Jul15
Posted on Jul 15 by
Kristy recently joined Dr. Gerdon to do some scanning electron microscopy (SEM) imaging of mineralized collagen samples. The trip to Harvard Medical School was a jaw dropping experience. Being able to watch how to prep samples for SEM and even use the instrument to look around some mineralized collagen hydrogels felt surreal! It is so cool to know that we have technology that can help us see every little detail. Kristy hopes to get some more time on SEM and explore the instrument...
Jul12
Posted on Jul 12 by
It is important to make connections and to take a break from time to time. Dr. Gerdon took a step away from the lab to visit the Emmanuel College Institute of Eastern Mediterranean Studies on location in Alikianos, Crete. Professor Petros Vamvakas, Director of the Institute, became an honorary member of the GRAB Lab team and has started making suggestions for connections in ocean chemistry in the Mediterranean. Thank you to Dr. Vamvakas! Where else has GRAB Lab been and where does chemistry take us...
Jun28
Posted on Jun 28 by
This summer the group is excited to welcome, work with, and learn from Dr. Gian Grant! Dr. Grant is the Science Department Chair and Chemistry Teacher at the Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School in Methuen, MA. She will work with us in the lab through the end of July and then we’ll have the opportunity to visit her classroom in the Fall semester. We’ve already been able to meet some of her students attending the Cristo Rey Leadership program taking place on campus at Emmanuel. Dr. Grant is already bringing excitement and a lot of great questions to the group. We got to sit down together for a delicious lunch to kick things off. Welcome Dr....
Jun28
Posted on Jun 28 by
As the first official days of summer pass, Marissa is excited to spend her time in the lab for summer research. She has been trying to synthesize a different type of gold nanoparticle to be used for mineralization experiments. Different parameters have been tested to determine how the gold nanoparticle can be synthesized. Marissa has been experiencing some ups and downs when it comes to synthesis research, but she hopes to move on to mineralization experiments soon with the gold nanoparticles she has made. Although some methods are new to her, she has been working hard to understand them and apply them to her research. Overall, Marissa is excited to continue spending her summer in the GRAB lab and to have some fun in...
Jun23
Posted on Jun 23 by
As the busy semester came to an end, Juan was excited to start working in the lab for the summer. This is his first time working in the lab ever! As his journey continues this summer working with Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM), Juan has learned the ups and downs of research. Different set-ups have been explored to improve the outcomes of his experiments, and alternative set-ups are still being explored! In light of being his first time working in the lab, he has kept himself busy and even has a side experiment: 7 Day Mineralization with QCM. Juan looks forward to what the rest of the summer has in store for...
Jun16
Posted on Jun 16 by
Congrats to Hailey on her amazing presentation at the Northeast Regional Meeting of the ACS (NERM) in Boston this week. Her talk on “DNA origami nanostructures as biomimetic scaffolds for calcium phosphate mineralization” was really well done and was well received. The team was there to cheer her on and there was even an chemistry alum...
