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 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 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 | 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 | Jan 2, 2019 | Blog, Lab Thoughts, Publications, Research
Around 15 years ago, when I was still an undergraduate student, I’m willing to bet if you asked most chemists (and probably other scientists) what they thought of “open access” journals, they would have scoffed. They would have said that the open...
by Julie Pollock | Nov 14, 2018 | Blog, Conferences, Research, Students
Fair warning — this is going to be a long post. Earlier this month, I traveled with 7 of my research students to Augusta, Georgia for the 70th annual Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society. I gave a talk and they all did posters. We...
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