Welcome to the Cabeen Lab at Oklahoma State University!
We have 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. 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 so as to survive in a harsh world.
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!
The Cabeen lab was one of 8 labs at OSU to win OCAST awards from the State of Oklahoma in 2020. The three-year award will support our studies of a DNA-binding protein that is involved in biofilm...
Former Cabeen lab undergrad and now Accelerated Master's student William Colton is a founder of a young company, Paldara Pharmaceuticals, that has recently won seed funding to advance its research...
The Cabeen lab has won a MIRA (R35) grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to support research in the lab for the next five years. We are grateful to the students who...
Two undergraduate Wentz Research Scholars will join the Cabeen Crew for the 2020-2021 school year. Eliza Kent developed her own research project to examine how micropatterned surfaces affect...
Dr. Cabeen was featured on Episode 18 of the Pokes PodCAS where he talks with interviewer Jacob Longan about the novel coronavirus and other microbiology-related topics. The podcast was recorded just...