Gregory Copenhaver
@copenhaverlab
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Full time geneticist interested in meiosis. Part time editor, entrepreneur and optimist. Professor, Associate Provost (opinions are my own).
Chapel Hill, NC
Joined July 2015
RT @UNC: A new trial led by @UNC_Lineberger will receive up to $28 million to develop a next-generation clinical trial for breast cancer th….
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RT @NCCollaboratory: If you're not already subscribed to the Collaboratory newsletter, now is the time! Our June issue will hit inboxes tom….
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RT @JamesWCWhite: It was an honor to meet #UNC alumna Pepper Dowd in Charlotte recently. Pepper has supported Tar Heels and the @unccollege….
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I'm psyched to see our latest collaborative paper come out in @ThePlantCell in which we show that Aurora 1 kinase is an APC/C substrate that mediates spindle assembly and chromosome segregation in #Meiosis:.
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Huge congratulations to my colleague & fellow @UNC_Biology faculty Bob Goldstein for being elected to the @americanacad. Bob is a brilliant developmental biologist who works on #Celegans, but also on tardigrades (water bears). As if that's not enough, he's an amazing artist too!
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Our (@mei_newt, Corbin Jones, & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @UNC_Biology loved talking w/ @scienceLeah from @NICHD_NIH about her lab’s super cool @PLOSGenetics paper on a unique chromosome segregation mechanism in holocentric moths
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RT @Kyuha_C: Thrilled to announce our study on the histone variant H2A.W & pericentromeric crossovers is now out in PNAS! We show that loss….
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Our (@mei_newt, Corbin Jones, & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @UNC_Biology loved talking w/ @TakashiAkeraLab from @nih_nhlbi about his lab’s super cool @biorxivpreprint on meiotic cohesin errors driving sterility in hybrid mice.
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Visiting New Orleans #NOLA this week just for a bit of R&R. My wife and I ate at @toupsmeatery this evening. It was insanely good. The lamb neck is a must but huge portion. The staff could not have been nicer.
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Woo-hoo! My friend and colleague, Jeff Dangl, together with Jonathan Jones & Brian Staskawicz @bstask have been awarded the 2025 Wolf Prize @WolfPrize_ in Agriculture. Amazing recognition of even more amazing science:.
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Our (@mei_newt, Corbin Jones, & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @UNC_Biology loved talking w/ @BengtHanssonLU from @lunduniversity about his lab’s #G3journal paper on male-biased crossover patterning in birds + some unpublished work:
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The hard copies of my father’s latest book arrived. Champagne tonight!.
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Our (@mei_newt, Corbin Jones, & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @UNC_Biology loved talking w/ @pastramimachine Andy Kern @uoregon about his lab’s brand new @CurrentBiology paper on discovering octopus ZZ, ZO sex chromosome system:
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This is awesome to see so many @UNC students becoming Fulbright Scholars - it is a fantastic program. My father had a Fulbright and it had truly transformational, transgenerational impact on our family.
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The flora on @UNC campus are doing their best to make me optimistic that spring is on the horizon.
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Our (@mei_newt, Corbin Jones, & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @UNC_Biology loved talking w/ Christoph Haag @CNRS @umontpellier about his lab’s @journal_evo paper on recombination and asexuality in #Daphnia plus some unpublished work:
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Driving Innovation: How University Research-Defense Collaborations Can Fuel North Carolina’s Growth
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RT @NCCommerce: On #NationalChocolateCakeDay, we’re celebrating sweet success in #Tarboro! In 2020, Sara Lee Frozen Bakery expanded its NC….
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RT @aps_unc: Congratulations to Dr. Nicolas Pégard, an optical engineer in the Department of Applied Physical Sciences, for being promoted….
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