Oct01
Posted on Oct 1 by
Just like her fellow student researchers, Rylie has been keeping busy with remote research. Just before classes went virtual last semester, Rylie had just finished synthesizing her first batch of gold nanoparticles! Now she is finishing up NMR data analysis for them and she has started a new research project utilizing molecular modelling. Rylie is excited to use the molecular modelling software, Spartan, and see how it helps GRAB Lab research in the...
Sep18
Posted on Sep 18 by
Even though research has been remote since the spring, Amanda has been staying busy! She has been working on data analysis for the mineralized hydrogels that were made last semester. She has also been planning some experiments to do when we’re back in the lab, which will hopefully be next week! She will be making more collagen hydrogels and will have more data analysis to do! Amanda is ready to get back to work safely in the lab. Mask and goggles...
Sep11
Posted on Sep 11 by
Logan was hoping to get right back to research this fall to finish the microfluidics devices, but it seems that was delayed a little further. For now, Logan can use his new desk set-up at home to continue reading through literature papers in preparation for hopefully getting back to research on campus soon (maybe even in a couple weeks!). The plastic test tubes on his desk can only do so much in reminding him about the real deal! Logan hopes that he can start running experiments on his new plates in order to prepare for DNA origami research in the coming...
Sep10
Posted on Sep 10 by
Even though the GRAB Lab team hasn’t been able to get back into the lab just yet*, we are still finding ways to bring the chemistry to us! Gabby is continuing her research this semester reading various literature papers to help devise a future experiment using QCM and collagen that she can perform once we are back into the lab! She also has set up a specific place in her room where she can work on her remote lab work and stay focused. A Chemists mind is always at work and we can always find a way to stay connected with the lab work even if we cannot be in the lab physically! *Return of the Lab coming soon!...
Aug04
Posted on Aug 4 by
Each year Emmanuel College GRAB Lab research alumni from across Boston return to the Fenway neighborhood to gather together. We get to hear about new chemistry and career successes and new life adventures. With 12 years of research alumni gathering together, it is also a great networking event. We all share a common enterprise and experience in analytical, materials, biomineralization, microfluidics, DNA aptamer, and sensor development and we like to help each other out. Every year it is a wonderful time to reconnect and this year was no different, except that it was very different! The Zoom Edition of this gathering was a huge success for all the same reasons as in previous years. An added bonus this year is that it was easy for alumni from across Boston and from across the country to join in. We heard from alumni in Arizona, Michigan, Georgia, and New England. It was great to see...
Jul21
Posted on Jul 21 by
Members of the research team have, sadly, not been in the lab this summer, but we have continued to meet and work on literature over the summer via Zoom. These meetings have gotten a little more exciting due to visits from two distinguished alumni. In June, Aimee Sanford ’16, graduate student in chemistry at Emory University, joined our meeting to talk about her path from Emmanuel through the CDC and into graduate school. Her work on DNA aptamers was great to hear about in comparison to our own work. In July, Krista Meserve ’18, graduate student in chemistry at University of Michigan, joined to talk about her path from Emmanuel through industry and into graduate school. Krista’s new projects in bioanalytical sensor development sound amazing! We really appreciate the time that Aimee and Krista put into preparing their presentations and sharing with us. You’re both awesome chemists and amazing Emmanuel alumni! Here are some throwback pictures from old blog posts – thanks Aimee and...
