by Julie Pollock | Mar 30, 2026 | Blog, Conferences, Lab Thoughts, Research, Students, Teaching
At the start of spring, a number of folks from the university traveled to the national ASBMB meeting in Washington DC. It was a first time for me at this conference and I really enjoyed the atmosphere. There was a nice mix of scientific sessions and educational...
by Julie Pollock | Nov 7, 2025 | Blog
This week it was announced that I was selected for a 2025 Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award. This job is challenging, rewarding, exhausting and rejuvenating. It always keeps you thinking, adapting, learning, and growing, but I’m glad to be a professor at...
by Julie Pollock | Aug 12, 2025 | Blog, Lab Thoughts, Research, Students
This post is a little late into the summer as the students have been gone for a few weeks and everyone is almost back on campus for the start of a new semester. However, I just wanted to highlight the amazing group that made progress on essentially five different...
by Julie Pollock | Aug 7, 2025 | Blog, Lab Thoughts, Students
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) prevalence has increased dramatically in the United States in the past decade. A recent study from JAMA found that from 2011 to 2022, ASD diagnosis rates increased by 175%. This surge in cases emphasizes the urgency of understanding not...
by | Jul 22, 2025 | Blog, Research, Students
Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide. Thanks to advances in medicine, deaths from communicable diseases have decreased, and life expectancy has increased. However, with people living longer, there is a greater chance of developing noncommunicable diseases...
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