Faculty and student recipients of the 2018 John J. Kopchick Awards were honored at a ceremony Nov. 10 in Nelson Commons. Photo Credit: Hannah Ruhoff/Ohio University
Eight undergraduate students studying biology and chemistry received awards from the John J. Kopchick Molecular and Cellular Biology/Translational Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Student Support Fund.
The awards are up to $1,500 for undergraduate students working with Molecular and Cellular Biology and Translational Biomedical Sciences faculty and conducting translational medical research and scholarly activities.
Fifteen Ohio University students and faculty members have received funding for their health and medical research from the John J. Kopchick Awards. The program will provide a total of $75,984 in grants and fellowships during its 2018-19 cycle to advance research on topics such as type 1 diabetes, muscular function in older adults, cancer and bacterial infections. The recipients were recognized during a ceremony Nov. 10 in Nelson Commons.
Emily Davis, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Mentor: John Kopchick
- Title of Project: Identification of the Mechanism of Growth Hormone (GH)-Growth Hormone Receptor (GHR) Regulated Extracellular Matrix (ECM) Remodeling in GHR-Positive Human Cancers
- Amount: $1,500
Recipient: Maria Evers, Honors Tutorial College—Biological Sciences
- Mentor: Xiaozhuo Chen
- Title of Project: Inhibition of Purinergic Receptor (P2X7) Signaling Mediated Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) via ATPase
- Amount: $1,500
Delaney Geitgey, Honors Tutorial College—Biological Sciences
- Mentor: Darlene Berryman
- Title of Project: TGF-β Signaling Pathway and White Adipose Tissue Fibrosis in Bovine Growth Hormone Transgenic Mice
- Amount: $1,500
Kailey Gentner, Honors Tutorial College—Biological Sciences
- Mentor: Vishwajeet Puri
- Title of Project: Identifying a Novel Role of Fat Specific Protein 27 in Angiogenesis
- Amount: $1,500
Alyx Hazen, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Mentors: Ramiro Malgor and Karen Coschigano
- Title of Project: Role of Wnt5a Pathways in Macrophage Polarization
- Amount: $1,500
Gillian Null, Honors Tutorial College—Biological Sciences
- Mentor: Ronan Carroll
- Title of Project: Investigating the Role of DNA Supercoiling in Regulation of Virulence in the Bacterial Pathogen Staphylococcus Aureus
- Amount: $1,500
Julie Slyby, Honors Tutorial College—Biological Sciences
- Mentor: Edward List
- Title of Project: Evaluating mTOR Signaling in the Absence of Growth Hormone Action
- Amount: $1,500
Emily Trzeciak, Honors Tutorial College—Biological Sciences
- Mentor: Ronan Carroll
- Title of Project: Global Transcriptomic Analysis of Staphylococcus Aureus Intracellular Reservoirs Enabling Recurrent Infections
- Amount: $1,500
More information about the John J. Kopchick Awards is available on the Research Division funding page.
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