Kristy feels refreshed after spending some time in her hometown after summer research! As she starts the new semester, she and Dr. Gerdon came up with new experiments to work on. Collagen mineralization never stops! (unless it’s been a week, after that they get analyzed) She stepped foot back into lab this week and continued with the collagen project,...
Read MoreNew Semester, New Adventures
The students of GRAB Lab are a few weeks into the new academic year and are already starting to get back into the lab. The relaxed days of summer research are over and now we are full speed on new courses, new chemistry, and new research experiments. The whole crew – Julia, Ryan, Kristy, and Hailey – is back along with Hunter who is joining us...
Read MoreFloating the Charles
The group took to the Charles River for a float and a paddle to celebrate a successful summer. It was a beautiful afternoon and we had a great time taking in the views, narrowly missing sail boats, honking at Duck Boats, and not falling in. Chemistry research happens in the lab and out of the...
Read MoreKristy Ta’23 – Soaking in (the sun) the calcium phosphate
Kristy’s first summer research was such an informing and unique experience! She learned about new instruments and even came up with her own experiments to run in the future! With guidance from Dr. Gerdon, and the creative juices flowing, lots of things got done this summer! All the experiments had their ups and downs but there was never a time where there...
Read MoreJust another day in the GRAB Lab
Check out this time-lapse video of chemistry lab action! There are so many different experiments going on in lab each and every day of the summer. We are hard at work.
Read MoreRyan McCann ’23 – Learning Instruments and Interpreting Data
Ryan has been working on attaching our DNA aptamers to the three different gold nanoparticles that we’ve synthesized in the lab (including Rylie’s and Dianna’s syntheses), as well as starting calcium phosphate mineralization experiments using the absorbance plate reader instrument. He’s been working through calculations, solution...
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