Post Tagged with: "John Kopchick"

MCB Alum | Elahu Gosney Sustarsic Finds ‘Dream Job’ in Denmark

Zack Gerhart-Hines, Elahu Gosney Sustarsic and John Kopchick, Copenhagen, 2015

  By Elahu Gosney Sustarsic ’03 B.S. in Chemistry—Biochemistry and ’13 Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology—Biological Sciences My time at Ohio University with the Molecular and Cellular Biology program prepared me well for my current research. Specifically, the mentorship of John Kopchick, Darlene Berryman and Ed List taught me […]

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July 13, 2017 at 1:10 pmAlumni Research

MCB Graduate Students Present at International Growth Hormone Conference in Israel

Front Row: Alison Brittain, Dr. Reetobrata Basu, Silvana Duran-Ortiz, Dr. John Kopchick, Katie Troike, Mathew Buchman, and Jonathan Young. Back Row: Brooke Henry and Dr. Darlene Berryman.
Photo Courtesy of: Silvana Duran-Ortiz

By Dr. Reetobrata Basu ’16 “It is a great time to be in the field of growth hormone research,” aptly remarked Dr. Pinchas Cohen (President, GRS-IGF Society), as he opened the eighth International Congress of the Growth Hormone Research and IGF Society conference in the picturesque city of Tel-Aviv, Israel, Nov. 6-9, 2016. The conference featured […]

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June 19, 2017 at 7:26 pmResearch

Scientists To Study Therapeutic Properties of Natural Products, Including Cannabis

Dr. Shiyong Wu

From research staff reports Scientists at Ohio University’s Edison Biotechnology Institute, including faculty from Molecular and Cellular Biology, and the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department, have launched a five-year study of the therapeutic properties of natural products, including cannabis, in order to determine their effectiveness for treating medical conditions ranging from […]

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June 19, 2017 at 5:33 pmResearch

Biological Sciences Undergraduate Honors Thesis Presentations, April 21

The Biological Sciences Department continues its Honors Thesis Presentations on Friday, April 21, in Irvine 159. At 4 p.m., Corey Hayes, an Honors Tutorial College Neuroscience student, presents his thesis on “Brain Bugs: An Infestation of Pressures to Perform Among Pre-College Student Athletes,” His mentor is Dr. Jacob Okumu. At […]

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April 1, 2017 at 7:00 pmEvents

Ten Students, Faculty Receive Funding from 2016 Kopchick Awards

Front row: Student award recipients Yanyang Cao and Lydia Richardson.  Back row: Char Kopchick, assistant dean of students; student award recipients Sarah Benner, Nikki Meyer, Nathan Arnett and Austin Stevens; Distinguished Professor John Kopchick; student award recipients Samuel Kirkeng and Benjamin Colvin; faculty award recipient Amir Farnoud.  Photo by: Kaitlin Owens/Ohio Univeristy.

From Research staff reports Nov. 29, 2016 Seven undergraduate students, three graduate students and one Ohio University faculty member received funding for their health and medical research from the 2016 John J. Kopchick Awards. The program provided a total of $54,863 in grants and fellowships to advance research on topics […]

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December 5, 2016 at 1:15 pmNews

MCB | Interdisciplinary Faculty, Students and Alumni Among those Honored at Inventors Dinner, Feb 10

Executive Vice President and Provost Pamela Benoit, center, with inventors Stephen Bergmeier, left, and Xiaozhuo Chen, right. Photo: Kaitlin Owens.

From Research staff reports | Mar 10, 2016 Ohio University honored 78 faculty, staff and student inventors for work in areas ranging from drug development to environmental remediation technologies during an awards ceremony Feb. 10. The Inventors Dinner recognized individuals who had received a patent, filed for a patent or […]

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April 8, 2016 at 3:07 pmNews Research

Tri Beta Hosts District Convention, Kopchick Gives Keynote, March 19

Dr. John Kopchick

The Ohio University chapter of Beta Beta Beta, the national biological honor society, hosts the Tri Beta district convention for all  Tri Beta chapters to come and present their research. Dr. John J. Kopchick gives the keynote lecture on “Growth Hormone, Mini Mice, Football, Dirty Shorts, and a New Drug” […]

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March 1, 2016 at 7:30 pmEvents