Congrats to Jack on a successful presentation at the ACS conference in San Francisco: “DNA aptamers that bind with high affinity to hydroxyapatite“
Read MoreJack Florek ’17 presents at ACS in San Francisco
Krista Meserve ’18 – Chicago Field Museum of Natural History
Members of Chemistry Club traveled to Chicago during spring break to visit two museums: the Field Museum of Natural History and The Museum of Science and Industry. The Field museum had a state of the art DNA research lab within the museum that walked visitors through the process of sequencing DNA. I found it very interesting because the exhibit explained...
Read MoreDavid Savage ’17 – Snow Day!
As students are returning back to campus from spring break, Winter Storm Stella brings a much appreciated snow. While breaks are helpful and often needed, Senior David Savage can’t wait to get back into the lab to continue research in collaboration with Harpoon Brewery (located in Boston’s Seaport District).
Read MoreBobby Tzepos ’18 – Finding time for lab
As the semester is reaching its midpoint, exams are here and spring break is right around the corner. Finding time to get into the lab for research has been quite a struggle but summer applications are in! Research over the summer allows us to maximize productivity and focus solely on our experiments. I am excited to continue research on my early...
Read MoreKaterina Luarasi ’17 tours the Broad Institute
Senior Katerina Luarasi gets a tour of the Broad Institute in Cambridge, MA. At the Broad, they do a lot of DNA sequencing. Fun facts: the flow cell in her hand has 8 lanes that can hold 96 samples in each lane and the instruments behind her cost about $1M each!
Read MoreJason Miech ’18 – off campus opportunities
Junior Jason Miech is using his experience in research on campus in applying to external summer internships at NASA and Department of Energy National Research Labs. Meanwhile, junior Krista Meserve has locked up a unique summer internship opportunity at the FBI (pending background check and other security measures), but hopes to stay engaged in research on...
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