Summer Research 2022

by | May 18, 2022 | Blog, Research, Students

We are officially on day 3 of the summer research period! I have 4 remarkable students – Hannah, Auden, Briseily, and Sonia – who will be pushing back the frontiers of science alongside me this summer. It is a strange summer for me because it is the first...

Graduating Senior – Cathy Bayas

by | Apr 26, 2022 | Blog, Research, Students

The next graduating senior is BMB major, Catherine (Cathy) Bayas. I was so proud that she was awarded the most outstanding BMB major this year at our awards ceremony. In my nomination of her for this award, I discussed how she worked on three projects throughout her...

Graduating Senior – Sydney Robinson

by | Apr 25, 2022 | Blog, Research, Students

Sydney Robinson is a graduating BMB major that I have known since her second semester at UR. She is a part of a special group of students that I taught in organic I, organic II, biochemistry, and biochemistry lab. When you teach students in so many courses, you really...

Graduating Senior – Than Thar Aye

by | Apr 19, 2022 | Blog, Research, Students

Another year has come and (almost) gone. I’ve been on sabbatical working in the lab myself this semester so the last week of classes has really snuck up on me. However, I am excited to once again share with you the remarkable graduating seniors of the class of...

Alumni Earn PhD!

by | Mar 14, 2022 | Alumni, Blog, Students

Talk about making a person feel old! Two of the Pollock lab alumni have earned their doctorates of philosophy in chemistry this month.Dr. Hyejin Park was one of my first research students (graduated in 2017 as a BMB major). I was lucky to zoom into her defense last...

A new paper!

by | Feb 9, 2022 | Blog, Publications, Research, Students

If you follow my research accomplishments, you will see that I dabble in a variety of subjects and techniques. As a trained chemical biologist, I’d say I’m a jack of all trades (maybe a master of none?). When you talk to my students, they would probably...

Protease Inhibitors: Plan B for COVID-19 infection?

by | Jul 16, 2021 | Blog, Research, Students

In December 2019, reports of a mysterious outbreak of pneumonia-like cases in Wuhan, China emerged. In 2020, we watched Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 film “Contagion” become an eerie reality as countries entered national lockdowns and as biotech companies raced for a...

Fluorescent Techniques Used in Academic and Clinical Research

by | Jul 9, 2021 | Blog

Here in the Pollock lab, we utilize a variety of techniques to learn and collect data on the characteristics and functions of proteins and molecules. Some of which include ‘homebrew’ assays that were developed by previous members of the Pollock Lab. The assay I use...