Jan30
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Secondary Structure of DNA Aptamer Influences Biomimetic Mineralization of Calcium Carbonate ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2023 Congrats to Stephanie Colon, Alexander Paige, Rylie Bolarinho, and Hailey Young and the entire GRAB Lab team for this awesome work. We keep finding interesting ways that DNA aptamers interact with different minerals in different conditions, now related to ocean-relevant mineralization. There’s more to do here, but this is a great achievement. Congrats on your hard work and success! See it on LinkedIn! ...
Jan12
Posted on Jan 12 by
Our research alumni at Emmanuel College are awesome! Congrats to Krista Meserve on these new publications related to her graduate work in analytical chemistry. Great work! Chorioamnionitis-exposure alters serum cytokine trends in premature neonates, G.E. Stepanovich*, C.A. Chapman*, K. Meserve, J.M. Sturza, L.A. Ellsworth, R.C. Bailey, J.R. Bermick, Journal of Perinatology, 2022. DOI: 10.1038/s41372-022-01584-2 Detection of biomarkers for filoviral infection with a silicon photonic resonator platform, K. Meserve*, A.J. Qavi*, M.J. Aman, V. Hong, L. Zeitlin, J.M. Dye, J.W. Froude, D.W. Leung, L. Yang, F.W. Holtsberg, G.K. Amarasinghe, R.C. Bailey, STAR Protocols, 2022, 3. DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101719 Rapid detection of an Ebola biomarker with optical microring resonators, A.J. Qavi*, K. Meserve*, M.J. Aman, V. Hong, L. Zeitlin, J.M. Dye, J.W. Froude, D.W. Leung, L. Yang, F.W. Holtsberg, R.C. Bailey, G.K. Amarasinghe, Cell Reports Methods, 2022, 2. DOI: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2022.100234 Highlighted in Cell Reports Methods Meet the Authors: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2022.100241 2021 Whispering-gallery-mode sensors for biological and physical sensing, D. Yu, M. Humar, K. Meserve, R.C. Bailey, S.N. Chormaic, F. Vollmer, Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 2021, 1. DOI:...
Dec09
Posted on Dec 9 by
The entire GRAB Lab Team – Hunter, Julia, Ryan, Hailey, Donalissa, Kristy, and Dr. Gerdon – had an amazing time making new friends in Ms. Alexius’ chemistry classes today at the O’Bryant School of Math and Science in Roxbury. It was a beautiful morning for the short 26 min walk over to our neighbors. We got to spend time with four different classes to talk about Emmanuel College, life in college, studying chemistry, undergraduate research, and our current research projects. The students had tons of great questions about everything from in-depth chemistry to life in the dorms. We finished with a chemistry trivia match between high school students and undergraduate students about the periodic table. We also got an honorary mascot in Sprinkles the bearded dragon. Camilla (Ms. Alexius) and her students were awesome hosts and we are planning to visit again in...
Dec02
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It is great to be in Boston! World-class, amazing researchers come to us every fall for the Materials Research Society conference held at Hynes Convention Center. Dr. Gerdon was able to get away after class on Thursday to hear some great talks and present on “DNA aptamers and self-assembled DNA materials as bioinspired modulators of calcium mineralization“. There was a great crowd, a number of good questions, and several fruitful discussions after the talk during the break. It is encouraging and inspiring and is great confirmation that our undergraduate researchers are doing high quality work on par with anyone else in the field. Congrats to the whole group, current students and...
Nov07
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Check out the spooky lab pumpkins, courtesy of the Chem Club at Emmanuel College. Kristy, Hailey, Donalissa and many other worked hard to make this event successful and scary! Great...
Nov06
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Hunter is very excited to be one of the newest members of the GRAB Lab research team! Hunter is working on a project in the area of forensics and is using this research project to fill his internship requirement. His goal is to make solid lipid nanoparticles that can fluoresce when they come into contact with a latent fingerprint. He is very happy to be able to be a part of this team full of people who are so passionate about chemistry and...
