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10th Annual Research Symposium

*Save the date - 04/11/2023*
 
The one-day retreat features keynote speakers, showcases the progress and developments of OCRID investigator projects and OCRID Core Pacilities and hosts a poster competition with cash prizes!
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OCRID 2022 Kick-Off! 

Celebrating 4 research projects and 4 pilot projects!

OCRID Project and Pilot Project leaders met with OCRID mentors, core directors, and the center director and co-director to discuss their projects and how they will be incorporating reviews and comments from the EAC into their research strategy. 
 
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News

OCRID Pilot Project Leader Awarded USDA-NIFA Grant

12/15/2022

OCRID Pilot Project Leader Obtains 2 R01s!

11/07/2022

Collaboration landed two NIH grants totaling 3.4 million 

11/07/2022

OCRID Mentor Dr. Tyrell Conway Working with Swiss Team Makes Health Breakthrough

5/18/2022

OCRID Investigator Dr. Marjori Makoni Recognized for Community Health Achievement

4/28/2022

OCRID Investigator Dr. Glenn Zhang Named 2021 Sarkeys Distinguished Professor Award Recipient

1/25/2022

OCRID Investigators Honored During Fall Convocation

12/10/2021

OCRID Investigator Dr. Peter Vitiello Assumes the Co-Director Position at the OU Health Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Health

11/12/2021

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Get to Know Us!OCRID offers a variety of core services and we are working on some exciting projects. 

dr. lin liu at microscope
dr. lin liu at microscope
Molecular Biology Core - Molecular biology approaches are utilized to understand the molecular mechanisms of respiratory diseases caused by respiratory pathogens, including, not limited to influenza virus, SARS-CoV-2, RSV, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The overall objective of the Molecular Biology Core (MBC) is to provide centralized services and technical expertise in molecular biology for CoBRE project investigators, pilot project investigators, and other investigators. The specific aims of the MBC are to provide services and support for 1) functional studies using RNAi and CRISPR/Cas9, transgene overexpression, and mutagenesis/deletion, 2) genome-wide gene profiling using RNA sequencing, 3) molecular assays including reporter assays and real-time quantitative PCR, 4) reagents for respiratory and infectious disease research including primary lung cells, respiratory viruses and bacteria, and 5) advice, consultation and training on various aspects of molecular biology and developing or adopting new methods as needed.  
dr. myron hinsdale with lab gel
dr. myron hinsdale with lab gel
Animal Model Core - The broad and long term goal of the Animal Models Core is to provide consistent care, experimental procedures, and husbandry that are important to the success of projects. Each promising investigator has limited animal experimental experience, but needs to verify in vitro findings in vivo. Therefore, the Animal Model Core (AMC) will ensure project experimental consistency, compliance with federal animal welfare regulations, and effective training of project leaders and personnel in animal experimentation. Dr. Hinsdale will serve as the AMC director, and along with technical staff, will provide basic services (e.g. Colony management and husbandry, biosafety containment and housing of animals, infection of animals and harvesting of samples for analysis, and pulmonary function tests). The current experimental animal models will be mice. The four projects that are proposed require mice to further verify in vivo findings arising from the proposed in vitro experiments. In project 1, using some remarkable viral strains, BALB/c mice will be used to determine the role of the human Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Matrix protein in viral infection. In project 2, influenza infected mice will be used to validate important host factors in an innovative in vitro respiratory model. In project 3, using a novel mouse model of acute lung injury, challenged mice will be used to mechanistically explore the exciting and potential therapeutic role of a unique protein on acute bacterial lung injury. In project 4, mice will be used to determine mechanistically the pathogenic role that specific chemokine and cytokine mediators have in acute lung injury due to influenza and to determine the pioneering therapeutic combinations for ameliorating this acute lung injury. In all, the up-and-coming young investigators of this application will be breaking new ground in pulmonary disease and gaining important animal model training to prepare them for promising independent research careers.The image attribution
Dr. Jerry Ritchey with microscope
Dr. Jerry Ritchey with microscope
Immunopathology Core - The specific aim of the Immunopathology Core Program (IPC) is to provide pathology and immunology support to COBRE and other Oklahoma Center for Respiratory and Infectious Diseases (OCRID) investigators. Services provided by the IPC include a broad range of pathology support including gross necropsy and tissue collection, tissue processing, sectioning of either frozen or paraffin-embedded tissues, routine and special stains, immunohistochemistry (IHC), immunofluorescence (IFC), and coordination of ancillary services (clinical pathology, bacteriology, virology, toxicology). Immune responses important in the development of disease are characterized by evaluation of cell-mediated immunity (ELISPOT, flow cytometry for intracellular IFNγ) and phenotypic identification of inflammatory cells within lesions (IFC, IHC, flow cytometry). The IPC will also coordinate with the Animal Models Core (AMC) and Molecular Biology Core (MBC) to assist investigators with humoral immunity (serology, ELISA) and quantitation of cytokine gene expression (real-time PCR) respectively. To achieve this aim, the IPC is staffed by three board-certified pathologists with experience in animal models and respiratory/infectious disease research and will recruit an experienced, extensively cross-trained technician. The IPC has the resources in place to serve as the foundation and a strong institutional commitment to ensure development of the IPC into a self-sustaining facility integral to the research infrastructure of OCRID.
dr. craig miller
dr. craig miller
Dr. Craig Miller, Oklahoma State University - CVM, is heading up a brand new 2-year OCRID Project entitled: Validation of a naturally-occurring animal model for SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Dr. Joshua Butcher
Dr. Joshua Butcher
Dr. Joshua Butcher, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University - CVM - Determining the Cellular Mechanisms Whereby Skeletal Muscle (Fiber Type) Prevents Influenza-Induced Mortality in Sarcopenic Obesity
Dr. Anthony Burgett
Dr. Anthony Burgett
Dr. Anthony Burgett, The University of Oklahoma Health Science Center - CoP, is heading up a new Pilot Project entitled: Drug Targeting of Oxysterol-Binding Protein (OSBP) for Respiratory Viral Infections
Dr. Avi Mitra
Dr. Avi Mitra
Dr. Avi Mitra, Oklahoma State University-CAS, is heading up a new Pilot Project entitled: Molecular Components of the two heme uptake pathways of mycobacterium tuberculosis
Dr. Sunil More
Dr. Sunil More
Dr. Sunil More, Oklahoma State University - CVM, is heading up a new Pilot Project entitled: Pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 and Klebsiella Pneumoniae coinfection
Dr. Yong Cheng
Dr. Yong Cheng
Dr. Yong Cheng, Oklahoma State University - DASNR, is heading up a new Research Project entitled: Understanding the Mechanism of Immune Dysfunction in a Cystic Fibrosis Murine Model During Non-tuberculous Mycobacterial Infection
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Dr. Marianna Patrauchan, Oklahoma State University - CAS, heads up a Research Project entitled: Two Pathways for Calcium Signaling and Virulence Regulation in P. aeruginosa
Dr. Veronique Lacombe
Dr. Veronique Lacombe
Dr. Veronique Lacombe, Oklahoma State University - CVM, heads up a Research Project entitled: The Role of Glucose Homeostasis During Respiratory Infections
Dr. Rudra Channappanavar
Dr. Rudra Channappanavar
Dr. Rudra Channappanavar, Oklahoma State University - CVM, is heading up a new Research Project entitled: Iflammatory monocyte-macrophages in age-related susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection
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