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Paid High School Teacher Development Opportunity

Posted by on May 5, 2022 in Alumni, Posts, Student News

Do you know a fantastic Boston-area high school chemistry teacher? My research group has National Science Foundation (NSF) funding to support professional development for a high school teacher. That means – join our group this summer, get in the lab, learn some new chemistry, and get paid for...

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Distinction Day 2022!

Posted by on Apr 29, 2022 in Posts, Student News

Congratulations to all Distinction in the Field candidates on yesterday’s fantastic Distinction Day 2022, but a special congrats to GRAB Lab members Amanda Gilbert and Rylie Bolarinho. Amanda and Rylie worked diligently over their entire Emmanuel College career to earn Distinction in the Field. This included online work during pandemic shutdowns, a...

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ACS Spring 2022 – Welcome to San Diego!

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

Congratulations to six research students on the amazing presentation of three posters at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego!! Amanda, Dianna, Grace, Julia, Luz, and Rylie (and Bailey!) worked hard in the lab over the past year to collect some really compelling results, worked even harder to get great-looking posters put...

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Amanda Gilbert ’22 – New favorite instrument

Posted by on Mar 3, 2022 in Posts, Student News

For Amanda’s last semester of research, she has been running more mineralization experiments with collagen and DNA aptamers! She has spent a lot of time by the ICP-AES (inductively-coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy), which is becoming her new favorite instrument. Amanda has also been working with new GRAB Lab members to continue the collagen...

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Open Lab 2022!

Posted by on Feb 24, 2022 in Posts, Student News

The GRAB Open Lab event returned to campus this spring! The goal of the event is to open our lab doors to any student, faculty, or staff member of our community so that they feel welcome in science and the Wilkens Science Center. Safety is a first priority, so the entire research group was on hand to help participants out along the way. The participants...

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Grace Sanpietro ’22 – Literally Passing the Torch

Posted by on Feb 18, 2022 in Posts, Student News

Grace is excited to spend her last semester at Emmanuel with the GRAB lab team! She’s excited to continue working on her SPME and headspace extraction of volatile molecules project and hopefully pass on her knowledge to the next generation of chemists! Hailey, a new member of the GRAB Lab, was able to get into the lab with Grace and learn a little more...

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