by Julie Pollock | Apr 24, 2019 | Blog, Students
Graduating senior #5 is BMB major Courtney Labrecque. I remember when I first met Courtney in spring of her first year at University of Richmond. I was immediately impressed when she said she was interested in doing cancer research not because she wanted to be a...
by Julie Pollock | Apr 22, 2019 | Blog, Students
We are on to graduating senior #4 of 2019. Shannon Laughlin is a chemistry major who is heading off to dental school in the fall. She is officially the first graduate of the Pollock lab who will be a dentist in her future career (yah for clean teeth!). I remember...
by Julie Pollock | Apr 18, 2019 | Blog, Students
Next up in line of the graduating seniors of the Pollock lab is BMB major Kiana Gunn. Kiana joined my lab the summer after her first year at University of Richmond as a part of her participation the SMART integrated science course. She came with outstanding...
by Julie Pollock | Apr 16, 2019 | Blog, Students
Our second edition of graduating seniors 2019 focuses on Najwa Labban. Najwa came to the Pollock research lab through a non-traditional path (although when I have a lot of students who come to the lab through collaborations, is it no longer non-traditional?). In her...
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...
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