Cabeen Lab 2020
Cabeen Lab 2020
This is us in pre-COVID 2020. Go Pokes!
We have liftoff!
We have liftoff!
It is surprisingly hard to get everyone airborne at the same time.
The jump
The jump
It's harder than it looks.
Us with the Hargises
Us with the Hargises
We got to meet and chat with President Burns Hargis and Ann Hargis at a undergraduate research reception.
Late-night ice cream
Late-night ice cream
A Cabeen Lab tradition when at meetings.
GPID 2018
GPID 2018
The lab contingent representing us at the 2018 Great Plains Infectious Disease (GPID) meeting at the University of Kansas
Best wishes, Simon!
Best wishes, Simon!
We got together to say farewell to Dr. Simon Underhill before he went back to Canada for a great opportunity in biotech!
Lab tailgate 2022
Lab tailgate 2022
Football and alumni tailgates are a Cowboy Family tradition. Alumni came from far and wide to visit!
2022 Lab Holiday Party
2022 Lab Holiday Party
Happy Holidays from the Cabeen Lab in 2022.
Spring 2022 Semester-end Party
Spring 2022 Semester-end Party
The lab in the Cabeens' backyard garden in Spring 2022.
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This amazing video was made by undergraduate researcher Sam Shafer before she went on to study for her MD/PhD and do other great things in the wide world! Thank you Sam!

We are the Cabeen Lab.

Welcome to the Cabeen Lab at Oklahoma State University! Thanks for visiting our website.

We try to think big ideas about tiny little bacteria.

Because bacterial cells are so small, they often have to team up in communities to build colonies and cause infections. We study how they do that. They have to find the right foods and compete with other bacteria. We study how they do that. Bacteria also have to deal with stress in their environment, just like the rest of us. We study how they sense and respond to stress to survive in a harsh world. We are interested not only in the basic biology of bacteria but also how we can use what we learn to fight bacterial infections in human patients.

In the Cowboy spirit, we are committed to maintaining a stimulating, instructive, and fun lab environment characterized by teamwork and involvement in every aspect of the scientific process. We work hard and are proud of our large and active group of scholars. Are you inquisitive and enthusiastic? We are always on the lookout for talented students. Please check out the links above to learn more about our work and who we are. And follow us on Twitter (though we seldom post)!

 

 

News

News

  • Congratulations Dr. Khadka! Congratulations Dr. Khadka!
    15 Jul 2024

    PhD candidate Rabindra (Rabi) Khadka successfully defended his PhD thesis on July 15, 2024. Congratulations Dr. Khadka! Dr. Khadka is the last of the "OG Crew" in the Cabeen lab and is seeking a...

  • Congratulations Dr. Pan! Congratulations Dr. Pan!
    03 Apr 2024

    PhD candidate Somalisa Pan successfully defended her PhD thesis on April 3, 2024. Congratulations Dr. Pan! Dr. Pan is moving on in July 2024 to a postdoctoral position in Chicago. Her thesis covered a lot...

  • Adriahna Blackburn wins first at ASM regional meeting in Omaha Adriahna Blackburn wins first at ASM regional meeting in Omaha
    11 Mar 2024

    Undergraduate and Beckman Research Scholar Adriahna Blackburn took hope first prize for undergraduate posters at the recent ASM Missouri Valley Branch Regional Meeting held at Creighton University...

  • Pan, Underhill publish glycerol biofilm-metabolism work Pan, Underhill publish glycerol biofilm-metabolism work
    06 Mar 2024

    Senior PhD student Somalisa Pan and former postdoc Simon Underhill have teamed up yet again to publish work in collaboration with the Manjarrez Lab at OSU-CHS to showcase some of the biofilm and...

  • Bush et al. publish cell fitness work Bush et al. publish cell fitness work
    01 Mar 2024

    Former undergraduate Sid Bush is the lead author on primarily undergraduate research from the lab—a collaboration among 8 current and former undergraduates and former grad student Chris Hamm. This...