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Kristy Ta’23 – Soaking in (the sun) the calcium phosphate

Posted by on Jul 26, 2022 in Posts, Student News

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...

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Ryan McCann ’23 – Learning Instruments and Interpreting Data

Posted by on Jul 13, 2022 in Posts, Student News

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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Research Alumni Gathering 2022!

Posted by on Jul 13, 2022 in Alumni, Posts, Student News

Dr. Gerdon and the current research group would like to say a huge thank you to all of the alumni who came out on Monday. We are inspired by the great things that you’re all achieving in science and in life. It is so rewarding to have the chance to catch up, hear about your lives and experiences, argue about cannolis and tiramisu, and have some fun....

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Welcome Camilla to the Research Group!

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

We are very excited to have Camilla Alexius-Chin, an amazing high school chemistry teacher in the Boston Public School System, join the GRAB Lab this summer. Camilla is joining our National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project on DNA and nanoparticle assemblies as biomimetic templates for calcium phosphate mineralization. She is off to a great start...

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Meet the Group – now on Tik Tok!

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

Thanks to the pioneering spirit of GRAB Lab researcher Kristy Ta, we are moving into the age of video communication! I know, we’re probably a bit behind the game on this, but Kristy deserves a huge thanks for bringing this great idea forward. Now we’re expanding our social media presence and doing an even better job of sharing our...

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