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...
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 | Jun 20, 2025 | Blog, Students
Background about antibiotics In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic, penicillin, and found that it could inhibit bacterial growth. By 1943, researchers were conducting clinical trials for this “wonder drug” and production quickly increased as it was...
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 | Apr 25, 2025 | Blog, Students
Next up in our graduating seniors of 2025 is BMB major, Camryn Sung. Camryn was in my CHEM 205 (organic chemistry 1) course in Fall 2022. When she first reached out about joining the lab I wasn’t sure that I had any space; however, we (my collaborators at HPU...
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