Dr. Copeland has been a professional scientific editor and writer since 2008. She holds a Ph.D. in molecular and cellular biology from Tulane University, with postdoctoral research experience in molecular entomology, molecular parasitology, noncoding RNA, and computational genomics. She has published over a dozen peer-reviewed journal articles (which have been cited more than 290 times) and has edited manuscripts in a broad range of biomedical, agricultural, and other scientific fields. Her science writing includes educational writing (undergraduate-level biology and chemistry and graduate-level bioinformatics/computational biology) and dozens of popular science and health publications.
Dr. Copeland also understands the "view from the other side" when it comes to submitting research manuscripts, since she has done peer review and ad hoc peer review for several journals, including PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Entomologia Generalis, Molecular Biology and Evolution, and Bulletin of Entomological Research, and has worked as a managing editor for a healthcare magazine targeted to medical professionals. She enjoys writing and helping authors to improve their manuscripts, and has extensive experience working with authors who are non-native English speakers.
Dr. Copeland also understands the "view from the other side" when it comes to submitting research manuscripts, since she has done peer review and ad hoc peer review for several journals, including PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Entomologia Generalis, Molecular Biology and Evolution, and Bulletin of Entomological Research, and has worked as a managing editor for a healthcare magazine targeted to medical professionals. She enjoys writing and helping authors to improve their manuscripts, and has extensive experience working with authors who are non-native English speakers.
Academic Publications
1. Journal of Virology: Copeland CS, Brindley PJ, Heyers O, Michael SF, Johnston DA, Williams DL, Ivens AC, Kalinna BH. Boudicca, a retrovirus-like long terminal repeat retrotransposon from the genome of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni. J Virol 2003; 77(11): 6153–6166
2. Gene: Copeland CS, Heyers O, Kalinna BH, Bachmair A, Stadler PF, Hofacker IL, Brindley PJ. Structural and evolutionary analysis of the transcribed sequence of Boudicca, a Schistosoma mansoni retrotransposon. Gene 2004;329:103-114
3. Gene: Morales ME, Kalinna BH, Heyers O, Mann VH, Schulmeister AS, Copeland CS, Loukas A, Brindley PJ. Genomic organization of the Schistosoma mansoni aspartic protease gene, a platyhelminth orthologue of mammalian lysosomal cathepsin D. Gene 2004;338(1):99-109
4. International Journal for Parasitology: Laha T, Loukas A, Smyth DJ, Copeland CS, Brindley PJ. The fugitive LTR retrotransposon from the genome of the human blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni. International Journal for Parasitology
5. Schistosome Retrotransposons: Brindley PJ, Copeland CS, Kalinna BH. Schistosome Retrotransposons. In: Schistosomiasis. 2003;77(11):6153-66. 2004;34:1365-1375. 2005;10:13-26. Secor WE, Colley DG (Eds.) Springer, New York, NY, ISBN: 0-387-23277-X
6. BMC Evolutionary Biology: Copeland CS, Mann VH, Morales ME, Kalinna BH, Brindley PJ. The Sinbad retrotransposon from the genome of the human blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni, and the distribution of related Pao-like elements. BMC Evol Biol 2005; 23, 5(1):20
7. Schistosome Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposons: Copeland CS, Laha T, Brindley PJ. In: Mobile Genetic Elements in Metazoan Parasites. Brindley PJ (Ed.) Eurekah Press/Landesbioscience, July 2005 / CRC Press 2009 ISBN 9781587060939
8. Journal of Parasitology: Morales ME, Ocampo C, Cadena H, Copeland CS, Termini M, Wesson D. Differential identification of Ascogregarina sp. (Apicomplexa: Lecudinidae) in Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) by PCR. J Parasitol 2005; 91:1352-6.
9. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz: Copeland CS, Lewis FA, Brindley PJ. Identification of the Boudicca and Sinbad retrotransposons in the genome of the human blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2006; 101(5): 565-571.
