by Julie Pollock | Apr 8, 2019 | Academia, Blog, Publications, Research, Students
One of the most challenging, and scary, things about going on the academic job market is coming up with your research plan. For the most part, you have spent your graduate and postdoctoral work focused on projects that were dictated in one form or another by your...
by Julie Pollock | Apr 5, 2019 | Blog, Students
I cannot believe there is less than a month left in the 2018-2019 academic year. For me this marks the end of five years (in August) at University of Richmond. My start-up funds will expire and I will be submitting my tenure package. The days have been flying by. For...
by Julie Pollock | Mar 28, 2019 | Blog, Students
I’m torn about whether this is good news or bad news. Joann Chongsaritsinsuk was selected to participate in the Summer Research – Early Identification Program (SR-EIP) from the Leadership Alliance. When she first told me she wanted to apply, I was hesitate...
by Julie Pollock | Mar 22, 2019 | Academia, Blog, Research
Earlier this week I made a (long 5 hour drive) trip up to Haverford College in Pennsylvania. One of my friends from graduate school, Dr. Louise Charkoudian, is an assistant professor in the chemistry department. She invited me up to give a talk on my research to the...
by Julie Pollock | Feb 26, 2019 | Blog, Students
I get to work with some of the most amazing students. This past weekend, the University of Richmond held its first annual Black Excellence Gala. From the pictures I’ve seen, and the reports from those who attended, it was a wonderful night of celebration. 50...
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...
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