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COBRE

Eureka Moments

The new millennium began with a bang at OMRF, as Dr. Jordan Tang, above, and his research team identified and cloned the enzyme believed to cause Alzheimer’s disease. Soon after, the OMRF scientists designed an inhibitor that stopped the enzyme in its tracks. The discoveries led to the development of an experimental drug acquired by […]

2020 Annual Report: From Bedside to Bench

First a physician, Dr. Lijun Xia has become a research star As a young physician in China, Dr. Lijun Xia treated people with life-threatening blood diseases. But few medications existed to help the people he cared for, and over time, the hematologist grew frustrated. “I wanted to do better for my patients, to give them […]

With new grant, OMRF researcher comes full circle

April 4, 2021

A COBRE grant help launch Dr. Lijun Xia’s career. Now he’s leading one for a new era of young investigators.

Filed Under: On Your Health Tagged With: basic, centers of biomedical research excellence, COBRE, grant, investigator, Lijun, news, newsok, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, on your health, research, science, scientist-news, Xia

OMRF awarded $13.1 million federal grant for metabolism research

February 4, 2021

The funding will establish the Center for Cellular Metabolism Research in Oklahoma and supports five junior researchers.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alberola-Ila, award, Bieniasz, cellular, Chi, COBRE, core, funding, Gorman, grant, Griffin, Jacquelyn, José, Lee, Lijun, Magdalena, McEver, Meng, metabolism, milliom, National Institutes of Health, NIGMS, NIH, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, Pengchun, research, scientist-news, Timothy, Xia, Yu, Zhao

Federal grant brings $13.1 million to OMRF labs

July 12, 2018

The award is part of the Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) program.

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$6.5 million grant will benefit cardiovascular research at OMRF

August 17, 2016

OMRF has received a 5-year NIH grant to continue heart and blood research.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: arthritis, biology, blood research, bowl, cancer, cardiovascular, COBRE, core facilities, Courtney, funding, grant, Griffin, Lijun, Lijun Xia, lymphedema, McEver, National Institutes of Health, NIGMS, NIH, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, project, researchers, rod mcever, rodger, Sathish, Sathish Srinivasan, scientist-news, Srinivasan, technologies, Timothy, vascular, Xia

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