Kopchick Lab

Growth Hormone lab at @EBI_OU / @ohiou 🧬🔬🐁

[Emily (Caggiano) Rieff @ecagg15]

First in-person @MDA_UTHGrad graduate school research day in the books! A lovely day of seeing amazing research and my fellow students, and even got to see a fellow Bobcat @KopchickLab_OU! Days like this make me sure I picked the right graduate school

[Kenneth Johnson, DO @DrKenDO]

Really enjoying John Kopchick’s growth hormone review and the story of his drug discovery that has impacted so many!! ⁦@OUHCOM⁩ ⁦@ohiou⁩

[Kopchick Lab @KopchickLab_OU]

So excited to be kicking off the @FASEBorg GH/PRL Family in Biology & Disease Conference here at @ohiou with the Keynote lecture by our very own Dr. John Kopchick!!

[OHIO Alumni @OHIOAlumni]

Ohio Today spotlights a story of extraordinary innovation, Bobcat connections and determination that turned an @ohiou discovery into a life-saving drug and record-breaking royalties for OHIO: https://t.co/zFPiaVeGUh. @OUHCOM @OHIOPattonCOE @KopchickLab_OU @Lumos_Pharma

[Kopchick Lab @KopchickLab_OU]

Congratulations to our Dr. Patricia Mora (@patriciamora_ou) on her PhD commencement ceremony @OhioU_TBS, as well as the publication of her first first-author paper, "Growth hormone modulates Trypanosoma cruzi infection in vitro" last week! We're so proud!🎉https://t.co/0397Za476b

[FASEB @FASEBorg]

Explore emerging research at our Growth Hormone/Prolactin Family in Biology & Disease Conference! Join organizers @ProlactinGuy and @BerrymanDarlene for a terrific program featuring keynote speakers @KopchickLab_OU and @GOFFINVincent2. https://t.co/GdFu4y3vu9 #GHP22 #FASEB4You

[MD Anderson-UTH Grad @MDA_UTHGrad]

Does one of your alumni have a dinosaur named after them?? Ours does!

The Yuxisaurus Kopchicki was recently discovered and named after John Kopchick, PhD, a prestigious molecular biologist, and beloved alum of The Graduate School. Congratulations, Dr. Kopchick!

#WeAreGSBS

[Kopchick Lab @KopchickLab_OU]

Some of our #cancer team - Dr. Reeto Basu (@alchemistry007) and PhD students @Prateekul and @emillydaviss - traveled to the @AACR Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA to learn from world-renowned experts in cancer research, as well as present posters on their work! #AACR2022

[OHIO Translational Biomedical Sciences Program @OhioU_TBS]

Congrats to one of our newer students Chris Walsh who has already made great progress on his project! He is investigating if osteopathic manipulative medicine could improve outcomes in patients with cancer.

[Kopchick Lab @KopchickLab_OU]

We love the #OUStudentExpo @BobcatsDiscover!!! DO/PhD student @OUHCOM, Chris Walsh, and undergraduate @OUHTC student, Jolie Bogart, represented our lab well today. Congrats to Chris for bringing home first place in his division!!

[Kopchick Lab @KopchickLab_OU]

Congratulations to our Ph.D. student @Prateekul for winning 2nd place in the Impact category at today’s NQPI poster session!!

[Kopchick Lab @KopchickLab_OU]

Congratulations to our Kopchick Lab alumna, Dr. Elizabeth Jensen, DO/PhD @OUHCOM, for matching to the @ClevelandClinic Pediatric Residency Program! We are so proud of you and cannot wait to see all the wonderful things you will achieve in the field of pediatric endocrinology.

[Kopchick Lab @KopchickLab_OU]

We had the honor to welcome @OHIO_President, Dr. Hugh Sherman and his wife, Nikki, to our lab at @EBI_OU last month! They are now “experts” on GH after rigorous training from all of our lab members. Come back and visit anytime, Dr. Sherman!

[Kopchick Lab @KopchickLab_OU]

Chris is currently a DO/PhD student in @OUHCOM and @OhioU_TBS program here at @ohiou, and he received his B.S. in Biology from @uakron (Akron, OH). Chris's hometown is Doylestown, OH, and his favorite Athens food is @avalanchepizza!

[Kopchick Lab @KopchickLab_OU]

Meet Chris Walsh! Chris's area of research is GH & the lymphatics.

[Kopchick Lab @KopchickLab_OU]

Chris's most cited publication is, "Growth Hormone Upregulates Melanocyte-Inducing Transcription Factor Expression and Activity via JAK2-STAT5 and SRC Signaling in GH Receptor-Positive Human Melanoma," linked here: https://t.co/K4HuXICVAx.

[Kopchick Lab @KopchickLab_OU]

Happy Holidays from the Kopchick lab!!🎄🎁 See you in 2022! 🎊

[Kopchick Lab @KopchickLab_OU]

Katie is currently a 5th-year Ph.D. student in the @ClevelandClinic in Cleveland, OH, studying iron metabolism in glioblastoma. Her favorite memory from her time at the Kopchick Lab is traveling to the GH & IGF-1 conference in Tel Aviv, Israel with the whole lab!

[Kopchick Lab @KopchickLab_OU]

This week's Alumni Spotlight is @Scientist_KT! Katie worked in our lab from 2010-2017 with Dr. @BerrymanDarlene, studying the influence of GH on beiging of white adipose tissue, while earning both her B.S. in Biology and M.S. in Food & Nutrition Sciences from @ohiou.

[Kopchick Lab @KopchickLab_OU]

Emily is currently a Ph.D. student in the @MCBOhioU1 program here at @ohiou, and she also received her B.S. in Biochemistry from here. Emily's hometown is Pittsburgh, PA, and her favorite Athens food is sushi from @GingerAthens!

[Kopchick Lab @KopchickLab_OU]

Meet @emillydaviss! Her area of research is GH & cancer. Emily's most cited publication is, "GH Upregulates Melanocyte-Inducing Transcription Factor Expression and Activity via JAK2-STAT5 and SRC Signaling in GHR-Positive Human Melanoma," linked here: https://t.co/K4HuXICVAx.