This summer the group is excited to welcome, work with, and learn from Dr. Gian Grant! Dr. Grant is the Science Department Chair and Chemistry Teacher at the Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School in Methuen, MA. She will work with us in the lab through the end of July and then we’ll have the opportunity to visit her classroom in the Fall semester....
Read MoreMarissa DiPlacido ’25 – Familiar yet unexpected
As the first official days of summer pass, Marissa is excited to spend her time in the lab for summer research. She has been trying to synthesize a different type of gold nanoparticle to be used for mineralization experiments. Different parameters have been tested to determine how the gold nanoparticle can be synthesized. Marissa has been experiencing...
Read MoreJuan Alejandro ’25 – Engineering Success!
As the busy semester came to an end, Juan was excited to start working in the lab for the summer. This is his first time working in the lab ever! As his journey continues this summer working with Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM), Juan has learned the ups and downs of research. Different set-ups have been explored to improve the outcomes of his...
Read MoreHailey Young ’24 – Conquering NERM!
Congrats to Hailey on her amazing presentation at the Northeast Regional Meeting of the ACS (NERM) in Boston this week. Her talk on “DNA origami nanostructures as biomimetic scaffolds for calcium phosphate mineralization” was really well done and was well received. The team was there to cheer her on and there was even an chemistry alum...
Read MoreDonalissa Alphonse ’24 – Research One Day at a Time
As the summer starts, Donalissa looks forward to what research has to offer. It is so refreshing to work in the lab alongside her GRAB lab team members. As she continues to work with gold nanoparticles, she has found methods to efficiently attach single stranded DNA in only 1 day! After some minor set-backs, Donalissa has progressed and grown more...
Read MoreKristy Ta ’24 – Projects, Projects, and Side Projects
After a long and hard semester, Kristy is excited to spend more time in lab running experiments! Adding new lab techniques under her belt one by one! Most recently synthesizing gold nanoparticles as a part of her side project to later be used in future projects. She has been familiarizing herself with different instruments to understand their use and how...
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