Congrats to Sarah Colijn, Siqi Gao, and Kyle Ingram for acceptance of their manuscript on RIPK3 by Cell Death & Differentiation. This paper defines novel transcriptional regulators of Ripk3 and demonstrates that excessive endothelial RIPK3 expression causes embryonic vascular fragility.
OMRF Research Prize
Courtney is grateful to have been awarded OMRF’s Edward L & Thelma Gaylord Prize for Scientific Excellence. This award reflects all the hard work and creativity displayed by current and former lab members over the last several years…thank you!
New R35 Grant
The Griffin lab is thrilled to have received an R35 (Emerging Investigator Award) from the NHLBI to study “Protease-Mediated Vascular Instability in Development and Disease.” This 7-year grant provides the timeline and funds to do some truly creative work, and we intend to take full advantage of this terrific opportunity. See our OMRF press release […]
Gordon Conference Poster Award
Congrats to Chris Schafer for winning a Postdoc Poster Award at the Vascular Cell Biology Gordon Research Conference he recently attended in Ventura, CA.
OCASCR
Courtney is honored to have been appointed as Scientific Director of the Oklahoma Center for Adult Stem Cell Research (OCASCR) this month. This center is funded by the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) and distributes grant money for research, equipment, and travel related to adult stem cells and regenerative medicine. Our goal is to […]
New Postdoc
The lab is very happy to welcome Dr. Charmain Fernando as our newest postdoc. Charmain recently earned her Ph.D. with Dr. Steven Segal at the University of Missouri School of Medicine. Welcome, Charmain!
New AHA Fellowships
Big congrats to Melinda Wu for winning an AHA Postdoc Fellowship and to Siqi Gao for winning an AHA Predoc Fellowship today. We are so proud of you two!
Postdoc Award for Oral Presentation
Congrats to Chris Schafer for winning the Wei Cao Award for Innovation for his outstanding oral presentation at the 2018 OU Vision Workshop.
Griffin Lab at Vascular Biology 2018
Most of the lab members are just back from NAVBO’s annual meeting–Vascular Biology 2018. We had a great time exploring the new meeting site in Newport, RI. Melinda and Sarah gave oral presentations of their research, while Matt, Chris, and Siqi presented posters. Congrats to NAVBO on hosting another terrific meeting.
Griffin Lab on the move!
The Griffin lab moved in October…from the 6th floor to the 7th floor of the OMRF Research Tower! We are loving our new digs…stop by for a visit and to see our terrific views from the lab windows.