Our Research
Protecting agriculture and food production starts in the laboratory.
Our world renowned research revolves around national needs in microbial forensic science with respect to pathogens of crops, forests, rangelands, animal production, wildlife and on food.
Utilizing a strong foundation to drive innovation.
IBMF is a multidisciplary institute across many scientific concentrations. Building upon basic scientific principals and incorporating gold standards with emerging, state of the art, materials and methods: our research aims to lead the new age of biosecurity research, diagnostic methods, and food safety.
Research Topics
Pathogen Detection & Diagnostic Validation
Rapid, multiplex, and validated diagnostics for plant, animal, foodborne, and vector-borne pathogens.
Genomics, Bioinformatics & Emerging Technologies
High-throughput sequencing, metagenomics, phylogenomics, molecular evolution, e-probes, curated databases, and computational tools for pathogen detection and characterization
Agricultural Biosecurity & Microbial Forensics
Surveillance, strain tracking, pathogen attribution, molecular signatures, emerging threats, and outbreak investigation.
Food Safety, Microbiomes & Pathogen Ecology
Foodborne pathogens, toxin-producing microbes, microbiomes, and host–pathogen–vector interactions.
Other Relevant Publications
Explore additional publications highlighting research in agricultural biosecurity, plant health, microbial forensics, crop production, animal health and environmental science.
- Rhizosphere-Mediated Effects on Winter Wheat Yield in Oklahoma and the Development of Diagnostic Probes Targeting Beneficial Microorganisms
- Description of Two Novel Nonpathogenic Tomato-Associated Clavibacter Species: Clavibacter seminis sp. nov. and Clavibacter quasicaliforniensis sp. nov.
- Rapid Detection of Human and Animal Respiratory Viruses Using Microbe Finder (MiFi®)
- Influence of Fire Frequency and Vegetation Encroachment on the Abundance of Ticks in Eastern Oklahoma Glades
- A Rapid, Cost-Effective RNA Recovery of Cowpea Mild Mottle Virus (CPMMV) Directly From PCR Tubes Adsorption for Routine-Scale Detection in Soybean