The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation today formally dedicated a $15 million genetic research facility that will be among the finest of its kind in the world. The Donald W. Reynolds Center for Genetic Research will provide scientists with cutting edge technologies to advance understanding of DNA, factors involved in the regulation of gene expression, and […]
OMRF Dedicates $15 Million Donald W. Reynolds Center for Genetic Research
Kerr Gift Endows Chair, Puts Campaign Over $80 Million
A major gift by the Kerr Foundation has established a new endowed chair in cancer research and pushed the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation’s “For the Future of Medical Research” campaign over the $80 million mark. Just 28 months into the five-year $100 million campaign, OMRF has now received $80,023,950, according to Art Cotton, OMRF vice […]
2002 Scholars Selected
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has selected a record 15 Oklahoma high school and college students and four high school teachers to participate in its prestigious summer research programs. Students chosen as Sir Alexander Fleming scholars and teachers chosen as Foundation Scholars will spend June and July alongside OMRF senior scientists in foundation laboratories conducting […]
Esmon Elected to National Academy of Sciences
An Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist has become only the fourth Oklahoman in history to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences. After the Nobel Prize, membership in the Academy is one of the highest honors that can be accorded to a scientist. Dr. Charles T. Esmon, OMRF Lloyd Noble Chair in Cardiovascular Research, […]
OMRF Board Meeting Spring 2002
In recognition of her highly regarded immunobiology and leukemia research, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation named OMRF investigator Dr. Xiao-Hong Sun its S. Graham Smith Distinguished Scientist at the OMRF Board of Directors biannual meeting Tuesday in Oklahoma City. Also Tuesday, two longtime OMRF board members were named life directors and two distinguished Oklahoma women […]
Putnam City Junior Scientist Day
Although it is held year after year, the Putnam City Junior Scientist Day at OMRF is perpetually fresh and exciting. elementary, middle and high school students representing each of the district’s schools spend one day as “junior scientists” in labs throughout the Foundation. Their excitement and anticipation as they don their lab coats is almost […]
