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OMRF receives $1.4 million to study cell division

March 25, 2021

OMRF scientist Dean Dawson received a four-year grant to study chromosomes and the cellular processes that organize them during cell division.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: aneuploidy, birth defects, chromosome, chromosomes, dawson, Dean, funding, grant, NIGMS, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, scientist-news

High school student joins OMRF genetic research team

March 2, 2021

At OMRF, OSSM senior Kevin Nguyen is studying MPS1, a gene discovered to be a “master regulator” of cell division.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: bench, cellular, Classen, CRISPR, dawson, Dean, genetics, high school, kevin, molecular, news, newsok, nguyen, nsf, OKC, Oklahoma City, oklahoma mediacal research foundation, oklahoma school of science and mathematics, OMRF, OSSM, research, scientist-news, stem, student

Grant renewals bring $14.2 million to OMRF programs

September 15, 2014

Awards will fund research in cancer, heart disease, lupus and other areas

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alvin Chang Chair, Chen, dawson, Dean, Gaffney, grant renewals, grants, Kincade, McEver, National Institutes of Health, NIH, patrick, rodger, scientist-news

“Master regulator” genes could become anti-cancer targets

February 5, 2013

New research in basic cell division leads to understanding of tumor origins.

Filed Under: Diseases, Featured News, News, Research News Tagged With: basic science, birth defects, cancer, cell division, cellular winch, chromosomes, dawson, Dean, dean dawson, Gary, genes, genetics, Gorbsky, IPL1, master regulator, MPS1, Regis Meyer, scientist-news, tumor

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