by Julie Pollock | Feb 6, 2019 | Blog, Students, Teaching
I’m back in the lecture classroom again this semester — I was on research leave Spring 2018 and have been teaching biochemistry labs and my chemical biology discussion-based course in Fall 2017/2018. I have two sections of the first semester of organic...
by Julie Pollock | Feb 2, 2019 | Blog, The Conversation
It is my belief that as scientists we have a responsibility to communicate, present, and discuss with the general public about scientific matters. To educate them on the things we know in an informative, respectable, and positive way. “The Conversation” is...
by Julie Pollock | Jan 21, 2019 | Announcements, Blog
Dr. Stephen Taylor (1944-2019) : Professor, Mentor, Chemist, Friend When I was a sophomore at Hope College, I met an amazing man. He taught my first organic chemistry class. He welcomed me into his research lab. He mentored me in writing my first publication....
by Julie Pollock | Jan 2, 2019 | Blog, Lab Thoughts, Publications, Research
Around 15 years ago, when I was still an undergraduate student, I’m willing to bet if you asked most chemists (and probably other scientists) what they thought of “open access” journals, they would have scoffed. They would have said that the open...
by Julie Pollock | Nov 30, 2018 | Blog, Teaching
I believe I’ve written about my advanced elective course (CHEM333, Chemical Biology) before. It has an interesting format where we touch on a variety of new techniques in the field of chemical biology and read recent articles where they are implemented. If you...
Recent Comments