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Krista Meserve ’18 – DNA and mineralization

Posted by on Jul 21, 2016 in Posts, Student News

Researcher Krista Meserve ’18 pipettes two different experiments into a 96-well plate. The well-plate will then be placed into a plate reader, which measures the absorbance of each well every minute. After the data has been analyzed, we will be able to see which (if any) strands of DNA best promoted mineralization!

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Katerina Luarasi ’17 – Setting Sails!

Posted by on Jul 5, 2016 in Posts, Student News

A nice balance of work and fun is needed to make sure the ship sails smoothly! Team Gerdon takes a trip out to George’s Island and Spectacle Island for the day. We got a history lesson, heard a ghost story, and climbed a really old heap of...

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Krista Meserve ’18 – Projects on the side

Posted by on Jun 3, 2016 in Posts, Student News

Week three of summer research and us researchers on Team Gerdon are going strong. A lot of exciting experiments are being carried out and new equipments are being constructed by the researchers each day. I have created a plan of experiments to carry out this summer, but have to wait for the plate reader instrument to be fixed. In the mean time, I have...

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