by Julie Pollock | Apr 25, 2025 | Blog, Students
Next up in our graduating seniors of 2025 is BMB major, Camryn Sung. Camryn was in my CHEM 205 (organic chemistry 1) course in Fall 2022. When she first reached out about joining the lab I wasn’t sure that I had any space; however, we (my collaborators at HPU...
by Julie Pollock | Apr 24, 2025 | Blog, Students
I say this every spring, but I cannot believe we are rapidly approaching graduation. That means that it is time to say goodbye to another set of amazing seniors. This year, the Pollock lab is seeing off three students and the first is Briseily Cejudo. Briseily is a...
by Julie Pollock | Nov 25, 2024 | Biochemistry, Blog, The Conversation
I’m always excited to research and share science with the broader public. When an editor asked through our communications office (Hi Sunni!) if I would be interested on writing an article on vegan meats, I jumped on it! It was interesting to look into the...
by Julie Pollock | Nov 13, 2024 | Academia, Blog, Conferences, Research, Students
In October, four amazing women represented the lab by attending SERMACS in Atlanta, GA. They presented their research, networked with other chemists, and got to experience the world of scientific conferences. Unfortunately because of other travel obligations this...
by Julie Pollock | Nov 11, 2024 | Academia, Blog
This past weekend I traveled back to University of Illinois Urbana Champaign to celebrate my postdoc advisor, John Katzenellenbogen, for his 80th birthday. It was an amazing day celebrating his legacy of 55 years at UIUC, the trainees he has mentored over the years,...
by Julie Pollock | Aug 22, 2024 | Academia, Alumni, Blog, Students
I love hearing about what all the UR alumni are up to, but my favorite announcements are when my former research students do something incredible – especially when they earn a Ph.D. Earlier this spring, I got to see Courtney Labrecque’s (BMB ’19)...
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