Neal Copeland

Biography

    Professor Neal Copeland received his Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from the University of Utah. He carried out postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School before becoming Associate Staff Scientist at The Jackson Laboratory. He then moved to the National Cancer Institute-Frederick as Senior Investigator. Prof Copeland headed the Molecular Genetics of Oncogenesis Section and also served as Director of the Mouse Cancer Genetics Program. For more than 30 years, he has worked together with Prof Nancy Jenkins to model many different types of human disease in the mouse but the focus of the current research is exclusively cancer. They have published more than 750 papers and are also among the 50 most cited biomedical research scientists in the world today. In 2009, Professor Copeland was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences for his continuing contribution and dedication to the furthering of scientific knowledge in the field of Genetics.  Professor Copeland streamlined operations at IMCB and implemented individual group research operating budgets. He also recruited renowned Drosophila geneticists Professors Stephen Cohen and Pernille Rorth and a talented young scientist, Dr Ernesto Guccione, as PIs.

Research Interest

 Cancer Genetics, Biomedical and Molecular Genetics of Oncogenetics