Feb09
Posted on Feb 9 by
Dr. Gerdon got to spend an awesome afternoon at Notre Dame Cristo Rey Academy with Dr. Gian Grant’s sophomore chemistry classes. It’s Science Fair time and these students had great projects on really interesting topics. All had clear testable questions and exceptional experimental design focusing on at least three parameters and each in triplicate. The students had awesome motivation, put together great looking posters, and learned some great chemistry through these projects with Dr. Grant, who we’re honored to call a GRAB Lab...
Feb04
Posted on Feb 4 by
After the long December and January break, Kristy headed straight to the lab to get started on her next project. She started her Au NP mineralization project and is excited for the outcome, it was a shaky start but there are high hopes! She’s also excited for the upcoming ACS conference this year in New Orleans. New experiments, new data and same supporting GRAB Lab! A lot of mixed emotions for her final semester at Emmanuel but she’s ready to finish with a bang! The image shows two reactions that each contain a collagen hydrogel, which is the structural protein on which bones are built. The dark color is from the gold nanoparticles – they don’t look “gold” when you make them nano, but they are working with calcium and phosphate to make some...
Dec15
Posted on Dec 15 by
We have big goals for big experiments in 2024 but it’s time for finals and then a...
Dec05
Posted on Dec 5 by
The semester is coming to an end and research is not showing Juan any mercy. In an attempt to understand what’s going on with the initial kinetics of calcium phosphate mineralization, an eight-day static experiment was conducted. Although the IR suggested mineralization occurred, QCM says otherwise. With the help of Dr. Gerdon, Juan is coming up with a new game plan for next semester! Will GRAB Lab finally see a decrease in frequency? Or, is the stable frequency telling us a different...
Nov09
Posted on Nov 9 by
Donalissa took a small break from experiments to spend some time to visit our summer research friend Dr. Gian Grant at her school, Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School. She was excited to share the wonders or research and Emmanuel College to all the chemistry students that she visited. One student shared her talents with Donalissa by gifting her a drawing that she made of her. Donalissa had and great time during her visit and now has a token to always remember the lovely students that she spoke to...
Nov07
Posted on Nov 7 by
The whole research team had an amazing experience working with Dr. Gian Grant this past summer in our labs on campus at Emmanuel College. Last week was even better when Dr. Grant invited us to visit her school, Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School in Methuen, MA. Donalissa, Hailey, and Dr. Gerdon had a really great time meeting with Sr. Maryalyce Gilfeather, Principal Anthony Zavagnin, Dr. Grant, and nearly 50 amazing chemistry students in Dr. Grant’s class. We shared some information about Emmanuel College, about our shared connection to the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, and about our shared love of chemistry, learning, and research! We talked about our work in biomineralization and the students shared ideas for their science research projects going on this year. The Emmanuel team got to be “consultants” on their projects and they had some great ideas! A huge thank you to Donalissa and Hailey for donating their time, to Dr. Grant and Principal Zavagnin for being wonderful hosts, and to the awesome students at NDCR for sharing their ideas. We are grateful...
