Oklahoma City, OK – The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation hosted the first international Lupus genetics conference on September 8-9. Although scientists have been using modern approaches to study the genetics of Lupus for the past ten years, there has never been a formal meeting dedicated to the subject. This meeting was meant to facilitate meetings […]
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OMRF SCIENTISTS RECEIVE MORE THAN $21 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR FY 2001
Oklahoma City, OK – The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) received $21,243,010 in extramural funding for fiscal year 2001. The more than $21 million represents a 20.1% increase over FY 2000, when OMRF scientists received $17.7 million in extramural funding. Extramural funding, or grants from federal agencies such as the NIH and National Science Foundation […]
OMRF Researchers Receive $384,900 in State Grants
Oklahoma City, OK – Two researchers at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) have been awarded grants by the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST). Dr. William A. Sibley, president of OCAST, presented OMRF with a certificate of achievement to recognize OMRF’s success in receiving OCAST grants. Dr. Morris Reichlin, Vice […]
OMRF Researchers Design Newest Generation of “Inhibitors” for Alzheimer’s Enzyme
Oklahoma City, OK – Researchers at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and the University of Illinois at Chicago have designed and synthesized highly potent inhibitor compounds that could lead to an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease. The work was reported in the American Chemical Society’s Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Jordan Tang, Ph.D., head of the […]
Foundation Names Fleming and Foundation Scholars for Summer of 2001
Oklahoma City, OK – Twelve students have been named Sir Alexander Fleming Scholars by the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. Additionally, four teachers have named as Foundation scholars. Since 1959, seven to ten students a year are named Fleming Scholars in honor of Sir Alexander Fleming, the scientist who discovered penicillin and, in 1949, dedicated OMRF. […]
OMRF Scientist Receives $65,000 Grant from Mallinckrodt Foundation
Oklahoma City, OK – Ute Hochgeschwender, M.D. has received a $65,000 research grant from the Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation. Dr. Hochgeschwender, an Associate Member of OMRF’s Developmental Biology program, will use the grant to continue studying the genetics of obesity. The Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation, based in St. Louis, Missouri, annually funds worthy projects in […]
