by Julie Pollock | Apr 18, 2018 | Blog, Lab Thoughts, Students
Another graduating senior, Madeline Newkirk, a chemistry major who is headed off to graduate school to get her Ph.D. next year. This is probably one of the hardest posts for me to write. Last year when my first set of students graduated, it was hard: they were...
by Julie Pollock | Apr 9, 2018 | Blog, Lab Thoughts, Students
Some how we have arrived at April 9th. That means another academic year is almost over (and junior research leave is too! AH) and another set of students are graduating. I feel a special connection with the class of 2018 because I arrived on campus at the same time...
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 | 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 | 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 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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