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...
by Julie Pollock | Jul 23, 2018 | Blog, Lab Thoughts, Research, Students
Friday was Kristen Rubenstein’s last day in the lab. She has been working full-time since last August as a post-baccalaureate researcher during her gap year before medical school. Back in January 2017 when I was writing the Jeffress grant, I approached Kristen,...
by Julie Pollock | Jul 13, 2018 | Blog, Lab Thoughts, Research, Students
When Joseph first started in the lab in Summer 2017, I tasked him with analyzing the compounds that Hyejin had synthesized. I thought that HPLC was our best bet for getting the answers we wanted since Hyejin had some preliminary data, albeit not perfect, from the GC....
by Julie Pollock | Jul 7, 2018 | Academia, Blog, Lab Thoughts, Research, Students
I think one of the reasons I knew I should stay in academia is because I love to learn. I know that sounds cheesy, like I’m just repeating what every liberal arts college graduate should say, but it is the truth. Anytime I attend a conference, go to a seminar,...
by Julie Pollock | Jun 18, 2018 | Blog, Events, Research, Students
It was time again for a Pollock Lab celebration. We gathered for an evening of tacos, yard games, and puppy cuddling. As you can tell from the photos below, the students fell in love with the newest member of the Pollock lab– the goldendoodle, Denver. He won...
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