Jessica Polka is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School. She is interested in the assembly, function, and applications of protein polymers in bacteria, most recently membrane-breaking protein needles called R bodies. She was one of the lead organizers of the 2014 Boston Future of Research Symposium and is also involved with ASCB COMPASS, Rescuing Biomedical Research, and ASAPbio.
Talks with this Speaker
Shaping the Future of Research
Concerned with the sustainability of the scientific enterprise, a postdoc group founded an advocacy and outreach organization called the Future of Research. (Talk recorded in July 2015)
Audience:
- Researcher
- Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 00:16:46