Hemoglobin Lecture

If you have ever heard me talk about my biochemistry course, you have probably heard me talk about hemoglobin. Every semester I teach this course, I geek out to my students about this amazing protein. My voice gets more high pitched, I throw my hands in the air, and I...

Semester “Break”

Another semester done! This semester flew by in a whirlwind of new biochemistry lab experiments, attempting to be in 19 places at once advising the lab projects, preparing assignments and exams for intro organic, grading, committee meetings, and trying to stay up...

Holiday Party 2016

This past weekend the Pollock lab members gathered for the annual end of the fall semester slash holiday party. It was great to see the soon-to-be-graduates interacting with the members joining this spring. You can see the size has grown quite big as we have that...

SERMACS 2016

Two weeks ago the Pollock lab traveled to Columbia, SC to attend and present at the Southeastern Regional Conference of the American Chemical Society. If I’m being honest, I was excited and worried about our first set of presentations off-campus. The lab work is...