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Home - OMRF News - Archives for Willard

Willard

Rising Star

November Dr. Sarah Ocañas becomes Oklahoma’s first recipient of a $2.2 million early independence grant. Dr. Sarah Ocañas didn’t take the traditional path to becoming a research scientist. After graduating from college with degrees in mathematics and biology, she joined Teach for America, a nonprofit that sends educators to underserved communities. Ocañas was assigned to Texas’ […]

OMRF scientist wins rare grant for brain research

December 15, 2022

Victor Ansere is the first Oklahoma scientist to receive the NIH Pathway to Independence Award.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: aging brains, Freeman, immune cells, microglia, obestiy, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, plasma, scientist-news, victor ansere, Willard

Midshipmen complete Saxon research program at OMRF

August 24, 2022

Chemistry majors learn research skills during internship

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Freeman, Lorin Olson, naval academy, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, Saxon program, scientist-news, U.S. Naval Academy, Willard

OMRF scientists develop technique to aid brain research

May 10, 2022

Researchers discover how to isolate the brain’s primary immune cells.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alzheimer's research, chemokines, cytokines, eNeuro, Freeman, Journal for Neuroscience, microglia, Sarah Ocanas, scientist-news, Willard

New funding accelerates aging research at OMRF

January 27, 2022

Longevity Impetus Grants has awarded nearly $600,000 to two OMRF scientists pursuing bold ideas in the biology of aging.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: aging and metabolism, Ben Miller, Benjamin, Benjamin Miller, bill freeman, Freeman, genes and human disease, jonathan wren, Miller, news, Willard, willard freeman, Wren

OMRF receives $1.2 million to study diseases of aging

October 15, 2020

OMRF scientist Benjamin Miller received the pair of grants to study how to prevent muscle loss in older adults and other diseases of aging.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: age, aging, Benjamin, cell, decline, deficit, diseases, elderly, Freeman, funding, genes, genetics, grant, loss, Miller, muscle, neurodegeneration, news, newsok, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, old, OMRF, protein, research, sarcopenia, science, scientist-news, skeletal, stem cell, study, target, Willard

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