Faces to Names – Summer 2021

As you see the student blog posts coming this summer, I wanted to introduce them here. When you click on the student page, three of their faces are obscured by masks because they were required when they joined the group. However, now we are vaccinated (yay science!)...

James finishes his MD

Last week I got an email update from one of my first research students, James Henry, or I guess I should say Dr. Henry now! He has officially finished medical school and received a masters in healthcare administration along the way. He is starting an orthopedic...

Summer Research 2021

It was the Wednesday before the first day of summer research 2021 and I emailed my students with our mantra for the summer: go with the flow. I had a sick 15 month old child at home, our governor had declared a state of emergency because of the pipeline breach, and...

Graduating Senior – Lucy Zhou

The last of the class of 2021 from the Pollock lab is biology major, Lucy Zhou. Lucy is probably the most independent student that has worked in the lab over the years. During summer 2019, she joined in on the MEMO project in a new (and synthetic direction). It is...

Graduating Senior – Suraj Bala

Next up in the highlights of the class of 2021 is Suraj Bala. Suraj joined the group through a round about way on a collaboration with Dr. Kristine Nolin. He worked in the lab the summer after his first year (2018 – wow, that feels like so long ago!) and...