10. Molecular Genetics and Genomics: Copeland CS, Mann VH, Brindley PJ. Both sense and antisense strands of the LTR of the Schistosoma mansoni Pao-like retrotransposon Sinbad drive luciferase expression. Mol Genet Genomics 2007; 277(2): 161-170.
11. Non-Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposons Colonizing Schistosome Genomes: Laha T, Copeland CS, Brindley PJ. In: Mobile Genetic Elements in Metazoan Parasites. Brindley, PJ (Ed.) Eurekah Press/Landesbioscience 2007; ISBN: 1587060930
12. Neotropical Entomology: Copeland CS, Matthews RW, Gonzalez JM, Aluja M, Sivinski J. Wolbachia in Two Populations of Melittobia digitata Dahms (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Neotropical Entomology 2008; 37(6): 633-640.
13. BMC Genomics: Copeland CS, Marz M, Rose D, Hertel J, Brindley PJ, Bermudez Santana C, Stephan-Otto Attolini C, Stadler PF. Homology-Based Annotation of Non-coding RNAs in the Genomes of Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma japonicum. BMC Genomics 2009; 10:464.
14. Florida Entomologist: Copeland CS, Hoy MA, Jeyaprakash A, Aluja M, Ramirez-Romero R, Sivinski JM. Genetic characteristics of bisexual and female-only populations of Odontosema anastrephae (Hymenoptera: Figitidae). Fl Entomologist 2010; 93(3): 437-443.
15. BioControl: Ramirez-Romero R, Copeland CS, Sivinski J, Aluja M. Are individuals from thelytokous and arrhenotokous populations equally adept as biocontrol agents? Orientation and host searching behavior of a fruit fly parasitoid. BioControl 2012; 57(3): 427-440.
1. Journal of Virology: Copeland CS, Brindley PJ, Heyers O, Michael SF, Johnston DA, Williams DL, Ivens AC, Kalinna BH. Boudicca, a retrovirus-like long terminal repeat retrotransposon from the genome of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni. J Virol 2003; 77(11): 6153–6166
2. Gene: Copeland CS, Heyers O, Kalinna BH, Bachmair A, Stadler PF, Hofacker IL, Brindley PJ. Structural and evolutionary analysis of the transcribed sequence of Boudicca, a Schistosoma mansoni retrotransposon. Gene 2004;329:103-114
3. Gene: Morales ME, Kalinna BH, Heyers O, Mann VH, Schulmeister AS, Copeland CS, Loukas A, Brindley PJ. Genomic organization of the Schistosoma mansoni aspartic protease gene, a platyhelminth orthologue of mammalian lysosomal cathepsin D. Gene 2004;338(1):99-109
4. International Journal for Parasitology: Laha T, Loukas A, Smyth DJ, Copeland CS, Brindley PJ. The fugitive LTR retrotransposon from the genome of the human blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni. International Journal for Parasitology
5. Schistosome Retrotransposons: Brindley PJ, Copeland CS, Kalinna BH. Schistosome Retrotransposons. In: Schistosomiasis. 2003;77(11):6153-66. 2004;34:1365-1375. 2005;10:13-26. Secor WE, Colley DG (Eds.) Springer, New York, NY, ISBN: 0-387-23277-X
6. BMC Evolutionary Biology: Copeland CS, Mann VH, Morales ME, Kalinna BH, Brindley PJ. The Sinbad retrotransposon from the genome of the human blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni, and the distribution of related Pao-like elements. BMC Evol Biol 2005; 23, 5(1):20
7. Schistosome Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposons: Copeland CS, Laha T, Brindley PJ. In: Mobile Genetic Elements in Metazoan Parasites. Brindley PJ (Ed.) Eurekah Press/Landesbioscience, July 2005 / CRC Press 2009 ISBN 9781587060939
8. Journal of Parasitology: Morales ME, Ocampo C, Cadena H, Copeland CS, Termini M, Wesson D. Differential identification of Ascogregarina sp. (Apicomplexa: Lecudinidae) in Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) by PCR. J Parasitol 2005; 91:1352-6.
9. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz: Copeland CS, Lewis FA, Brindley PJ. Identification of the Boudicca and Sinbad retrotransposons in the genome of the human blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2006; 101(5): 565-571.
10. Molecular Genetics and Genomics: Copeland CS, Mann VH, Brindley PJ. Both sense and antisense strands of the LTR of the Schistosoma mansoni Pao-like retrotransposon Sinbad drive luciferase expression. Mol Genet Genomics 2007; 277(2): 161-170.
11. Non-Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposons Colonizing Schistosome Genomes: Laha T, Copeland CS, Brindley PJ. In: Mobile Genetic Elements in Metazoan Parasites. Brindley, PJ (Ed.) Eurekah Press/Landesbioscience 2007; ISBN: 1587060930
12. Neotropical Entomology: Copeland CS, Matthews RW, Gonzalez JM, Aluja M, Sivinski J. Wolbachia in Two Populations of Melittobia digitata Dahms (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Neotropical Entomology 2008; 37(6): 633-640.
13. BMC Genomics: Copeland CS, Marz M, Rose D, Hertel J, Brindley PJ, Bermudez Santana C, Stephan-Otto Attolini C, Stadler PF. Homology-Based Annotation of Non-coding RNAs in the Genomes of Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma japonicum. BMC Genomics 2009; 10:464.
14. Florida Entomologist: Copeland CS, Hoy MA, Jeyaprakash A, Aluja M, Ramirez-Romero R, Sivinski JM. Genetic characteristics of bisexual and female-only populations of Odontosema anastrephae (Hymenoptera: Figitidae). Fl Entomologist 2010; 93(3): 437-443.
15. BioControl: Ramirez-Romero R, Copeland CS, Sivinski J, Aluja M. Are individuals from thelytokous and arrhenotokous populations equally adept as biocontrol agents? Orientation and host searching behavior of a fruit fly parasitoid. BioControl 2012; 57(3): 427-440.
Biology and Chemistry Educational Writing
Introduction to Big Data Bioinformatics
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Transcriptomics 1: From Raw Data to Gene Expression
Transcriptomics 2: Linking Genes and Phenotypes
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Metagenomics
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AP Chemistry 2017
AP Chemistry review book, XAMonline 2016 (346 pages). ISBN: 978-1607875543
Writing as Claudine Land, I was a major co-author of the main text and minor co-author of the practice test questions.
AP Biology 2017
AP Biology review book, XAMonline 2016 (240 pages). ISBN: 978-1607875536
Writing as Claudine Land, I was a minor co-author of the main text and main author of the practice test questions.
Scientific Writing
Seminar presentation on biomedical writing to Tulane University Environmental Health students (seminar series by Dr. Michael MacCaskill, PhD)
College Teaching Experience:
Microbiology, Chamberlain College of Nursing (lecture and lab; in-person and online); Medical Helminthology, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (lab); General Biology, Computational Biology for non-majors, and Histology, Tulane University (lab), General Biology, Laney College (Oakland, California; assistant).
RateMyProfessors comments from students: https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2887508
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The Breastfeeding Dichotomy: Physician Promotion Battles Societal Acceptance
Healthcare Journal of New Orleans, Jan.-February 2013
We've Come a Long Way, Baby: Birth outcomes and expanding birth options in New Orleans
Healthcare Journal of New Orleans, November-December 2012
Sex in the City is Risky Business: Sexually Transmitted Diseases Rampant in New Orleans
Healthcare Journal of New Orleans, Sept.-October 2012
Mosquitoes Really Bite: Mini Pest Can Pose Major Problems
Healthcare Journal of Baton Rouge, June-July 2012
Biting Back: Prevention may be best defense for West Nile Virus
Healthcare Journal of New Orleans, May-June 2012
Sticky Subject: The Complexity of Human Health Impacts of the BP/Gulf Oil Spill
Healthcare Journal of New Orleans, March-April 2012
What Lies Beneath: Lead Poisoning in New Orleans
Healthcare Journal of New Orleans, Jan-Feb 2012
Lead Paint and Power Sanding in the Marigny and Bywater neighborhoods of New Orleans
FMIA Newsletter, August 2011. (Available online through Wikinut.)
