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...
by | Jul 18, 2024 | Blog, Research, Students
A Review of Chromosome Structure and Function With the time spent learning about breast cancer in Dr. Pollock’s lab, I have become more interested in learning if X-linked genes are associated with breast cancer. Before we get into the details, let’s take a top-level...
by | Jul 9, 2024 | Blog, Research, Students
*September 3, 1928- It was a dark and stormy night.* Truthfully, it likely was not a “dark and stormy night,” but every great superhero needs a dramatic entrance. Upon his arrival home from holiday, Alexander Fleming noticed an unusual guest among his Petri dishes of...
by Julie Pollock | Jun 25, 2024 | Blog, Conferences, Research, Students
At the start of June, Auden and I traveled to Boston for the annual Endocrine Society Meeting. I must admit I was a little nervous leaving four research students to fend for themselves during the start of the third week of research, but they did well; it only took...
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