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Justin Korfhage

Graduate Student
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Justin Korfhage graduated with his bachelors of science in cellular and molecular biology from the University of Michigan, recieving the distinction of graduation with highest honors. He worked as an undergraduate researcher in Dr. David Lombard's lab, focusing on the role of SIRT5 in pediatric cancers as well as the influence of lifespan extending interventions on cancer development. Justin was awarded the Christine Psujek Memorial award for highest ranked undergraduate honors thesis stemming from his work in the David Lombard's laboratory. Justin subsequently entered the Cell Biology graduate program at the Yale School of Medicine. As a Ph.D. candidate in the laboratory of Dr. Thomas Melia, he currently studies the role of the essential autophagy protein ATG2 in cellular lipid trafficking. His work is currently funded through and F31 award from the NIDDK.

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