Oct19
Posted on Oct 19 by
Marissa has been hard at work synthesizing more gold nanoparticles to use in her place exchange experiments. She recently found that performing a place exchange reaction has potential to produce what she has been hoping for most of the summer. As she continues her junior year and her academics, she is looking to the future for her research and how she can connect it with the rest of GRAB lab research. She is also excited for the ACS Conference in the new year and looking to the summer of next year to continue research with the GRAB...
Oct13
Posted on Oct 13 by
Mixing Potions Kristy is taking the collagen mineralization project to the next level by continuing experiments to include gold nanoparticles. She’s finishing up her last year at Emmanuel College and is excited for her future career, but at the moment is focused on classes and research of course! Her first experiments will be with gold nanoparticles, hoping things will go better this time around after the learning curve on how to analyze the nanoparticles with ICP-AES (inductively-coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy). Kristy is also excited about the collagen mineralization manuscript she is preparing with co-authors to be submitted and published. It is so exciting to help bring everything together and seeing the impact of our...
Oct05
Posted on Oct 5 by
Congrats to Dr. Jason Miech ’18 once again for the successful defense of PhD thesis in Chemistry in the School of Molecular Sciences at Arizona State University. Now there’s more exciting news that Jason will be starting a Post-doctoral Fellow program at NASA to continue his work in air quality assessment. Congrats...
Oct05
Posted on Oct 5 by
Hailey’s been hard at work this semester trying to assemble larger structures from the six-helix bundle DNA origami. It can get a bit chilly when performing gel electrophoresis in the cold room, but at least the weather’s still warm! After a string of inconclusive attempts during the summer, she’s excited that she has finally has proof of attachment for one of the structures and hopefully will be seeing more soon! It may be her last year with the GRAB Lab but there’s still so much to look forward to for research, including the ACS conference and distinction in the field! Outside of research, she is aiming to explore more of Boston before she graduates, and is currently taking restaurant...
Sep19
Posted on Sep 19 by
Welcome to campus! I’m working with a great group of first year students from the Class of 2027 in Principles of Chemistry I this semester and it has been wonderful to see them on their first few days on the Emmanuel College campus. I have a great group of upper level students the Chemistry of Brewing class and we have four senior research students in the lab this year – Hailey, Kristy, Donalissa, and Sydney. This kind of leadership in the research group is amazing and I’m expecting big things from them in their final year of research. We’re already planning for the Summer Research Poster Session and we’re busy writing abstracts for the Spring 2024 ACS Conference taking place in New Orleans. We’re off to a fast start. The lab has missed us over the past month, so back to the lab! Interested in getting involved in research? Let’s talk! ~Dr....
Jul26
Posted on Jul 26 by
Summer research for 2023 is almost at its end! It has been a great summer and Hailey, Kristy, Donalissa, Juan, Marissa, and Gian have done a tremendous job collecting a ton of amazing data and finding a way through the challenging experiments and moments. We celebrated yesterday by taking the afternoon off to enjoy all that Boston has to offer and our afternoon experience was much like a summer of research. It began with a beautiful group picture in blue skies in sunshine. We enjoyed the Aquarium crowds while waiting for our Duck Boat ride. We enjoyed the sights and sounds of the city while being tourists on a crazy Duck Boat. Then came the storm. Sadly, we could not traverse the Charles River in the Duck Boat for fear of lightening. Dark days akin to challenging experiments. We sought shelter under the awnings of the Aquarium to watch the rain pour down over the Boston Harbor to the sounds of trumpeting seals. It was quite peaceful. Then came the mad dash through the rain to get to our...
