Join us this Saturday for the walk at the Scissortail Park in OKC to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer's care, support, and research! You can join our team here: act.alz.org/site/TR?fr_id=… Let's unite and make this event memorable! #Walk2EndAlz Alzheimer's Association

Join us tomorrow on the OUHSC Campus to hear from Dr. Tom Teasdale on “Mapping a Health Sciences Career Path in the Field of Aging”! See the flyer below for details!

It’s TODAY!! Come listen to a great speaker and enjoy FREE food!

One of our awesome mentors (and former GPiBS student!) received a grant from Alzheimer's Association! Dr. Sarah Ocañas from OMRF studying whether an estrogen boost can delay or possibly prevent Alzheimer's disease in post-menopausal women. Looking forward to your research, Sarah Ocanas, PhD !

We had a great time today at the #Walk2EndAlz! Thank you to everyone who joined GSA-OK in participating in this big event! More photos to come 😊

As an #ALZFunded researcher, I’m proud to be part of the momentum being built to advance Alzheimer’s and dementia research. Join the movement at alz.org/researchmoment…. #ENDALZ AlzAssocOKchapter Sex and Gender Differences in Alzheimer's Disease

Super excited to share my publication looking at DNA modifications, (methylation and hydroxymethylation) in different brain cell types! Big thanks to Sarah Ocanas, PhD Walker Hoolehan and all other twitter-less authors from Freeman Lab …eneticsandchromatin.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Congrats to Kylene Harold for getting this excellent study completed prior to her F31 fellowship submission!🤞 Loss of cardiac PFKFB2 drives Metabolic, Functional, and Electrophysiological Remodeling in the Heart biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Received a special handmade ornament from the Alzheimer's Association Oklahoma Chapter. A great reminder as we go through this Holiday season 💜 #ENDALZ

Fleming Scholar applications are due Feb. 1! 📣 Read why 2023 Fleming Scholar and The University of Tulsa's Andy Gamez-Rico found OMRF's summer internship rewarding even when experiments failed: utulsa.edu/biochemistry-j… 🥼🔬Learn more about our Fleming Scholar Program: omrf.org/fleming

Very honored and excited to attend the EMBO workshop on #Microglia in health and disease in Genoa, Italy! I look forward to learning the latest research in this field and presenting data from the Sarah Ocanas, PhD lab!

A pleasure to present at #EMBOmicroglia24 and represent the Sarah Ocanas, PhD lab! The amount of fascinating and exciting data/discussions was inspirational! Special thanks to the organizers Rosa Paolicelli Amanda Sierra @realFlorentGinhoux for making the trip from Oklahoma, USA SO worthwhile!

Thank you to Gerontological Society of America (GSA) for selecting me as a Nathan Shock New Investigator Award co-recipient! Congrats also to co-recipient Cristal M. Hill! It is a huge honor!

Absolutely fantastic time here in Niagra Falls at the Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Aging Conference! #CMMSRC lots of great science and great people! Big thank you to the organizers and to my mentor Sarah Ocanas, PhD for this great opportunity.

Great thanks from OU Neuroscience to Rachel Buckley 🐨🇦🇺🐨 of Mass General/Harvard for coming to okc to speak to our program!! What a great and informative talk on dementia, risk factors, influence of gender &more. Fantastic science! Sunghwan 'Justin' Ko Sarah Ocanas, PhD David Sherry Julie Humphrey

Jillian Cox, PhD Candidate for OUHSC Neuroscience, gave an amazing seminar presentation on "Sex specific alterations in microglial response to aging and amyloid pathology." Jillian is in the lab of Dr. Sarah Ocañas. Pictured: Dr. Ocañas and Jillian with her brother and mother.

Had a grand time at the 50th Annual GREAT Symposium! Got to participate in the Flash Talk Finals. I am thankful to have received the Provost Award for Outstanding Research for my oral presentation. Shoutout to Justin & Sarai for their awards as well!

Had an absolutely fantastic time at #AnchorAGE in Alaska! Deeply grateful for this opportunity to engage with excellent researchers and experience the beauty of Alaska as well. Thankful to have also received a poster award! Unforgettable trip indeed!

Grad students Jeffrey Schoen, JinYoung Park and Jillian Cox are learning from Marine Biological Labs in Woods Hole! 🔬 Each of these students have received OMRF Career Development Grants allowing them to continue their education at specialized trainings like these!

Honored to have taken the 2025 Biology of Aging (BoA) Course at MBL. Truly a one-of-a-kind experience to learn, grow, and connect with exceptional scientists. The knowledge gained, memories made, and friendships formed, will stay with me always! THANK YOU BoA, OMRF, & Sarah Ocanas, PhD!