Snow Day? Snow problem! After a not-so-snowy snow day last Tuesday, Hailey’s back in the lab running experiments for the week! She’s finishing up her work with DNA origami by testing different concentrations and types of cations in her annealing buffer to see how they interact with both the origami and the mineralization process. She’s excited to be in her...
Read MoreDr. Gerdon and Science Fair Season
Dr. Gerdon got to spend an awesome afternoon at Notre Dame Cristo Rey Academy with Dr. Gian Grant’s sophomore chemistry classes. It’s Science Fair time and these students had great projects on really interesting topics. All had clear testable questions and exceptional experimental design focusing on at least three parameters and each in triplicate. The...
Read MoreKristy Ta ’24 – 24k Magic
After the long December and January break, Kristy headed straight to the lab to get started on her next project. She started her Au NP mineralization project and is excited for the outcome, it was a shaky start but there are high hopes! She’s also excited for the upcoming ACS conference this year in New Orleans. New experiments, new data and same...
Read MoreHappy Holidays from the GRAB Lab!
We have big goals for big experiments in 2024 but it’s time for finals and then a...
Read MoreJuan Alejandro ’25 – Frequency, you’re HERTZing my heart!
The semester is coming to an end and research is not showing Juan any mercy. In an attempt to understand what’s going on with the initial kinetics of calcium phosphate mineralization, an eight-day static experiment was conducted. Although the IR suggested mineralization occurred, QCM says otherwise. With the help of Dr. Gerdon, Juan is coming up with a new...
Read MoreDonalissa Alphonse ’24 – Best Day at Cristo Rey!
Donalissa took a small break from experiments to spend some time to visit our summer research friend Dr. Gian Grant at her school, Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School. She was excited to share the wonders or research and Emmanuel College to all the chemistry students that she visited. One student shared her talents with Donalissa by gifting her a drawing...
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