by Julie Pollock | Oct 4, 2022 | Alumni, Blog, Personal
I will start this post out with saying: UPDATE YOUR PREVIOUS MENTORS! Send us an email with your professional and personal achievements. You have been a big part of our lives and we love hearing what you are doing both in science and in life. My favorite emails to...
by Auden Wilson | Jul 15, 2022 | Blog
My name is Auden Wilson and I am a rising sophomore. I first started working in the Pollock lab last spring semester, but this is my first summer term. We are researching novel anticancer drugs that potentially interact with DNA. DNA interactions are the mechanism...
by Julie Pollock | Jul 13, 2022 | Blog, Publications, Research, Students
When my colleague, Dr. Mike Norris, approached me with a biological application of Ruthenium complexes that his inorganic lab synthesizes, it is no surprise that I said yes. I love collaborations that bring together expertise across disciplines and enhance our...
by Briseily Cejudo | Jul 8, 2022 | Blog, Research
I currently work with T47D cells, which are cells that are used in breast cancer research. I am excited to work in this lab and make progress toward effective photoactivated chemotherapy because it is a non-invasive form of cancer treatment with few side effects....
by Sonia Mecorapaj | Jun 30, 2022 | Blog, Students
This summer, in Dr. Pollock’s research lab, I will be implementing a new technique that allows the incorporation of an unnatural amino acid into a protein. Aminoacids are the building blocks of proteins, and the sequence of these aminoacids determines the structure...
by Hannah Parker | Jun 22, 2022 | Blog
The first time I was exposed to cannabis I was ten years old and walking with my dad back to our car in a parking garage in downtown Richmond. As we walked into the garage I was greeted by a wall of an overwhelming smell, and I promptly blurted out loud that I hate...
by Julie Pollock | May 20, 2022 | Blog, Research, Students
The last, but not least, of the Pollock lab research students graduating in 2022 is Peace Nyeche. Although it has been a little while since she worked in the lab (thank you, pandemic), she was such a force when she actively involved. She worked on the joint project...
by Julie Pollock | May 18, 2022 | Blog, Research, Students
We are officially on day 3 of the summer research period! I have 4 remarkable students – Hannah, Auden, Briseily, and Sonia – who will be pushing back the frontiers of science alongside me this summer. It is a strange summer for me because it is the first...
by Julie Pollock | Apr 27, 2022 | Blog, Research, Students
Makayla Callender is a class of 2022 chemistry major. I spoke a little about Makayla when I blogged about our collaborative paper with the Blackledge lab at HPU at the start of 2022; however, I’m not sure if I can express how grateful I am to Meghan for...
by Julie Pollock | Apr 26, 2022 | Blog, Research, Students
The next graduating senior is BMB major, Catherine (Cathy) Bayas. I was so proud that she was awarded the most outstanding BMB major this year at our awards ceremony. In my nomination of her for this award, I discussed how she worked on three projects throughout her...
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