by Julie Pollock | Jan 2, 2019 | Blog, Lab Thoughts, Publications, Research
Around 15 years ago, when I was still an undergraduate student, I’m willing to bet if you asked most chemists (and probably other scientists) what they thought of “open access” journals, they would have scoffed. They would have said that the open...
by Julie Pollock | Nov 14, 2018 | Blog, Conferences, Research, Students
Fair warning — this is going to be a long post. Earlier this month, I traveled with 7 of my research students to Augusta, Georgia for the 70th annual Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society. I gave a talk and they all did posters. We...
by Julie Pollock | Oct 29, 2018 | Blog, Publications, Research, Students
You’ve heard me talk about it a lot — collaboration, collaboration, collaboration. It is the foundation of all my science. My undergraduate collaborators help me to become a better teacher, my off-campus collaborators help me to analyze difficult data, my...
by Julie Pollock | Aug 22, 2018 | Blog, Publications, Research
When I was a post-doc in the Katzenellenbogen lab at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, I worked on a number of different projects. I thank Dr. K for allowing me to be contribute to such a variety of research ideas. In addition, I thank him for encouraging...
by Julie Pollock | Aug 14, 2018 | Blog, Publications, Research, Students
When I was writing my tenure-track job applications back in 2013, I was thinking hard about research projects. I was reading lots of papers and drafting research strategies to jump into once I secured a job. One of those projects focused on a phospho-tyrosine binding...
by Julie Pollock | Jul 23, 2018 | Blog, Lab Thoughts, Research, Students
Friday was Kristen Rubenstein’s last day in the lab. She has been working full-time since last August as a post-baccalaureate researcher during her gap year before medical school. Back in January 2017 when I was writing the Jeffress grant, I approached Kristen,...
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