Dr. Gerdon spent some quality time at the Electron Microscopy Facility at Harvard Medical School this week! The goal was to get images of the different nanoparticle syntheses that Rylie and Dianna have been working it. Time at the instrument reminded Dr. Gerdon of first learning TEM from the incomparable Dr. Joe Slocik at Vanderbilt University many years...
Read MoreNew Course – Chemistry of Brewing!
Dr. Gerdon is excited to be designing and teaching a new course this coming Fall 2021 called the Chemistry of Brewing. There’s tons of chemistry in the process of brewing from water chemistry to polysaccharides to alpha acids to yeast biochemistry. This is going to be a fun class and is open to all students (no science prerequisite)! It’s not...
Read MoreDianna Shields ’22 – Getting Place Exchanged Started
This semester, Dianna is learning how to multitask! She has been working on producing quality tiopronin nanoparticle batches while also starting the place exchange reaction. Dianna also completed a colloid nanoparticle synthesis and is excited to visualize them using TEM! As always, Dianna is happy to be in lab, taking NMRs, and synthesizing lots of...
Read MoreRylie Bolarinho ’22 – One Year Away from the Lab
Rylie is very excited to finally come back to the research lab after being away for almost one year! When she left the lab, Rylie had just finished her first nanoparticle synthesis using mercaptobenzoic acid. Since she has come back to campus, Rylie has already completed two syntheses that are ready to be analyzed using NMR. She is hopeful that these new...
Read MoreJulia Japo ’23 – Gabby’s Shadow
It is Julia’s second week in the lab. She has been shadowing Gabby in regard to her work with QCM (Quartz Crystal Microbalance) measurements of collagen mineralization. Julia has worked on preparing calcium phosphate solutions necessary to mineralize collagen! She is excited to learn as much as she can and possibly start her own project in the...
Read MoreGabby Zabala ’21 – Excited and Optimistic about Research
It’s Gabby’s first week back in the lab since winter break and she is ready to get back to work on her QCM collagen project! With help, Gabby has finally managed to attach and form a collagen hydrogel on a QCM crystal. It was tricky getting that collagen to form and stick on the crystal, but we found that using a 37 ℃ water bath really helps! Now she is...
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