Jul26
Posted on Jul 26 by
Kristy’s first summer research was such an informing and unique experience! She learned about new instruments and even came up with her own experiments to run in the future! With guidance from Dr. Gerdon, and the creative juices flowing, lots of things got done this summer! All the experiments had their ups and downs but there was never a time where there wasn’t something new to analyze! Besides challenges in the lab, Kristy has been keeping the GRAB Lab socials active to bring in peers and new audience by sharing our experiments and experiences! Also, check out Kristy’s recent lab...
Jul26
Posted on Jul 26 by
Check out this time-lapse video of chemistry lab action! There are so many different experiments going on in lab each and every day of the summer. We are hard at...
Jul20
Posted on Jul 20 by
After taking off the week of the Fourth to visit family and friends, Hailey is back in the lab and ready to pick up where she left off. She is continuing to perform plate reader experiments to determine the effect of DNA origami on calcium phosphate mineralization as well as visualizing the origami structures via AFM imaging. This Monday was the GRAB lab’s annual alumni gathering; it was great to both meet and reunite with the alumni who attended! Hailey’s happy to be back in Boston with her fellow researchers and is ready to make the most of these last weeks of summer...
Jul13
Posted on Jul 13 by
Ryan has been working on attaching our DNA aptamers to the three different gold nanoparticles that we’ve synthesized in the lab (including Rylie’s and Dianna’s syntheses), as well as starting calcium phosphate mineralization experiments using the absorbance plate reader instrument. He’s been working through calculations, solution prep, reactions and plate reader data analysis, and having tons of fun and learning lots along the way! His favorite part has been learning how to use all of the different instruments and learning how to interpret the...
Jul13
Posted on Jul 13 by
Dr. Gerdon and the current research group would like to say a huge thank you to all of the alumni who came out on Monday. We are inspired by the great things that you’re all achieving in science and in life. It is so rewarding to have the chance to catch up, hear about your lives and experiences, argue about cannolis and tiramisu, and have some fun. It was a beautiful evening at Time Out Market sitting outside, so it was a good experiment. We hope to see you all and more next...
Jul06
Posted on Jul 6 by
This summer it has been great to reconnect with GRAB Lab alumni and to hear about amazing work that’s happening all over the country. Soon we will get to gather to share old and new stories in person, but here are a few updates from those unable to make it to Boston next week! Congrats to Rylie, Dianna, Amanda, Luz, and Grace on graduation! All are off to amazing new adventures in chemistry. Dr. Juliann Gavin ’16 is in Hawaii, starting the 3rd year of her OBGYN residency at the Tripler Army Medical Center. Juliann is the first from the group to get her MD! Jason Miech ’18 just finished his third year at Arizona State towards his PhD. Check out these two recent papers (10.3390/toxics9110281 10.1016/j.aeaoa.2021.100105)! Dr. Aimee Sanford ’16 defended her PhD from Emory University in December and is now on the west coast at Nautilus Biotech. Dr. Keith Baillargeon ’16 defended his PhD from Tufts University in October and is cranking out the publications as a post-doc. Gabby Zabala ’21 started a new position as Scientist I...
