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Juan Alejandro ’25 – Frequency, you’re HERTZing my heart!

Juan Alejandro ’25 – Frequency, you’re HERTZing my heart!

Posted by on Dec 5, 2023 in Posts, Student News

The semester is coming to an end and research is not showing Juan any mercy. In an attempt to understand what’s going on with the initial kinetics of calcium phosphate mineralization, an eight-day static experiment was conducted. Although the IR suggested mineralization occurred, QCM says otherwise. With the help of Dr. Gerdon, Juan is coming up with a new...

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Donalissa Alphonse ’24 – Best Day at Cristo Rey!

Donalissa Alphonse ’24 – Best Day at Cristo Rey!

Posted by on Nov 9, 2023 in Posts, Student News

Donalissa took a small break from experiments to spend some time to visit our summer research friend Dr. Gian Grant at her school, Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School. She was excited to share the wonders or research and Emmanuel College to all the chemistry students that she visited. One student shared her talents with Donalissa by gifting her a drawing...

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GRAB Lab Visits Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School

GRAB Lab Visits Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School

Posted by on Nov 7, 2023 in Posts, Student News

The whole research team had an amazing experience working with Dr. Gian Grant this past summer in our labs on campus at Emmanuel College. Last week was even better when Dr. Grant invited us to visit her school, Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School in Methuen, MA. Donalissa, Hailey, and Dr. Gerdon had a really great time meeting with Sr. Maryalyce Gilfeather,...

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Juan Alejandro ’25 – Change is Good….Hopefully!

Juan Alejandro ’25 – Change is Good….Hopefully!

Posted by on Oct 26, 2023 in Posts, Student News

A summer filled with research has ended, and the fall academic semester has finally begun. The theme for this new chapter of research has been change! Juan has currently changed the monitoring time-frame in which his mineralization experiments are conducted. By increasing how long the experiments last, he has gone from 20-hour experiments to multi-day...

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Marissa Diplacido ’25 – New Year, Same Nanoparticles

Marissa Diplacido ’25 – New Year, Same Nanoparticles

Posted by on Oct 19, 2023 in Posts, Student News

Marissa has been hard at work synthesizing more gold nanoparticles to use in her place exchange experiments. She recently found that performing a place exchange reaction has potential to produce what she has been hoping for most of the summer. As she continues her junior year and her academics, she is looking to the future for her research and how she can...

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Kristy Ta ’24 – Mixing Potions

Kristy Ta ’24 – Mixing Potions

Posted by on Oct 13, 2023 in Posts, Student News

Mixing Potions Kristy is taking the collagen mineralization project to the next level by continuing experiments to include gold nanoparticles. She’s finishing up her last year at Emmanuel College and is excited for her future career, but at the moment is focused on classes and research of course! Her first experiments will be with gold nanoparticles,...

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