launches at Rutgers.

    9/1/2024

    Dr. Ahmad Cluntun has joined the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. His lab will focus on pioneering research into lactate metabolism and its impact on heart function, aiming to unravel the cellular mechanisms of heart disease. By studying how the heart adapts to metabolic stress, the lab seeks to develop novel therapies for cardiovascular conditions. Dr. Cluntun also has joint secondary faculty appointments in the Department of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition as well as in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Hypertension.