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...
Read MoreACS Spring 2023 – Conference Success!
Congrats to Kristy Ta, Hailey Young, Ryan McCann, and Julia Japo on their great work at the American Chemical Society meeting this week! They contributed their science and expertise, learned new chemistry, made connections, and joined this amazing community. #chemistry...
Read MoreACS Indy – Your guide to great chemistry!
The spring meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) is almost here! Emmanuel College students will be traveling with Dr. Gerdon, Dr. Watt, and Dr. Lau to Indianapolis – the Crossroads of America – for this amazing conference. It is time to be immersed in – and geek-out about – global chemistry fun. If you’re looking for...
Read MoreHunter Yearsley ’23 – Bright side of research
Hunter is excited to be able to continue his forensics research as a part of the GRAB Lab team! Here are two solid lipid nanoparticle samples one containing fluorescent pyranine (found in yellow highlighters) and one containing a porphyrin derivative (related to molecules found in hemoglobin) showing different fluorescence. The hope is to use these...
Read MoreKristy Ta ’24 – Conference Ready
New semester, bigger goals! Kristy has been eager to continue her mineralization project, but her focus has been preparing for the 2023 ACS Conference. It will be a new experience for her– both the conference and traveling to Indianapolis for the first time! She hopes to record the ACS experience—stay tuned on our group’s TikTok (@ECGRABLab). It’s a...
Read MoreDonalissa Alphonse ’24 – Small Plans, Big Experiments
We are finally back into the swing of the semester which means getting into the research! After all the preparation with Ryan and Dr. Gerdon, Donalissa is excited to move forward with a new plan for her nanoparticles. The new plan for place exchanging thiolated DNA onto the nanoparticle includes better sample-processing, increasing reaction kinetics,...
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