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...
by Julie Pollock | Nov 14, 2018 | Blog, Conferences, Research, Students
Fair warning — this is going to be a long post. Earlier this month, I traveled with 7 of my research students to Augusta, Georgia for the 70th annual Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society. I gave a talk and they all did posters. We...
by Julie Pollock | Oct 29, 2018 | Blog, Publications, Research, Students
You’ve heard me talk about it a lot — collaboration, collaboration, collaboration. It is the foundation of all my science. My undergraduate collaborators help me to become a better teacher, my off-campus collaborators help me to analyze difficult data, my...
by Julie Pollock | Aug 31, 2018 | Academia, Blog, Teaching
With research leave last spring, Tuesday marked my first day in the classroom since last December. My schedule this year has my chemical biology class on T/R morning and experimental biochemistry lab on T/R afternoons. It has the potential to be great for research...
by Julie Pollock | Aug 22, 2018 | Blog, Publications, Research
When I was a post-doc in the Katzenellenbogen lab at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, I worked on a number of different projects. I thank Dr. K for allowing me to be contribute to such a variety of research ideas. In addition, I thank him for encouraging...
by Julie Pollock | Aug 14, 2018 | Blog, Publications, Research, Students
When I was writing my tenure-track job applications back in 2013, I was thinking hard about research projects. I was reading lots of papers and drafting research strategies to jump into once I secured a job. One of those projects focused on a phospho-tyrosine binding...
by Julie Pollock | Aug 9, 2018 | Academia, Blog, Department, Students
7 years ago, Profs. Angie Hilliker and Carrie Wu of the biology department implemented the 1st annual Gottwald Games. This fun event consists of a variety of field games, all with a science-y twist. Games throughout the years have included Water Glove Toss, Petri Dish...
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