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Amanda Gilbert ’22 – First Summer in the Lab

Posted by on Jun 8, 2021 in Posts, Student News

Amanda is so excited to be back in the lab for summer research! After some lab clean-up and literature research, Amanda was able to start running more affinity experiments with DNA and collagen hydrogels. She has also done some planning for the rest of the summer. She has lots of experiments lined up, which means their will be a lot of data to analyze! So...

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Summer Research Begins

Posted by on Jun 2, 2021 in Posts, Student News

It is amazing to see students and faculty back to work in summer research! The distractions of a full set of courses during the semester are gone and now is the time for students to immerse themselves in research projects. Students can eat, sleep, drink, and dream research! But, then take a nice walk around the Fens to clear your head, reflect on the...

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High School Teacher Development Opportunity

Posted by on May 18, 2021 in Posts, Student News

Do you know a fantastic Boston-area high school chemistry teacher? My research group has National Science Foundation funding to support professional development for a high school teacher. That means – join our group this summer, get in the lab, learn some new chemistry, and get paid for...

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Congratulations to 2021 Seniors!

Posted by on May 18, 2021 in Posts

Congratulations Class of 2021 – especially Gabby Zabala other chemistry major grads! You have achieved so much at Emmanuel College and have an exciting path ahead. You’ve navigated the stationary phase and have eluted with the mobile phase ready for quantitative success! We’ll be here taking care of the LC-MS for you so keep us posted on...

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Achievements and Goals – Research Spring 2021!

Posted by on May 11, 2021 in Alumni, Posts, Student News

The GRAB lab gathered for the last group meeting of the semester to reflect on research achievements, to congratulate Gabby on graduation, and to make some new goals for the coming summer! Some achievement highlights include: designing new experiments, learning new instruments, helping new research students along, and simply getting into the lab in-person....

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Congratulations Dr. Samantha Watson!

Posted by on Apr 15, 2021 in Alumni, Posts

Congratulations to Dr. Samantha Watson, Emmanuel College and GRAB Lab alumna ’15, on her successful dissertation defense on “A Computationally-Directed Biochemical Characterization of Metabolic Proteins”. Great job Dr. Watson!

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