Mar31
Posted on Mar 31 by
Congratulations to six research students on the amazing presentation of three posters at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego!! Amanda, Dianna, Grace, Julia, Luz, and Rylie (and Bailey!) worked hard in the lab over the past year to collect some really compelling results, worked even harder to get great-looking posters put together, and had very active posters in the session on Monday. It is an eye-opening experience to attend an ACS conference and it can be overwhelming to talk to so many chemists about your own work, but the researchers were amazing. They also learned a lot by attending talks, networking sessions, and the expo. Of course, we all enjoyed the sun, palm trees, water, sunsets, coffee, and tacos in beautiful San Diego!...
Mar03
Posted on Mar 3 by
For Amanda’s last semester of research, she has been running more mineralization experiments with collagen and DNA aptamers! She has spent a lot of time by the ICP-AES (inductively-coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy), which is becoming her new favorite instrument. Amanda has also been working with new GRAB Lab members to continue the collagen research. When Amanda isn’t in the lab, she is preparing for the ACS conference, where she will present with Julia about collagen mineralization! She is so...
Feb24
Posted on Feb 24 by
The GRAB Open Lab event returned to campus this spring! The goal of the event is to open our lab doors to any student, faculty, or staff member of our community so that they feel welcome in science and the Wilkens Science Center. Safety is a first priority, so the entire research group was on hand to help participants out along the way. The participants this year were largely first year students hoping to learn more about what chemistry research is like on campus. After hearing about our NSF-funded research goals, they got into the lab to try some “unscripted” experiments within the bounds of our research. The students ran into some challenges and some unknowns that are so common to research, but were able to find a way to make adjustments to their method to see the influence of nanoparticles, DNA, acids, and bases on calcium carbonate and calcium phosphate mineralization. Thank you to everyone for participating! Funding provided by the National Science Foundation, Division of Materials Research...
Feb18
Posted on Feb 18 by
Grace is excited to spend her last semester at Emmanuel with the GRAB lab team! She’s excited to continue working on her SPME and headspace extraction of volatile molecules project and hopefully pass on her knowledge to the next generation of chemists! Hailey, a new member of the GRAB Lab, was able to get into the lab with Grace and learn a little more about GC/MS and SPME. Obviously, Hailey was excited to ignite some of the volatile molecules of interest! Grace is looking forward to all there is to come in this last semester including the ACS conference in...
Feb18
Posted on Feb 18 by
Julia has been excited to get back into the lab this semester! She has had some bumps along the road with experiments and the instruments but with the help of Dr. Gerdon, experiments seem to be heading in the right direction! She is looking forward to progressing this project during her internship this semester and getting more research experience! She has learned that it is ok for an experiment to not go smoothly or be perfect as long as you learn from it and understand what to do next time. She is also looking forward to the ACS conference this semester and being able to present on this...
Feb14
Posted on Feb 14 by
Although it seems like Dianna was just a freshman emailing Dr. Gerdon inquiring about the GRAB Lab, Spring 2022 will be Dianna’s final semester at Emmanuel as she graduates in May. There are lots of exciting things to look forward to including the DNA linker exchange experiment with her Tiopronin-PEG nanoparticles, the ACS Conference in March, and the upcoming Open Lab event. Dianna is excited to close off her last year at Emmanuel being productive in the lab and helping out new GRAB Lab members in starting their...
