We're showing our hearts some love this Valentine's Day with the annual cardiac climb! ❤️ Each year around Valentine's Day, we challenge our employees to climb all seven floors of our Research Tower to promote healthy hearts! 🫀

OMRF's Dr. Heather Rice studies amyloid precursor proteins and their role in Alzheimer’s. Thanks to a gift from Harrison and Elaine Levy, her lab will continue to advance this research!

Know a student who'd be a great fit? Applications are due March 1! ⭐

Learn more: omrf.org/2026/02/09/o...

This week, we celebrated our Comparative Medicine team for International Laboratory Animal Technician Week!

This year's theme, "Technicians keep research sailing forward," is a true testament to the hard work they do for OMRF! Thank you for all you do for research! ⛵

OMRF scientist Dr. Heather Rice studies molecules in the brain called amyloid precursor proteins. Faulty breakdown of these proteins creates plaques that are thought to damage neurons and cause cognitive decline as Alzheimer’s progresses.

🧠 Read more: omrf.org/2026/02/05/n...

A powerful new technology developed at OMRF could dramatically speed up the process of diagnosing rare genetic diseases.

Read more: omrf.org/2026/02/03/o...

OMRF is seeking a new HR Specialist with a recruiting focus to join the team! In this role, you will work closely with hiring managers to support full-cycle recruitment, help coordinate hiring activities, and contribute to a positive candidate experience.
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High-efficiency TadA cytosine base editors for precise modelling of human disease variants - Nature Biomedical Engineering A suite of TadA-derived cytosine base editors was optimized to improve efficiency, reduce sequence bias, expand PAM compatibility and minimize artefacts, enabling precise genetic interrogation of vari...

Our paper on TCBE-Umax is out in @natbiomedeng.nature.com!
We developed these high-efficiency cytosine base editors for zebrafish, enabling rapid functional testing of disease variants. This work is led by a talented scientist, Wei Qin.
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OMRF to study how exercise benefits older people with multiple sclerosis

Thanks to a grant from the Presbyterian Health Foundation, a pilot project seeks to answer what makes some people respond differently to exercise than others in older people with multiple sclerosis.

Read more: omrf.org/2026/01/27/o...

We warmed up before the cold came in yesterday with Coffee and Conversations! ☕❄️ Our philanthropy team invited members of the community to visit OMRF and learn more about the research we do for Oklahomans and beyond - this time we heard from Dr. Pardo, MS Center Director.

OMRF Scientists use grant to research joint replacement infections OMRF Scientists use grant to research joint replacement infections

OMRF postdoc Dr. Alexsander Szymczak will study why some are more prone to infection after joint replacement than others.

Watch more from KFOR: kfor.com/video/omrf-s...

Congrats to all our PIs who received grants in 2025! After the year of uncertainty for funding research, these are all big wins for our scientists! 👏🧬🏆

YouTube video by Oklahoma News Report Blind Cave Fish Could Hold Clues to Treating Diabetes

Go fish! 🐟 Watch more from our friends at OETA on how OMRF scientist Dr. Jaya Krishnan uses cavefish to study diabetes and other diseases: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIr4...

We are sad to report the passing of OMRF Director Brooks “Boots” Hall, Jr.
 
Boots served as Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President of Hall Capital. He joined OMRF’s Associate Board in 1987 and became an OMRF Director in 1994.

Parenting and running a research lab, says OMRF scientist Dr. Sarah Ocañas, means “always sacrificing on both sides.”

👩‍🍼 🧬 Read more in the latest edition of Findings: omrf.org/about-omrf/o...

From the latest edition of Findings magazine, OMRF scientist Dr. Graham Wiley traveled to the mountains of Costa Rica to unlock the genetic secrets of the resplendent quetzal. 🔎 🦜

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An OMRF scientist has received a two-year National Institutes of Health grant to explore the root cause of debilitating infections that can follow joint replacement surgery. 🦵

Read more: omrf.org/2026/01/05/g...

YouTube video by KFOR Oklahoma's News 4 Muscle and friendships gained during OMRF exercise study

If you're 60+ and one of your New Year's resolutions is to get more active, check out OMRF's exercise study! 🏃🏋️‍♀️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMfx...

With the four-year federal grant, OMRF scientist Dr. Swapan Nath hopes to identify DNA errors that disrupt a routine biological clean-up process called autophagy.

Read more: omrf.org/2026/01/02/o...

If your New Year’s resolutions include exercising more, an OMRF scientist has three words of advice: "Give yourself grace."

🏃🚴‍♀️🏋️‍♀️ Read more: omrf.org/2025/12/26/r...

You have until MIDNIGHT tonight to double your impact with a gift to OMRF! Thanks to a $300,000 match challenge, all donations double until the end of the year.

🩵 Give now! omrf.org?form=FUNXXVD...

Stillwater High School designated OMRF as its beneficiary of Pink Out Week proceeds in 2011. Students have since raised nearly $145,000, including $15,000 this year.

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Know a student looking for an internship in research? 🔬🧬 OMRF's 2026 summer scholar applications are open through Feb. 1! ⭐

Winter break is the perfect time to work on applications! Share this with them to learn more + apply: omrf.org/about-omrf/t...

All donations to OMRF are MATCHED through Dec. 31! 🩵 Double your impact and give today: omrf.org?form=FUNXXVD...

Whether you feel a bit like Ebenezer Scrooge this holiday season or you crave the good feelings that accompany generosity, the cause may stem, at least in part, from your hormones and the chemicals in your brain. 🎁🧠

Read more: omrf.org/2025/12/18/f...

Our newest edition of Findings magazine is ready for reading! 📖 For our special 35th anniversary issue, we catch up with old friends whose lives have been changed by the work from OMRF scientists and much more!

🥳 Read it now: omrf.org/about-omrf/o...

Discover savings with your donation to OMRF!

For every tax-deductible donation you make to OMRF, you can earn an Oklahoma state tax credit worth half that amount.

💰 Learn more + give at omrf.org/taxcredit.

All donations to OMRF are MATCHED through the end of the year!
Teaming to provide this year’s matching gift are Boeckman Ford of Kingfisher, Dale and Beth Matherly of Arcadia, Jake and Melissa Matherly of Arcadia, and a donor who asked to remain anonymous.
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OMRF is on top - again! We were ranked within the top ten places to work by the Oklahoman's Top Workplace award for our 13th consecutive year! ⭐

It takes everyone at OMRF to make a difference, and we couldn't do it without all our amazing employees!

You can't put a price on memories | Donate to OMRF Keith Miller and his wife, Linda, decided to donate to OMRF more than a decade ago, but their gifts became more personal after Linda was diagnosed with Alzheimer's…

You can't put a price on memories. OMRF scientists are working to protect them by studying Alzheimer's and many other diseases that affect so many.

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