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- Forte dei Marmi, l’estate del turismo cafone.
(fonte: Claudio Bozza, Il Corriere) Agosto 1929: l’intrepido Achille Franceschi, primo sindaco di Forte dei Marmi, comprò per poche lire una piccola capanna sul lungomare di quello che era un minuscolo borgo di pescatori, di cui il mondo ignorava o quasi l’esistenza. […] Sembra incredibile, ma è in quel momento ... read more - Research Alumni Gathering – Summer 2023
The July tradition continued in the Fenway neighborhood this week. With the towers of Emmanuel keeping watch, research alumni from across New England (and across the country in spirit) gathered to meet the current research students, to share updates on life and chemistry, and to catch up with old friends. ... read more - Marissa Diplacido ’25 – Time for TEM
A few weeks ago, Marissa had the pleasure of joining Dr. Gerdon at Harvard Medical School for some transmission electron microscopy (TEM) imaging of her gold nanoparticle samples. The TEM instrument is so tall that it could not fit into a single picture. She was able to observe how the ... read more - Frecciarossa Roma-Pompei
(fonte: Il Mattino) «Il nuovo treno diretto Frecciarossa Roma-Pompei, nato dalla collaborazione tra il ministero della Cultura e il Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato e inaugurato domenica 16 luglio, ha riscosso una grandissima attenzione da parte dei cittadini e un ottimo riscontro in termini di utenza. Come già preannunciato a margine ... read more - Kristy Ta ’24 – SEM surreal
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 ... read more - L’incendio della “Venere degli Stracci”, a Napoli
Nella notte tra martedì e mercoledì [tra l’11 e il 12 luglio, n.d.r.] un incendio ha distrutto l’installazione artistica Venere degli Stracci, di Michelangelo Pistoletto, che dal 28 giugno era esposta in piazza Municipio, nel centro di Napoli. L’installazione è una delle più note opere di Pistoletto, tra ... read more - GRAB Lab Around the World
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 ... read more - Stupro: gli arcaici luoghi comuni di un gesto odioso
(fonte: Dacia Maraini, Corriere) Qualche considerazione sullo stupro di cui si parla tanto in questi giorni. L’idea che la donna stuprata debba dimostrare che non c’è stato consenso è aberrante. Se io denuncio che sono stata rapinata, nessuno pensa che sia stata consenziente. Ma lo stupro è ... read more - Welcome Dr. Gian Grant!
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 ... read more - Marissa DiPlacido ’25 – Familiar yet unexpected
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 ... read more 
La pizza di Pompei (fonte: Emiliano Sgambato, Sole 24Ore) Una pietanza con una base a forma circolare che ricorda una pizza e forse è il suo antenato più antico. Ne veniamo a conoscenza grazie al restauro di uno dei tanti dipinti ancora da scoprire in una casa degli ... read more- Roberto Vecchioni: «A 80 anni ho capito che Dio esiste […]»
(fonte: Walter Veltroni, Corriere)Il cantautore milanese Roberto Vecchioni che due mesi fa ha perso un figlio, parla con Walter Veltroni della sua vita e di cosa ha significato per lui questa perdita. In un brano delle molte canzoni dedicate al figlio ha scritto «Figlio chi si è preso ... read more - Juan Alejandro ’25 – Engineering Success!
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 ... read more - Hailey Young ’24 – Conquering NERM!
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 ... read more - Congrats to Dr. Jason Miech!Congrats to GRAB Lab alumni Dr. Jason Miech on the successful defense of his PhD in Chemistry from the School of Molecular Science at Arizona State University. Jason did a lot of really inspiring lab work and field work in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry. Congrats!The post Congrats to Dr. Jason ... read more