by Julie Pollock | Apr 25, 2025 | Blog, Students
Next up in our graduating seniors of 2025 is BMB major, Camryn Sung. Camryn was in my CHEM 205 (organic chemistry 1) course in Fall 2022. When she first reached out about joining the lab I wasn’t sure that I had any space; however, we (my collaborators at HPU...
by Julie Pollock | Apr 24, 2025 | Blog, Students
I say this every spring, but I cannot believe we are rapidly approaching graduation. That means that it is time to say goodbye to another set of amazing seniors. This year, the Pollock lab is seeing off three students and the first is Briseily Cejudo. Briseily is a...
by Julie Pollock | Nov 25, 2024 | Biochemistry, Blog, The Conversation
I’m always excited to research and share science with the broader public. When an editor asked through our communications office (Hi Sunni!) if I would be interested on writing an article on vegan meats, I jumped on it! It was interesting to look into the...
by Julie Pollock | Nov 13, 2024 | Academia, Blog, Conferences, Research, Students
In October, four amazing women represented the lab by attending SERMACS in Atlanta, GA. They presented their research, networked with other chemists, and got to experience the world of scientific conferences. Unfortunately because of other travel obligations this...
by Julie Pollock | Nov 11, 2024 | Academia, Blog
This past weekend I traveled back to University of Illinois Urbana Champaign to celebrate my postdoc advisor, John Katzenellenbogen, for his 80th birthday. It was an amazing day celebrating his legacy of 55 years at UIUC, the trainees he has mentored over the years,...
by Julie Pollock | Aug 22, 2024 | Academia, Alumni, Blog, Students
I love hearing about what all the UR alumni are up to, but my favorite announcements are when my former research students do something incredible – especially when they earn a Ph.D. Earlier this spring, I got to see Courtney Labrecque’s (BMB ’19)...
by Briseily Cejudo | Jul 18, 2024 | Blog, Research, Students
A Review of Chromosome Structure and Function With the time spent learning about breast cancer in Dr. Pollock’s lab, I have become more interested in learning if X-linked genes are associated with breast cancer. Before we get into the details, let’s take a top-level...
by Morgan Murphy | Jul 9, 2024 | Blog, Research, Students
*September 3, 1928- It was a dark and stormy night.* Truthfully, it likely was not a “dark and stormy night,” but every great superhero needs a dramatic entrance. Upon his arrival home from holiday, Alexander Fleming noticed an unusual guest among his Petri dishes of...
by Paxton Mills | Jun 27, 2024 | Blog, Students
How is your body able to control bleeding?When there is some sort of trauma to a blood vessel that results in bleeding, the body’s normal mechanism to form a blood clot kicks into action. Platelets, a type of blood cell, reach the area in need of a clot and form a...
by Julie Pollock | Jun 25, 2024 | Blog, Conferences, Research, Students
At the start of June, Auden and I traveled to Boston for the annual Endocrine Society Meeting. I must admit I was a little nervous leaving four research students to fend for themselves during the start of the third week of research, but they did well; it only took...
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