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Emma Duffy ’19 – Summer Research Poster Session

Posted by on Oct 1, 2018 in Posts, Student News

The members of Grab Lab are reflecting back on the summer as they look for inspiration for research during the fall semester. They attended and presented at the Emmanuel College Summer Research Poster Session to share the progress that has been made.  They also explored research projects going on in other departments. For example, in the Biology department...

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Jake Shlaferman ’19 – Kicking off Senior year

Posted by on Sep 21, 2018 in Posts, Student News

To kick off the start of his senior year, Jake is finishing up some mineralization experiments for a new publication that is soon to come. After presenting his poster at ACS Boston in August, Jake is motivated to tie up loose ends and finish his calcium phosphate mineralization project. Also, with new students joining the GRAB Lab, senior members are...

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Publication! (for team laminar flow)

Posted by on Sep 10, 2018 in Alumni, Posts, Student News

A very big congratulations to Aimee Sanford, Geoff Conklin, and Jason Miech for the fantastic work, recently published in Materials Science & Engineering C! “Solution rheological parameters modulate calcium phosphate mineralization in a microfluidic device” This publication has been a long time coming and was really based on the Distinction...

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ACS Conference Success!

Posted by on Aug 23, 2018 in Posts, Student News

Jake, Emma, Alex, and Dr. Gerdon all had a great time being fully immersed in chemistry at National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Boston this week. Jake and Emma presented beautiful work and had good traffic at their posters. Alex had his eyes opened to the wide world of agricultural chemistry! Dr. Gerdon’s presentation on the...

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Students travel to ACS in…..Boston!

Posted by on Aug 17, 2018 in Alumni, Posts, Student News

The 256th Meeting of the American Chemical Society is just around the corner – in time and in space! Dr. Gerdon will be “traveling” with Emma, Jake, and Alex to the conference this weekend through Tuesday. It’s great to have such wonderful science from all over the world in your backyard! If you’re in town for the conference,...

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Dr. Gerdon at GRC – Biomineralization

Posted by on Aug 7, 2018 in Posts

Dr. Gerdon had a fantastic week in New Hampshire, totally immersed in all things biomineralization, at the recent Gordon Research Conference. Dr. Gerdon presented a poster on “Analysis of secondary structures in DNA aptamer mineralization templates” and was able to consult with many experts in the field. He also successfully completed a rainy...

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