Dr. Gerdon’s been hanging out in the Emmanuel College Discovery Lab to craft up some great gear for the seniors! Who needs a beaker mug? Every chemist! Who needs a beaker mug with the GRAB Lab logo? These amazing graduating seniors!
Read MoreSeniors, Seniors, Seniors – May 2025
There’s just so much to say about the Seniors! Graduation is just a few steps away, but we’ve been over-busy for the past month finishing up experiments, preparing for final presentations, and passing on knowledge to new researchers. Congrats to… Dennis Nguyen ’25 for his amazing work with gold nanoparticles, size-selective...
Read MoreACS Spring 2025 – San Diego Sunshine, Tacos, and Proud Chemists
Congratulations to the entire GRAB Lab team on a very successful, enlightening, and inspiring trip to San Diego for the ACS National Conference. The impressive amount of chemistry can be overwhelming at times but this group of undergraduate researchers did an amazing job sharing their hard work with the chemistry community and the world. We made some...
Read MoreMarissa Diplacido ’25 – Finally at mineralization (only took 2 years!)
After returning from spring break, Marissa finished up the poster she is presenting at the ACS Conference in San Diego. She also wrapped up her final mineralization experiment on her current place exchanged nanoparticles so she can shift her complete focus into completing her Distinction in the Field paper and presentation. As graduation approaches, she...
Read MoreAren Gerdon – Pittcon 2025!
Dr. Gerdon had a great day at Pittcon Conference + Exposition in Boston last week! Thanks to Dr. Michelle Kovarik for the invitation to present in the Future of Analytical Chemistry Education session. It was great to share our work at Emmanuel College (Boston) on social justice in the chemistry...
Read MoreMia Mullen ’25 – A Sticky Situation
After making it through half the spring semester, Mia is making progress with her research. The lipid nanoparticle powder proved to be difficult to work with at first, but after identifying the usefulness of sucrose, the process is slowly coming along. Originally the pure and dry lipid nanoparticles were too sticky and did not grind well into a powder....
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