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Georgia Kazis ’27 – Loving Research! (and more atomic forces)

Georgia Kazis ’27 – Loving Research! (and more atomic forces)

Posted by on Jul 25, 2024 in Posts, Student News

Georgia has been loving research! Her first summer has been going by really fast, but she has made some good progress. She has been imaging with AFM (atomic force microscopy) a lot and the instrument seems to like her more these past few days. She has also been working on her state of the project presentation. It has made her look back on all of her...

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Juan Alejandro ’25 – Feeling Atomic Forces

Juan Alejandro ’25 – Feeling Atomic Forces

Posted by on Jul 25, 2024 in Posts, Student News

Summer research is almost done (even though it feels like it just started)! Juan is currently conducting his last experiments of the summer, working on his distinction in the field proposal, and the state of the project write-up. This summer has been so busy, and much has been done!  Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been used to image multiple samples,...

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Marissa Diplacido ’25 – Counting Ligands

Marissa Diplacido ’25 – Counting Ligands

Posted by on Jul 16, 2024 in Posts, Student News

A new part of Marissa’s research involves using a liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC-MS) instrument. Not only is she looking for the detection of her ligands at concentrations in the micromolar range, but also for the concentration of them within her samples. As the summer progresses, she has been trying to quantify the number of ligands on her...

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Dennis Nguyen ’25 – Fighting through T and traffic for research!

Dennis Nguyen ’25 – Fighting through T and traffic for research!

Posted by on Jun 26, 2024 in Posts, Student News

After a chaotic spring semester, Dennis is excited to join GRAB Lab as a part-timer! This will be his first (and last) summer in the lab, and it is already half-way done. He will be carrying on Donalissa’s work with nanoparticles and DNA aptamers. The progress was overall smooth sailing, but it all changed when the plate reader software decided to expire...

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Georgia Kazis ’27 – Surreal Summer

Georgia Kazis ’27 – Surreal Summer

Posted by on Jun 24, 2024 in Posts, Student News

Georgia has just joined the GRAB Lab as a rising sophomore! Research this summer has been amazing for her, and it is so surreal that she gets this opportunity to learn and grow! She has taken over the DNA Origami project from the wonderful Hailey Young, and it has overall been going well! There have been some setbacks with the thermocycler, but she is...

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Juan Alejandro ’25 – All the QCM Instruments

Juan Alejandro ’25 – All the QCM Instruments

Posted by on Jun 13, 2024 in Posts, Student News

Summer research has finally begun and is already almost halfway done! Juan’s time with the GRAB Lab is coming to an end soon, and this will be his last summer of research at Emmanuel College. Although there have been some small set-backs (which involved switching to a different QCM instrument), the summer has been busy and much has been accomplished. Some...

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