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 | 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 | 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...
by | Jul 16, 2025 | Blog, Research, Students
How do proteins ‘know’ what a cell requires of them? This enigmatic knowledge lies in a microscopic relay race inside our cells, called signal transduction. Effectively working as a molecular baton pass, signal transduction starts with a protein that binds to a...
by Julie Pollock | Jun 16, 2025 | Biochemistry, Blog, Publications, Research, Students, Teaching
Back in January 2021, Hannah Parker reached out about joining the research lab. We were still living the pandemic, and Hannah, who was a health care studies major, was doing her studies remotely. I had just finished teaching Biochemistry lecture to my biggest class...
by Julie Pollock | Nov 13, 2024 | Academia, Blog, Conferences, Research, Students
In October, four amazing women represented the lab by attending SERMACS in Atlanta, GA. They presented their research, networked with other chemists, and got to experience the world of scientific conferences. Unfortunately because of other travel obligations this...
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