by Julie Pollock | Jan 19, 2018 | Academia, Blog, Lab Thoughts, Research
Research Leave: a semester pre-tenure where you have no teaching responsibilities, limited service commitments, and can focus on research productivity. I am officially one week into this “research leave”! After some re-configuring of the air handling in my...
by Julie Pollock | Dec 11, 2017 | Blog, Events, Research, Students
Another semester finished. Another calendar year done. Another successful Pollock lab holiday party. Unfortunately we were not in full force (study abroad, exam preparation, etc.), but we have a fun time eating lunch and decorating ornaments. Good luck to everyone on...
by Julie Pollock | Nov 21, 2017 | Blog, Conferences, Students
Probably the best feedback on a conference comes from the students who are experiencing it for the first or second time. So without further ado, here is their thoughts on the talks they attended! Enjoy! TVS (Patrick, Malik, Ritwika) poster 2SERMACS 2017 Kiana presents...
by Julie Pollock | Nov 13, 2017 | Blog, Conferences, Lab Thoughts
Scientific conferences are always a whirlwind. The Southeastern Regional meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS) was this past week in Charlotte, NC. As a 4.5 hour drive away from Richmond and a traditional good conference for undergraduate presentations, a...
by Julie Pollock | Oct 31, 2017 | Blog, Events, Research, Students
The Fall Science Symposium on University of Richmond’s campus took place on September 22, 2017. Although this post is a bit delayed, the students did an excellent job presenting their research. I find this symposium to be a great one for student presentations...
by Julie Pollock | Oct 2, 2017 | Academia, Blog, Department
We are in the midst of a search for a new tenure-track faculty member in biochemistry at UR. As I’m reading through cover letters, CVs, teaching statements, and research statements, I have been transported back to sitting in my apartment in Champaign, IL (or the...
by Julie Pollock | Jul 4, 2017 | Blog, Lab Thoughts, Research, Students
…protein mutations. For a couple of projects this summer, the students were tasked to generate mutations of our proteins of interest. For those of you who have produced mutations before, you know that it take a number of steps including primer design, PCR,...
by Julie Pollock | Jun 27, 2017 | Blog, Events, Research, Students
As it has become tradition, we had a lab party at Pollock’s house to celebrate the middle of the summer research period. We ate good food, played badminton and frisbee, and talked about binge-able TV shows. The weather was beautiful and besides a few bug bites,...
by Julie Pollock | Jun 20, 2017 | Announcements, Blog, Research
The Pollock lab has been awarded a grant from the Jeffress Memorial Trust! I am excited to continue to develop our understanding of protein-protein interactions that are governed by phosphorylation and to collaborate with Prof. Carol Parish on computational aspects of...
by Julie Pollock | Jun 2, 2017 | Blog, Lab Thoughts, Research, Students
We are officially at the end of week 3 of the 10 week summer research period! Here is what has happened so far: Six permanent members of the Pollock lab have hit the ground running (see the student tab above for photos!). Maddie has returned for her third summer and...
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