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 | 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 | Aug 20, 2020 | Academia, Announcements, Blog, Students, Teaching
I was honored yesterday to receive one of the 2020 Distinguished Educator Awards from the University of Richmond. Teaching and interacting with students at UR is what makes this job fulfilling. Although it was a little strange to receive it over Zoom, that is the way...
by Julie Pollock | May 5, 2020 | Blog, Teaching, The Conversation
If you know me, you know I geek out over the amazing biochemical process of oxygen transfer throughout the body. Hemoglobin is such a remarkable protein. I am excited to share my new article published on The Conversation on how this protein facilitates transfer of...
by Julie Pollock | Feb 6, 2019 | Blog, Students, Teaching
I’m back in the lecture classroom again this semester — I was on research leave Spring 2018 and have been teaching biochemistry labs and my chemical biology discussion-based course in Fall 2017/2018. I have two sections of the first semester of organic...
by Julie Pollock | Nov 30, 2018 | Blog, Teaching
I believe I’ve written about my advanced elective course (CHEM333, Chemical Biology) before. It has an interesting format where we touch on a variety of new techniques in the field of chemical biology and read recent articles where they are implemented. If you...
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