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Research Alumni Unite! – Summer 2021

Posted by on Jul 21, 2021 in Alumni, Posts, Student News

It was fantastic to see research alumni in the Boston area come together in person to catch up, support each other, and support the current students in the research lab. We had a great time and missed all the alumni too far from campus to join in the fun. The network of research alumni keeps growing and the connections and accomplishments are impressive....

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Dr. Gerdon – Folding Up Research!

Posted by on Jul 12, 2021 in Posts, Student News

Dr. Gerdon is thinking about new adventures with DNA origami by starting with paper and a few folds. Tabs and pockets hold the six pieces of paper together to make this cube. Over 200 synthetic strands of DNA base-pair to M13 phage DNA to hold this DNA origami tile together and hopefully we’ll see it in action in the lab in the coming weeks! This summer of...

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Grace Sanpietro ’22 – chemical reference librarian

Posted by on Jul 6, 2021 in Posts, Student News

Grace is so excited to be doing summer research with the GRAB lab team this summer! She has begun working on Headspace Extraction, Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME), and GC-MS analysis of ignitable molecules. Her plan is to develop the GRAB lab’s own in-house reference library of ignitable molecules! She has completed headspace analysis and compiled...

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Luz Padilla ’22 – Forensics and Fabrics

Posted by on Jun 29, 2021 in Posts, Student News

This week Luz finished performing headspace analysis of volatile liquids, hexane and gasoline, on four sample fabrics. These fabrics are denim, linen, polyester, and nylon. The headspace analysis using the GC-MS instrument has shown– through chromatograms and mass spectra, that this method is most likely not sensitive enough to detect the molecules...

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Welcome to Esther Hines!

Posted by on Jun 29, 2021 in Posts, Student News

The GRAB Lab is excited to welcome Esther Hines, chemistry instructor from Billerica Memorial High School, to the group! Esther is part of our NSF-funded research that includes recruiting an amazing high school chemistry teacher to the group for several weeks over the summer to learn about our work, re-engage in chemistry research activity, and develop an...

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Publication! Congrats to Bobby and Easwer

Publication! Congrats to Bobby and Easwer

Posted by on Jun 29, 2021 in Alumni, Posts

Congratulations to Bobby Tzepos and Easwer Raman on their recent publication in Electroanalysis! A number of students worked on this project at Emmanuel College, including Marianna Barnhart and Katarina Kozicki, in addition to all the hard work that Bobby and Easwer put in. This project originated with Dr. Gerdon, Dr. Lauren Toote, and Dr. David Wright at...

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