Archive for November, 2015

Kopchick Awards Provide $87,795 to OHIO Student, Faculty and Staff Researchers

Fourteen Ohio University students and faculty and staff members have received funding for their health and medical research from the John J. Kopchick Awards. The program provided a total of $87,795 in grants and fellowships to advance research on topics such as obesity, diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases. The recipients were […]

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November 24, 2015 at 11:45 amResearch

Biology Undergrad Gets Kopchick Award for Obesity, Gene Expression in Mice

Caroline Wilson, Kimberly Kraus, and Emma Kessler pose for a photo with John Kopchick after recieving their John J. Kopchick Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Student Support Fund awards in Nelson Commons, on Saturday, November 14, 2015. Photo by Kaitlin Owens.

Undergraduate student Jesse Kowalski ’16, majoring in Microbiology with a minor in Applied Nutrition, received one of the 2015 John J. Kopchick Awards for research at Ohio University. The John J. Kopchick Molecular and Cellular Biology/Translational Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Student Support Fund provides up to $1,500 for undergraduate students working with MCB/TBS […]

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November 24, 2015 at 11:25 amResearch

Psychology Undergrad Gets Kopchick Award to Study Neurodegenerative Diseases

Caroline Wilson, Kimberly Kraus, and Emma Kessler pose for a photo with John Kopchick after recieving their John J. Kopchick Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Student Support Fund awards in Nelson Commons, on Saturday, November 14, 2015. Photo by Kaitlin Owens.

Undergraduate student Kimberly Kraus ’16, a Psychology major, received one of the 2015 John J. Kopchick Awards for research at Ohio University. The John J. Kopchick Molecular and Cellular Biology/Translational Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Student Support Fund provides up to $1,500 for undergraduate students working with MCB/TBS faculty and conducting translational […]

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November 24, 2015 at 11:20 amResearch

Biology Grad Student Gets Kopchick Fellowship Award

Debra Walter, Elizabeth Jensen, Alison Brittain, Ian Ackers, and Ashley Patton pose for a photo with Dr. John Kopchick after recieving their John J. Kopchick Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedical Sciences Research Fellowship Award. Photo by Kaitlin Owens.

Debra Walter, a Ph.D. student in Biological Sciences, received $15,000 as part of the 2015 John J. Kopchick fellowship awards for her work on :“Renal signatures of coxsackievirus infection and diabetes in non-obese diabetic mice.” Her faculty mentor is  Karen Coschigano Project Title: “Renal signatures of coxsackievirus infection and diabetes […]

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November 24, 2015 at 11:01 amResearch

Carroll Part of Kopchick Award for Microbiota Research

Dr. Ronan Carroll

Dr. Ronan Carroll, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, is part of a team awarded one of the 2015 John J. Kopchick Awards for research at Ohio University. The $10,000 award from the John J. Kopchick Molecular and Cellular Biology and Translational Biomedical Sciences Faculty Support Fund is for faculty for […]

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November 24, 2015 at 10:46 amResearch

Spring 2016 | Waitlist Set for ENG 1510, with Additional Courses To Be Added

Spring 2016 | Waitlist Set for ENG 1510, with Additional Courses To Be Added

ENG 1510 is an important part of an undergraduate’s first-year experience, so it is important for the class to be available at an appropriate time for each student’s degree plan. This year, however, many more students need this course for Spring Semester than anticipated, and additional courses are being added […]

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November 24, 2015 at 10:11 amNews

Intern Finds Herself at Home in Forensic Toxicology Lab

Mary Bouschard

Mary Bouschard ’16 walked into the Dayton offices of the Miami Valley Regional Crime Lab knowing she’d be the only toxicology intern. But she was following in the footsteps of another Bobcat, Jenna Silverman ’14. “They only took one intern in the toxicology section, and then they took two interns […]

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November 23, 2015 at 12:45 pmNews