Apr11
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Ivan Barrera, EC alum, pursues a Pharmaceutics Master of Science program at MCPHS University. When asked what made him want to study chemistry, Ivan mentioned that he was undecided when he first started out. With math being his favorite subject, he wanted to use it in conjunction within another field. “This is when chemistry came into play” states Ivan. Not thinking he was “smart enough,” Ivan ruled out chemistry initially but was eventually attracted to the opportunities that came along with it. Ivan was made aware that once fall semester sophomore year came around, the only way for him to fulfill all his requirements was to take the accelerated introductory chemistry course which was taught by Dr. Ryvkin. Ivan gives praise to Dr. Ryvkin saying that “Up to this day, I don’t think I would have stuck with chemistry had it not been for Dr. Ryvkin and the way she pushed me that semester and in all of the other classes I took with her later, especially the rough one, P Chem.” Ivan says that the reason he chose Emmanuel was because of its location, the variety of programs it has to offer, the opportunity to play soccer, and the close community. One of his best experiences...
Apr04
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Congrats to TJ, Katerina, Krista, Jason, and Jack as well as Dr. Sears and Dr. Gerdon on their presentations at the ACS conference in San Francisco. Great presentations included: Synthesis, characterization and photosensitization in a series of Ru(phen)2(quo)]+ complexes Development of methods for kinetic analysis of templated and untemplated calcium phosphate mineralization DNA aptamers that bind with high affinity to hydroxyapatite Gerdon – Dynamic interactions of amelogenin with hydroxyapatite surfaces are dependent on protein phosphorylation and solution pH Sears – IONiC VIPEr workshops: Bringing current literature into the classroom Sears – Light activation and triggered drug release of multi-agent loaded nanoconstructs for simultaneous suppression of multiple treatment escape pathways in the pancreatic...
Mar25
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Dr. Gerdon and the Analytical Chemistry class would like to thank Lisa Gendron, M.S., ’11 for visiting the class to share her perspective on analytical method validation and her experiences working at Quest Diagnostics. Lisa is a Medical Technician II at Quest Diagnostics and gave valuable insight to the students on her path from Chemistry at Emmanuel College to a Forensics M.S. at Pace University to her experience in the field as an analytical chemist. Thank you...
Mar25
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Congrats to Kelly for joining the Boston University Translational Research in Biomaterials training program! Kelly writes that “I will be NIH-funded for two years and will receive additional exposure to networking opportunities”. Check out the program...
Feb25
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Raquel Ferreira and Sadie Piatt traveled to New Orleans with Dr. Allen Price to present their work at the Biophysical Society Conference. The title of their work was “Measuring the kinetics of DNA cleavage with single molecule resolution”. Congrats Raquel and Sadie! ...
Feb13
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A group of ten Emmanuel students in the class “Energy and the Environment” went on a field trip with Prof. Eugen Panaitescu to Greentown labs, a Community Organization known as the largest cleantech startup incubator in the U.S. These students were very interested during the tour through the labs and were able to observe the incredible, cutting-edge technologies under development within the lab. What usually was a 15-20-minute tour of the lab/prototyping space lasted a full hour. The field trip with Greentown Labs was a success as there was much interest shown. The students who took the course are from across the College which made the experience a memorable one for all....
