Skip Navigation

Oklahoma COBRE in Structural Biology

3D Rendering of a protein
Skip Side Navigation

Oklahoma COBRE in Structural Biology

 

Welcome to the website of the Oklahoma Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Structural Biology (OCSB). This NIH-funded center supports research groups on the OU-Norman and OUHSC campuses that utilize a structural approach to study important biological macromolecules, in particular, proteins or nucleic acids that are promising targets for rational drug design.

Structural biology lies at the intersection of many different areas of biological sciences and thus has the potential of impacting numerous biomedically important fields. The OCSB was established in 2012 with an NIH COBRE Phase I award (1P20GM103640-01) and a Phase II renewal grant (2P20GM103640-06) was awarded 2017. 

In May 2022, the OCSB was awarded the NIH COBRE Phase 3 grant (P30GM145423) which will continue to provide resources for investigators at OU, OUHSC, and other institutions throughout the State of Oklahoma for structure-based biomedical studies as well as guide the OCSB-supported core facilities to a sustainable future.

View the OCSB COBRE's publications on PubMed.gov.

Job Opening

The Laboratory of Biomolecular Structure and Function (LBSF) in Oklahoma City, which is part of the Biomolecular Structure Core of the COBRE, has a job opening for a Staff Scientist position. The candidate should be an experienced crystallographer. More position and application information can be found here.

New Equipment

The Protein Production and Characterization Core (PPCC) facility in Norman has a few new instruments available to users: a microplate reader, a sonicator, and an automated cell counter. More information about each can be found on the PPCC instrument website.

The Biomolecular Structure Core (BSC) facility in Norman has a new Formulatrix Rock Imager available to use for storing and viewing crystallization trials. It is equipped with UV imaging and Multi-Fluorescence Imaging (MFI) technology. More information can be found here.

Events and Dates

COBRE Group Meetings Spring 2023 will take place via ZOOM.

Monday, March 20, 2023, 2 pm: Wei-Qun Ding and Anthony Burgett presenting

Friday, April 7, 2023, 2 pm: Vijay Somalinga and Erika Lutter presenting

COBRE Seminar Series

Friday, April 21, 2023,  4:15 pm: Erica Ollman Saphire (La Jolla Institue for Immunology) - "Antibody defense against emerging infectious disease"

Location: National Weather Center, Rm 1313 

EAC Meeting

The June 2023 EAC meeting is scheduled for June 1-2, 2023.

Important COBRE Dates

RPPR reports are due: Friday, March 17, 2023

Central Region IDeA meeting: June 7-9, 2023 in Kansas City, KS