OK INBRE Research Foci

One of the most important aspects of the INBRE is the mentoring of eight promising new investigators in their research project endeavors.  Mentoring will be an ongoing team effort including the designated project mentors, but also the INBRE Principal Investigator, the Steering Committee and the External Advisory Committee.

The research projects will be supported for 2½ years.  

The Role of SOD-1 in Docosahexaenoic Acid-induced Cytotoxicity in Cancer Cells

Dr. Wei-Qun Ding

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Mentor: Dr. Doris Benbrook, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Sister Chromatid Cohesion and the Origin of Tetraploidy

Dr. Susannah Rankin

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Mentor: Dr. Gary Gorbsky, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Functional Signature of Multidrug Resistance of Bladder Tumor Cells

Dr. Igor Dozmorov

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Mentor: Dr. Robert Hurst, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Vaccine-targeted Identification of Fitness Determinants in the HIV-1 Envelope

Dr. John West

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Mentor: Dr. William Hildebrand, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Development and Screening of Transition Metal Complexes as CXCR4 Antagonists

Dr. Timothy Hubin

Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Mentor:  Dr. Daniel Carr, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Isolation and Structural Characterization of Marine Fungal Siderophores

Dr. Jessica Martin

Northeastern State University

Mentor:  Dr. Jimmy Ballard, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Environmental Reservoirs of Antibiotic Resistance

Dr. Cindy Cisar

Northeastern State University

Mentor:  Nathan Shankar

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

MRI Flow Study inthe Silicone Replicas of Human Carotid Bifurcation with Age

Dr. Jaehoon Seong

University of Central Oklahoma

Mentor: Dr. Rheal Towner

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation