When the space shuttle Columbia broke apart above Texas on Saturday morning, the lives of seven astronauts were not all that was lost. As the craft disintegrated, so did the efforts of dozens of scientists whose work was aboard the Columbia. Dr. Allen Edmundson, head of the crystallography research program at the Oklahoma Medical Research […]
Oklahoma Scientist’s Work Was Another Casualty of Space Shuttle Disaster
OMRF Surpasses $20 Million in 2002 National Institutes of Health Grants
The National Institutes of Health awarded $20.7 million in research grants to the scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation in 2002. This represents a 31.8% leap from 2001, when OMRF scientists secured a then-record $15.7 million in NIH funds. Over the past four years, the foundation’s NIH funding has nearly tripled – from $7.76 […]
Zarrow Gift to Fund State’s First Small Animal MRI Facility
OMRF announced today that it has received a substantial gift from Henry Zarrow. “There are few people who have given so much back to this state as Henry Zarrow,” said OMRF president Dr. J. Donald Capra. “For many years his generosity has touched every corner of Oklahoma. We at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation are […]
Bachelor’s Club Christmas Ball to Benefit OMRF
On Saturday, December 21, the Bachelor’s Club of Oklahoma City will hold its 57th annual Christmas Ball. All charitable proceeds from the black-tie event, which will take place at 8:00 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Oklahoma City Marriott, will benefit Alzheimer’s research at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. “We at the Oklahoma Medical […]
Sestak Receives Inaugural Abbott Scholar Award
An Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist is one of three young physician-researchers in the nation to receive the first Abbott Scholar Award in Rheumatology. Dr. Andrea Sestak, 35, a research assistant member in the Arthritis and Immunology Research Program at OMRF, was chosen from more than 200 applicants for the award, which provides grant support […]
Fleming Program Rewarding for Student Researchers
They dealt with such things as anti-phospholipid syndrome and crystallization of antibody fragments, but nearly blew up a microwave and soaked an apartment floor with excess soap from the dishwasher. Over all, it was a great summer. So say three Tulsa-area students who spent two months of their summer vacation as Sir Alexander Fleming Scholars […]
