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That's a wrap for our 2025 Summer Scholars! 🧬👋 We are so proud of the work they've done in OMRF's labs. BIG THANK YOU to our summer scholar sponsors and supporters who make this opportunity possible for our students year after year. We can't wait to see what they do next!

Dr. Etchegaray says it's the high-fructose corn syrup in these sugary drinks to be wary of. Watch more on @koconews: koco.com/article/oklaho…

Look out, soda drinkers! 🥤 OMRF's Dr. Iker Etchegaray shares more about the impact sugary drinks can have on brain development on @kfor. kfor.com/video/oklahoma…

Meet OMRF's Ambassadors! 👋 As Ambassadors, these young professionals serve as the face of the foundation for their generation. By participating in special projects and selected OMRF activities, they function as goodwill ambassadors for OMRF in the community.

Dr. David Hughes has joined the scientific faculty of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation as an assistant professor in OMRF’s Aging and Metabolism Research Program. Read more: omrf.org/2025/07/17/omr…

Our last two Saxon program students Aaron Gu and Shawn Palmer headed back to the U.S. Naval Academy after three weeks at OMRF! They presented their work in Drs. Courtney Griffin and Hal Scofield's lab.

OMRF President Dr. Andy Weyrich gives an update on the threat to medical research funding. ➡️ Watch more from KFOR: kfor.com/video/omrf-say…

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Thanks to partnerships with organizations like the United Way of Central Oklahoma, OMRF can continue making discoveries that make a difference! Today, we had the pleasure of showing their executive team our Center for Biomedical Data Center – a project they supported.

The funding will establish a hub for studies into how genes are turned on and off and how DNA is structured and modified. Research in that center will focus on casting light on processes involved in cancer, reproduction and metabolic disorders. Read more: omrf.org/2025/07/15/omr…

New in @ExpPhysiol from Ben Miller @OMRF: Applying lessons from limb muscle disuse and ageing to better understand ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction 👇 physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/EP…

Got a sweet tooth? You'll want to read this! Recent findings by OMRF scientist Dr. Iker Etchegaray present the first biological link between sugary drinks, like soft drinks and processed juices, and neurodevelopmental issues. Read more: omrf.org/2025/07/09/sug…

We said, "see ya later" to another one of our Saxon students after her summer at OMRF! 👋 Hayden Ward is a U.S. Air Force Academy student who worked with Dr. Lorin Olson in our Cardiovascular Biology Research Program. Her research over the last six weeks focused on wound healing.

S1PR1 in cells of lymphatic vessels regulates formation of vessel valves & abnormal lymph node-like structures called tertiary lymphoid organs 📷 Xin Geng et al @OMRF in @JExpMed ➡️bpod.org.uk/archive/2025/7…

A serious digestive disease appears to be connected to lymphatic function, OMRF scientists Drs. Sathish Srinivasan & Xin Geng have determined. Read more: omrf.org/2025/07/02/omr…

OMRF President Dr. Andrew Weyrich made @okcfridaynews' list of Most Powerful Oklahomans! 👏 One of Dr. Weyrich's philosophies that makes him a powerful leader: “Decisions should be community-based,” he says. “I have an open-door policy, and everybody’s voice is important.”