Recent OU graduate’s glaucoma research published in Nature Portfolio journal
Research conducted by recent Oakland University graduate Mathew Seidel through OU’s Eye Research Institute has been published in Scientific Reports, a Nature Portfolio journal. The study examines changes in a type of lipid, or fat, found in cell membranes (sphingomyelin), as well as an enzyme that breaks down the fat (sphingomyelinase), in human eyes affected by glaucoma. Affecting about 80 million people worldwide, glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that can cause vision loss and blindness. Seidel
OU researchers develop first high-quality genome for Caribbean long-spined sea urchin
Researchers in Oakland University’s Department of Biological Sciences, in collaboration with scientists from Duke University Marine Lab, the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and other institutions, have assembled the first high-quality genome of the Caribbean long-spined sea urchin, Diadema antillarum. Several OU students also co-authored the study, including Kenneth Hilkert, Stephanie Castro-Marquez and Walter Wolfsberger. The study, published in the journal Genes, provides an important new resource
Meadow Brook Theatre Journeys to the Wild West with The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Meadow Brook Theatre Journeys to the Wild West with The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Running October 7 – November 1, 2026, on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan “We haven’t done a western at MBT in quite a while,” says Cheryl Marshall, MBT’s Managing Director, “and we couldn’t be more excited to share this production with you for our 60th season!” Set in 1890, a young scholar from New York City trades his books for the brutal reality of the American frontier as he travels in search
