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Our summer scholars are wrapping up their time in the labs and will present their summer research next week! 🔬🧬⭐

Last week, we celebrated our loyal donors who give to OMRF each year with an up-close-and-personal look at our research! Thank you to our loyal donors for your continuous support!

The new research centers on chromosomes, thread-like structures found in the center of living cells. Containing tight coils of DNA, chromosomes carry genetic information. Read more: omrf.org/new-omrf-findi…

In a few weeks, we will celebrate 70 years of our Sir Alexander Fleming Scholar program at our reunion event! We invite all past summer scholars to join us July 16 to celebrate this incredible milestone with scholars from across the generations. ⭐ omrf.org/training-outre…

Last night we celebrated our loyal donors who support and give to OMRF year after year! We invited them for an up-close and personal look at some of the research that is taking place right here at OMRF to thank them for their generous support. 🩵

Last night we celebrated our loyal donors who support and give to OMRF year after year! We invited them for an up-close and personal look at some of the research that is taking place right here at OMRF to thank them for their generous support. 🩵

Lee lab @ChiFungLeePhD participating Loyal donor event @OMRF with @keatonminor by presenting our heart research

Jon Xia graduated from the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics in 2006, then spent that summer at OMRF as a Fleming Scholar. The experience, he said, ignited his passion for research – but so did growing up around his dad, OMRF's Dr. Lijun Xia. omrf.org/like-father-li…

OMRF's Aging & Metabolism Research Program Chair Dr. Benjamin Miller challenged employees to try an alternate mode of transportation for their commute! 🏃🚲🚶🛼 Runners, bikers, walkers and skaters started their morning with movement and treats before beginning the workday!

Thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, OMRF's Dr. Matlock Jeffries will investigate why osteoarthritis develops and progresses differently from person to person. Read more: omrf.org/omrf-scientist…

Having a great time @FASEBorg NAD metabolism meeting in Florida with @PESzybowska @HinaLateef, who got talks and travel awards too. @OMRF @OUHSC_GPiBS @AnnChiaoPhD

@_BrightFocus has awarded a pair of grants to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation: one to study Alzheimer’s disease, the other to investigate macular degeneration. Read more: omrf.org/omrf-receives-…

June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month. 🧠 Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia, affects more than 7 million Americans. This number is expected to nearly double in the coming decades. Scientists at OMRF hope to change this trajectory.

The human body has responses in place to fight viral infections. However, a mutation in a single gene may alter the normal response and instead promote autoimmune diseases like lupus. Read more: omrf.org/omrf-receives-…

Last week, we wrapped up our spring Spotlight Conversations series in Ada hosted by The Chickasaw Nation and Gov. Anoatubby. Stay tuned to see where we will be headed next! 🚙

👏 Way to go!!!

Yesterday, we welcomed our new class of summer scholars at OMRF! We can't wait to see all the amazing things our Fleming, Langston and Saxon scholars learn and accomplish in the next eight weeks! ⭐

OMRF patients celebrated World MS Day over the weekend with creativity and community! 🎨🦋 Attendees created individual acrylic paintings of the orange monarch butterfly — a widely recognized symbol of MS awareness, hope and transformation. Read more: omrf.org/omrf-marks-wor…

Team @OMRF at AHA Heart walk

Celebrating #WorldMSday 2026 by giving our #MS warriors a creative space. Working -with soul and science- for a better future @OMRF