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Summer Research Fun 2026

Summer Research Fun 2026

Posted by on Jul 23, 2026 in Posts, Student News

Another summer of research is coming to a close, but not before we reach some important milestones. Our team of high school student researchers from Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School – Donnie, Melannie, Isabela, and Lee – did amazing work last week and shared their successes, challenges, and fun in their end-of-week presentations. Congrats and...

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Old friends and new friends

Posted by on Jul 15, 2026 in Alumni, Posts, Student News

It has been an exciting week in the GRAB Lab! On Monday, we welcomed new friends to the group – a fantastic group of four high school students from Notre Dame Cristo Rey high school, led by Dr. Gian Grant. Melannie, Donnie, Isabella, and Lee are learning about chemistry research with Dr. Ahmad, Dr. Lau, and Dr. Gerdon and are especially working with...

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Getting to Know the Group – Summer 2026

Posted by on Jul 8, 2026 in Posts, Student News

Who are these amazing research students who are in the lab this summer, doing awesome chemistry research, writing fun and engaging blog posts? Good question! It is time to get to know our Summer 2026 researchers, members of the GRAB Lab team, a little better. Describe your research project in 10 words. Georgia – Using DNA origami as a scaffold to...

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Publication! Congrats to Georgia and Hailey!

Publication! Congrats to Georgia and Hailey!

Posted by on Jul 8, 2026 in Alumni, Posts, Student News

Congrats to Georgia Kazis and Hailey Young and the entire GRAB Lab research team on our new publication in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering! It was a lot of fun to return to work with DNA origami and to make practical use of it in preparing heirarchical structures for calcium phosphate mineralization. Great work by two exceptional researchers....

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