Aging and Metabolism Research Program

The Aging and Metabolism Research Program at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (@OMRF).

[OMRF @OMRF]

As women hit their mid-30s, ovaries begin to experience chronic, low-level inflammation.

Two OMRF scientists are studying what triggers this inflammation.

Read more: https://t.co/vhx6Nawe6V

[Ann Chiao, PhD @AnnChiaoPhD]

Congratulations to my Research Assistant Professor, Dr. Kamil Kobak, for receiving the 2026 APS CV Section Young Investigator Award! #APS2026 #APSSummit

[American Aging Association @americanaging]

Congrats to #AGE2026 Early Career Scholar Awardee Laura Quijano Sarraga (@OMRF)!
Recognized by the #AmericanAgingAssociation, her research focuses on skeletal muscle aging and diaphragm fibrosis, with interests in Alzheimer’s disease and translational neuroscience.
#Geroscience

[Aging and Metabolism Research Program @AM_OMRF]

Congratulations!!

[Dr. Chi Fung Lee @ChiFungLeePhD]

Happy to share our new manuscript is now online @CircRes (https://t.co/ws0EIG5cB3), congrats @HinaLateef who led this to finish line, @keatonminor @AnnChiaoPhD @OMRF @BCVSearlyCareer @OUHSC_GPiBS @AM_OMRF

[Aging and Metabolism Research Program @AM_OMRF]

Way to go, Mike! @mjbeckstead

[OMRF @OMRF]

OMRF scientist, Dr. Mike Beckstead, hopes to make discoveries about addiction that will apply not just to meth but also to other drugs.

Read more: https://t.co/iLztyTr1wx

[Dave Hughes @HughesDC_Muscle]

The Lab had a great time contributing to this event and giving back to the wider community 👏🏼👏🏼

[Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center @OKNathanShock]

Don't forget to register for the OK Nathan Shock Center Mentorship Research Showcase! 📍 Where: Zoom 🕙️ When: March 25, 10:00AM (CST) - 1:00P (CST) 🔗 Registration: https://t.co/n2Y3Mx8TAz... For more information, visit https://t.co/Bmp3luE7gn... See you there!

[OMRF @OMRF]

For OMRF scientist Dr. Wan Hee Yoon, Rare Disease Day carries more significance than usual. It comes the same week that The American Journal of Human Genetics published his lab team’s discovery of an ultra-rare neurological disease.

🧬 Read more: https://t.co/wCMjlQqLI8

[Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center @OKNathanShock]

🧬 Registration for the Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center 2026 Geroscience Symposium is now open! Register here: https://t.co/pLKFEWRF7W

[Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center @OKNathanShock]

The Aging Gene Discovery (AGeD) Collaborative NSC Pilot Award submissions are due in just over a month! Don't forget to submit your application!
🔗 https://t.co/g2t9lFc2s2

[Aging and Metabolism Research Program @AM_OMRF]

Check out the recent publication in Nature related to the effects of sterilization on lifespan. Our own Michael Stout contributed to this report from an international team lead by Mike Garratt (University of Otago, New Zealand).

[nature @Nature]

Nature research paper: Sterilization and contraception increase lifespan across vertebrates

https://t.co/oMQkrBSozR

[American Aging Association @americanaging]

🌟 Meet the AGE Board 🌟
Spotlight on Dr. Michael Stout (@OMRF) — exploring how cellular stress and metabolic pathways shape aging and influence healthspan.
#AgingResearch #Geroscience #Healthspan #Metabolism #AGEBoard #OMRF

[Aging and Metabolism Research Program @AM_OMRF]

Alzheimer's disease 🧠research from the Rice lab . They have modeled how presynaptic inhibition by the amyloid precursor protein (APP) could be a key mechanism for preventing "runaway synaptic modification." @HeatherRicePhD

Read the full findings here: https://t.co/aFyT3IkNFW

[OMRF @OMRF]

Cellular deterioration in the brain begins long before someone with Alzheimer’s shows symptoms. OMRF scientist, Dr. Tommy Lewis, backed by a new National Institutes of Health grant, will explore whether this deterioration can be stopped. 🧠

Read more: https://t.co/dxY8E3V7jP

[Ken Humphries @Ken_Humphries]

New paper in the Journal of the American Heart Association @JAHA_AHA. PFKFB2 is essential for the heart's metabolic flexibility, regulating its ability to adapt to fasting and stress, and controlling protein O-GlcNAcylation. Congrats @harold_kylene!
https://t.co/luf89G7Wc3

[Aging and Metabolism Research Program @AM_OMRF]

Nice job, Ann!

[Dr. Chi Fung Lee @ChiFungLeePhD]

@AnnChiaoPhD discussed the roles of metabolism in cardiac aging @AHAScience @OMRF #aha25

[Aging and Metabolism Research Program @AM_OMRF]

So well deserved! Congrats, Arlan!

[Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center @OKNathanShock]

Congratulations to Dr. Arlan Richardson on receiving the 2025 George M. Martin Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award at #GSA2025 today!
🔗 https://t.co/4SxFLbWwEs

[Dr. Chi Fung Lee @ChiFungLeePhD]

Our own @OMRF Investigator @AnnChiaoPhD will discuss cardiac aging today at 418pm in room 210 @AHAScience #aha25

[Aging and Metabolism Research Program @AM_OMRF]

From our own Dr. Benjamin Miller's Edward F. Adolph Distinguished Lecture: Protein and energy metabolism: a state of flux https://t.co/6IrqBx1Y5K

[Aging and Metabolism Research Program @AM_OMRF]

Why do some people get massive gains from exercise while others see little change? 🤔
The M^3AX Trial is diving into the "Inter-individual Response Heterogeneity" to figure out how to maximize adaptations to exercise, especially as we age.
https://t.co/S3ZDqK8iHI