2011 – 2012 Research Forum Schedule
| Guest | Institution | Host | |
| Sept. 1 | NO SEMINAR | ||
| Sept. 8 | Dean Li, MD, PhD Dr. JJ and S.C. Batchelor Endowed |
Oncological Sciences and of Human Genetics Bioscience, Univ. of Utah | Lijun Xia, MD, PhD |
| Sept. 15 | Hai-Hui (Howard) Xue, MD, PhD | Department of Microbiology, The University of Iowa | Xiao-Hong Sun, PhD |
| Sept. 22 | NO SEMINAR | ||
| Sept. 29 | Len Pennacchio, PhD | Genomics Division, Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA | Patrick Gaffney, MD |
| Oct. 6 | James Handa, MD | Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, | Scott Plafker, PhD |
| Oct. 13 | Hideki Ueno, MD, PhD | Baylor Institute for Immunology Research | Susan Kovats, PhD |
| Oct. 20 | Mark Ginsberg, MD Clayton S. White Endowed |
Dept of Medicine, University of California at San Diego | Rodger McEver, MD |
| Oct. 27 | NO SEMINAR | ||
| Nov. 3 | NO SEMINAR | ||
| Nov. 10 | Margaret Bynoe, PhD | Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, New York | Linda Thompson, PhD, and Naomi Esmon, PhD |
| Nov. 17 | Tarun Kapoor, PhD Robert H. & Lynnie C.Spahn Endowed |
Laboratory of Chemistry and Cell Biology, Rockefeller University | Sarah Kim, Graduate Student |
| Nov. 24 | Thanksgiving | ||
| Dec. 1 | Brian Black, PhD | Cardiovascular Research Institute, UCSF | Courtney Griffin, PhD |
| Dec. 8 | Deborah Muoio, PhD | Depts of Medicine and Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center | Luke Szweda, PhD |
| Dec. 15 | David Goldstein, PhD | Duke Institute for Genome Science and Center for Human Genome Variation Policy, Duke University | Patrick Gaffney, MD |
| Dec. 22 | Holidays | ||
| Dec 29 | Holidays | ||
| Jan. 5 | |||
| Jan. 12 | |||
| Jan. 19 | Lorin Olson, PhD | Immunobiology and Cancer, OMRF | Stephen Prescott, MD |
| Jan. 26 | Farhat Husain, MD | ACI Program, MS Clinic, OMRF | Stephen Prescott, MD |
| Feb. 2 | Niels Schaft, PhD | RNA Group, Dermatology Dept, Univ Hospital Erlangen, Germany | Darise Farris, PhDLinda Thompson PhD |
| Feb. 9 | Roberto Pezza, PhD | Cell Cycle & Cancer Biology, OMRF | Stephen Prescott, MD |
| Feb. 16 | OMRF Scientific Retreat | ||
| Feb. 23 | Sarvajit Chakravarty, PhD | Medivation, Inc., Medicinal Chemistry Department | Stephen Prescott, MD |
| Mar. 1 | Nancy E. Kleckner, Ph.D. Dorothy Baugh Harmon Endowed |
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Harvard University | Michael Dresser, MD, PhD |
| Mar. 8 | Scott Keeney, Ph.D. Clayton S. White Endowed Lecture |
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Member and Professor, Molecular Biology Program Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | OMRF Postdoctoral Fellows |
| Mar. 15 | Paul S. Brookes, Ph.D. | University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry | Kenneth Humphries, PhD |
| Mar. 22 | Nicholas Dyson, Ph.D. D. Allan Harmon Endowed Lecture |
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School | Chris Sansam, PhD |
| Mar. 29 | Putnam City Junior Scientist visits | Rescheduled Hui-Ying Lim, Ph.D. to May 24 | |
| Apr. 5 | ORF CANCELLED | The Great OU Symposium April 2-5, 2012 OMRF Research Forum has been cancelled to allow attendance |
ORF CANCELLED |
| Apr. 12 | Susan S. Smyth, MD, PhD | Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Gill Heart Institute | Dr. Rodger McEver |
| Apr. 19 | Susan Michaelis, PhD | Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University | Dean Dawson, PhD |
| Apr. 26 | Frances Brodsky, D. Phil. | The G.W. Hooper Foundation, San Francisco | William Rodgers, PhD |
| May 3 | CANCELLED | CANCELLED | CANCELLED |
| May 10 | CANCELLED | CANCELLED | CANCELLED |
| May 17 | Dr. Frank Sacks | Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Dept of Nutrition, Harvard School of Medicine | Petar Alaupovic, PhD |
| May 24 | Hui-Ying Lim, Ph.D. | Assistant Member, Free Radical Biology and Aging, OMRF | Stephen Prescott, M.D. |
| May 31 | CANCELLED | CANCELLED | CANCELLED |
| Sept. 27, 2012 | Xiaoping Du, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. John J. & Sarajane C. Batchelor Endowed Lecture |
Dept of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago | Lijun Xia, M.D., Ph.D. |
| Dec. 6, 2012 | Brant Weinstein, Ph.D. | Vertebrae Organogenesis, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH | Courtney Griffin, Ph.D. |
| Jan. 17, 2013 | Kenneth Miller, Ph.D. | OMRF, Genetic Models of Disease, Oklahoma City, OK | Stephen Prescott, M.D. |
| Jan. 31, 2013 | Scott Hawley, Ph.D. – William H. Bell Endowed Lecture | Stowers Investigator, American Cancer Society Research Professor, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO | Dean Dawson, Ph.D. |
| Feb. 21, 2013 | Stephen C. Kowalczykowski, Ph.D. – Tom Garrard Endowed Lecture | Microbiology and Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA | Michael Dresser, M.D., Ph.D. |
| Feb. 28, 2013 | Sergio A. Lira, M.D., Ph.D. | Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Immunology Institute, New York City, NY | Lorin Olson, Ph.D. |
| May 9, 2013 | Robert Terkeltaub, M.D. | Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, UCSD, San Diego, CA | Tim Griffin Ph.D. |
| May 30, 2013 | Kang Shen, Ph.D. - D. Allan Harmon Endowed Lecture |
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA | Kenneth Miller, Ph.D. |
The Research Forums are held every Thursday during the academic year at noon in the Wileman Learning Center (except where indicated). Lunch is served after the seminar for the attendees. For more information or to receive email notifications please call: Donna Whitbeck @ (405)271-7392 or email Donna-Whitbeck@omrf.org. For schedule updates, please see the website.
- Ernest Huang/PharMingen Endowed Lecture in Immunology
- William H. Bell Endowed Lectureship
- Tom Garrard Endowed Lectureship
- Dorothy Baugh Harmon Endowed Lectureship
- D. Allan Harmon Endowed Lectureship
- Robert H. and Lynnie C. Spahn Endowed Lectureship
- Clayton S. White Endowed Lectureship
- Dr. John J. and Sarajane C. Batchelor Endowed Lectureship