Nitrous oxide analgesia: a "middle path" between highly medicalized and completely natural childbirth
Pregnancy.org, January 2011.
To Drink or Not To Drink: Caffeine and Pregnancy.
Hip Mama, October 2007
Examples of Partial Writing/Substantive Editing
Infection Prevention: a Q & A with UAMS Medical Professionals
Healthcare Journal of Little Rock, Sep-Oct 2017
Excerpt from Baton Rouge Hospital Briefs
Healthcare Journal of Baton Rouge, Nov-Dec 2017
Research Presentations and Meeting-Related Supplements
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 57th Meeting. New Orleans, LA, 2008. Poster: "Non-coding RNA from the genome of Schistosoma mansoni"
Herbstseminar Bioinformatik. Ceska Kamenice, Czech Republic, 2007. Oral presentation: "When Repetitive is Not Boring: Transposons, Retrotransposons, and other Mobile Genetic Elements"
Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Indianapolis, Indiana, 2006. Poster: “Evidence for the presence of Wolbachia in Melittobia digitata, a highly female-biased hymenopteran parasitoid”
Florida Entomological Society Annual Meeting. Jupiter, Florida, 2006. Poster: “Cytochrome C Oxidase sequence data distinguish a thelytokous subpopulation of Odontosema anastrephae from a morphologically identical arrenotokous subpopulation”
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 54th Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, 2005. Poster: “Host genome distribution and promotor activities of the Schistosoma mansoni LTR retrotransposons, Boudicca and Sinbad”
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 54th Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, 2005. Poster (co-author): Luciferase reporter activity in insect and mammalian cell lines driven by schistosome gene promoters
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 53rd Annual Meeting. Miami, Florida, 2004. Oral presentation for the section on molecular parasitology: "The LTR retrotransposons Boudicca and Sinbad and the Schistosoma mansoni genome"
Keystone Symposium C1: Transposition. Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2003. Poster: "Boudicca, a retrovirus-like LTR retrotransposon from the genome of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni"
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 57th Meeting. New Orleans, LA, 2008. Poster: "Non-coding RNA from the genome of Schistosoma mansoni"
Herbstseminar Bioinformatik. Ceska Kamenice, Czech Republic, 2007. Oral presentation: "When Repetitive is Not Boring: Transposons, Retrotransposons, and other Mobile Genetic Elements"
Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Indianapolis, Indiana, 2006. Poster: “Evidence for the presence of Wolbachia in Melittobia digitata, a highly female-biased hymenopteran parasitoid”
Florida Entomological Society Annual Meeting. Jupiter, Florida, 2006. Poster: “Cytochrome C Oxidase sequence data distinguish a thelytokous subpopulation of Odontosema anastrephae from a morphologically identical arrenotokous subpopulation”
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 54th Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, 2005. Poster: “Host genome distribution and promotor activities of the Schistosoma mansoni LTR retrotransposons, Boudicca and Sinbad”
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 54th Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, 2005. Poster (co-author): Luciferase reporter activity in insect and mammalian cell lines driven by schistosome gene promoters
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 53rd Annual Meeting. Miami, Florida, 2004. Oral presentation for the section on molecular parasitology: "The LTR retrotransposons Boudicca and Sinbad and the Schistosoma mansoni genome"
Keystone Symposium C1: Transposition. Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2003. Poster: "Boudicca, a retrovirus-like LTR retrotransposon from the genome of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni"
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