by Julie Pollock | Jun 7, 2019 | Blog, Publications, Research, Students
From those of you who read this blog consistently, you know that a couple of years ago Prof. Mike Leopold and his students approached me to help express protein that they needed for their electrochemical biosensors. Since then the collaboration has grown. I have...
by Julie Pollock | May 28, 2019 | Blog, Lab Thoughts, Research, Students
One of the newest members of the Pollock lab is Lucy Zhou. Officially she joined the lab in the spring semester, learning all about protein expression and purification as well as running our fluorescence polarization assay. Thank you to Courtney for training her so...
by Julie Pollock | May 16, 2019 | Announcements, Blog, Students
I am humbled and honored to have been voted Faculty Member of the Year by the students of the Omicron Delta Kappa leadership honor society at University of Richmond. Thank you to the members! It is the students that make my job so enjoyable....
by Julie Pollock | May 15, 2019 | Blog, Events, Students
As I have mentioned a lot recently, the Pollock lab graduated 6 students this year. Sunday was Commencement and it was a beautiful celebration. Kiana was the student speaker for the ceremony (how awesome!) and she reminded us that although we may not have the same...
by Julie Pollock | May 7, 2019 | Blog, Research, The Conversation
I believe speaking to the public about science is a responsibility for scientists – making it approachable, enjoyable, and educational is important. That is why I appreciate writing articles for The Conversation. Today my article on the Group 15 elements of the...
by Julie Pollock | Apr 29, 2019 | Blog, Students
Last, but not least, of our graduating seniors of 2019 is Kirk Atkinson. Kirk joined the lab via Prof. Kristine Nolin who he had for organic chemistry. He studied abroad in the fall of his junior year and came back ready to start a synthetic project. As the virus-like...
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...
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