The statement "<span>When she matriculates out of college, Julia desires to conduct research in a labortory." has a misspelled word and it is the word labortory. In the sentence, it clearly mean that the word "labortory" is a place and the only place in where the experimentation are held are in a "LABORATORY". That is the correct spelling.</span>
The correct spelling should be laboratory. Laboratory is the place where experiments and practical activities are performed. Research is usually done with experiments or practical tasks.