John Kopchick

Quick Facts

Full Name	John Kopchick
Occupation	Biologist
Date Of Birth	Nov 2, 1950(1950-11-02)
Age	74
Birthplace	Punxsutawney
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Capricorn

John Kopchick Biography

John Kopchick is one of the most popular and richest Biologist who was born on November 2, 1950 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, United States. John Joseph Kopchick was born in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania on November 2, 1950 to Peter Kopchick and Kathryn Gabster Kopchick. He spent the first four years of his life in a small coal mining town: Ernest, Pennsylvania. He then moved to Indiana, Pennsylvania with his parents and youngest brother, Bill, where he attended Indiana High School. There, he varsity lettered in baseball, was in the national honor society, and played trumpet in the school band and orchestra. John later attended The Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he met his wife, Charlene Kopchick. They were married on June 26, 1976.

In 2014, John and Char Kopchick committed to giving a $2 million donation to support scientific and medical research programs at Ohio University. The donation funds three newly established internal award programs at Ohio University, The John J. Kopchick Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB)/Translational Biomedical Sciences (TBS) Faculty Support Fund, Research Fellowship Award and Undergraduate Student Support Fund.

John Kopchick Net Worth

John Kopchick is one of the richest Biologist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Kopchick 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Dr. Kopchick received his B.S. in biology in 1972 from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). While attending IUP, he was a founding brother of a social fraternity Chi Alpha Sigma, which is now a chapter of Delta Tau Delta. In 1975, he received his M.S. in biology and chemistry from IUP. The title of his M.S. thesis was ‘Catabolism of alpha-amino adipate by Pseudomonas putida p2’. He went on to attend the University of Texas, MD Anderson Hospital, Houston, Texas and received his Ph.D. in 1980. His dissertation described the biosynthesis of Rauscher murine leukemia virus reverse transcriptase. From 1980 to 1982, he continued his research training as a postdoctoral fellow at the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology in Nutley, New Jersey. He then accepted a position at the prestigious Merck Institute of Therapeutic Research where he conducted and facilitated research from 1982 to 1986, first as a senior research biochemist and later as a research fellow, and finally as a group leader of Molecular Biology at the Department of Animal Drug Discovery. During that time, he developed a system built around cloning and expression of growth hormone (GH) genes.

In 1987, Dr. Kopchick started as Director of the Growth, Diabetes and Obesity section at the nascent Edison Biotechnology Institute (EBI) of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. During his time at EBI, he discovered and characterized the molecular aspects of GH receptor antagonists. This discovery was further developed into the drug, Somavert[ (Pegvisomant for Injection). It has been approved for use in the USA, Europe, and Japan along with 12 other countries for acromegaly, a chronic disease caused by excessive GH secretion. Another notable accomplishment of the Kopchick laboratory is the generation and characterization of the world’s longest lived laboratory mouse, the growth hormone receptor knockout mouse.

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Katsutoshi Ranked on the list of most popular Biologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. John Kopchick celebrates birthday on November 2 of every year.