by Julie Pollock | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog, Conferences, Events, Research
Two weeks ago the Pollock lab traveled to Columbia, SC to attend and present at the Southeastern Regional Conference of the American Chemical Society. If I’m being honest, I was excited and worried about our first set of presentations off-campus. The lab work is...
by Julie Pollock | Oct 6, 2016 | Academia, Blog, Teaching
This semester is my first time teaching the first semester of organic chemistry lecture at UR. That also means it is my first time teaching at an “introductory” level here. We have a one semester general chemistry course and then the students jump into...
by Julie Pollock | Sep 26, 2016 | Blog, Conferences, Events, Research
Two Pollock Lab students, Kiana and Maddie, presented their summer research at the HHMI Science Symposium at UR last Friday. Way to...
by Julie Pollock | Sep 20, 2016 | Blog, Department, Teaching
Dr. Bill Myers — a significant presence in the chemistry department at the University of Richmond for 43 years — retired in spring 2016 — left this world last week. I thank you for your thoughtful questions during my interview, your enthusiastic...
by Julie Pollock | Aug 23, 2016 | Academia, Teaching
A new semester, another year. The students have moved in, the textbooks have been opened, and the classes have begun. Yesterday was the first day of my third year as a professor (how is that possible?) and my first class as an instructor of organic chemistry (CHEM...
by Julie Pollock | Aug 12, 2016 | Publications, Research
When you’ve been in research a long time, you have your favorite journals– the ones that you always read the table of contents when they come out and put a number of their articles in your “to-read” pile. Now as a professor, my...
by Julie Pollock | Aug 10, 2016 | Lab Thoughts, Research
Summer research #2 is finished! Here are some of the thoughts running through my mind. How is it already August 10? This summer flew by. We made progress on all of the projects despite running into some complications (synthesis yields low, DNA sequencing...
by Julie Pollock | Jul 11, 2016 | Lab Thoughts, Research
One of the most difficult things about starting your own research lab (well, actually starting research in any new location) is getting new protocols up and running. You organize everything as you have done before, work meticulously through the steps of an established...
by Julie Pollock | Jun 30, 2016 | Events
The lab gathered earlier this week for dinner at Dr. Pollock’s house. We consumed summer food (grilled burgers, corn salsa, cucumber water, etc.), had good conversation, and even got to enjoy some frisbee in the backyard. It is nice to take some time to relax...
by Julie Pollock | Jun 27, 2016 | Lab Thoughts, Research
When I started at UR, I inherited some of the equipment that had previously inhabited my lab space under the direction of my predecessor: some bench top shaking incubators, an electroporator, a -20 freezer, etc. and two balances. The analytical balance has been...
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