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...
by Lauren Shin | Jun 17, 2024 | Blog, Students
When I came into college last August, the recurring piece of advice that I got from other pre-medical upperclassmen was to do research at the university. To be honest, I didn’t understand why at first. How was it relevant to the MD career I wanted to pursue? I don’t...
by Julie Pollock | Jun 10, 2024 | Alumni, Blog, Personal, Students
I was honored to attend Maddie’s wedding to another chemistry department alum at the start of June. Maddie was one of my first research students helping to set up the lab, establish protocols, and even getting a first-author paper for her work on the MEMO...
by Julie Pollock | May 2, 2024 | Blog, Research, Students
Next in our dynamic MEMO duo is BMB major, Sonia Mecorapaj. Although I have never learned to properly say her last name, Sonia has been a dedicated researcher in the lab. Her honors’ thesis that she just completed is well written and she has made some phenomenal...
by Julie Pollock | May 1, 2024 | Blog, Research, Students
Once again it is graduation time. The Pollock lab has two dynamite graduating senior women who have worked on interesting aspects of the MEMO1 project. I am excited to see what they will do in the next stages of their careers. First up is Haley Salus. Haley is a BMB...
by Julie Pollock | Feb 1, 2024 | Announcements, Blog, Conferences, Research, Students
Our last post showcased that the lab attended SERMACS and presented their research. I just learned that Haley was awarded one of the undergraduate poster awards. That is amazing! Great work Haley! A testament to your science, ability to communicate, and beautiful...
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