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Hailey Young ’24 – Braving the Cold for Research

Posted by on Feb 10, 2023 in Posts, Student News

It’s the start of another semester, and Hailey is braving the cold and wind to get back in the lab! It was one of the coldest days of the year last week but there was still lots to do.  She looks forward to continuing the DNA origami project and hopes to get started on experiments with a new structure. She’s also excited for the end of March,...

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PUBLICATION! Congrats to Steph, Alex, Rylie, and Hailey!

Posted by on Jan 30, 2023 in Posts, Student News

Secondary Structure of DNA Aptamer Influences Biomimetic Mineralization of Calcium Carbonate ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2023 Congrats to Stephanie Colon, Alexander Paige, Rylie Bolarinho, and Hailey Young and the entire GRAB Lab team for this awesome work. We keep finding interesting ways that DNA aptamers interact with different minerals in...

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Hunter Yearsley ’23 – Passionate about chemistry!

Posted by on Nov 6, 2022 in Posts, Student News

Hunter is very excited to be one of the newest members of the GRAB Lab research team! Hunter is working on a project in the area of forensics and is using this research project to fill his internship requirement. His goal is to make solid lipid nanoparticles that can fluoresce when they come into contact with a latent fingerprint. He is very happy to be...

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Dr. Gerdon – Research Balance

Posted by on Oct 31, 2022 in Posts, Student News

Finding time to be successful in research during the academic year is a huge challenge for undergraduate students and professors. Dr. Gerdon has had an awesome semester working on so many great things – students building LEGO spectrophotometers in the Instrumental Analysis course, helping with a recent NECHE accreditation visit, working with Campus Mission...

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