Beckman Institute Calendar (Master)
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Friday, September 27, 2019
Monday, September 30, 2019
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Prof. Yaakov Stern, Columbia Univ., will speak about "Cognitive Reserve: An Evolving Concept" at 4 p.m. Oct. 3 at Beckman. The talk is part of the annual Beckman-Brown Lecture on Interdisciplinary Science with a reception to follow.
Friday, October 4, 2019
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Melissa Littlefield, a professor of English whose interests include sociotechnical studies, “the body,” and culture. She has written about the cultural concept and consequences of technologies such as lie detectors, magnetic resonance imaging, and electroencephalogram. Lunch will be provided.
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Friday, October 11, 2019
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Michelle Lore, REDCap Applications Specialist at the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute at Illinois, will talk about REDCap – what it is and how to use it here on campus. This is mostly a tool for human subjects research – so behavioral and social sciences grad students, postdocs, and faculty would be especially interested. Lunch will be provided.
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Sunday, October 27, 2019
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Esther Ngumbi, assistant professor of entomology, is interested in chemical signaling between plants, insects, herbivores, and microorganisms. Lunch will be provided.
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Friday, November 1, 2019
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Michelle Rodrigues: "Stressors and Social Coping in Women of Color Scientists." and Xing Jiang: "Polymer-Peptide Conjugates of Precision: Designing Aβ Aggregation Inhibitors." Lunch will be provided.
Friday, November 8, 2019
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Ben Zimmerman, "Approaching Tinnitus Mindfully." Lunch will be provided.
Friday, November 15, 2019
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Emily Wee, the director of strategic research initiatives at the Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute at Carle Foundation Hospital, will talk about how to work with Carle on collaborative translational research — more specifically with the Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute. Lunch will be provided. Registration is not necessary.
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Heidi Imker, the director of Research Data Service at Illinois, will talk about research data sharing, specifically about new National Institutes of Health policies that are now becoming part of grant applications. This talk will be of particular interest to people doing human subjects research with NIH funding (aging, cognition, neuroscience, psychology, etc). Lunch will
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Anita Balgopal and Dustin Yocum from the Office for the Protection of Research Subjects at Illinois, will talk about setting up human subject registries and data banks. The OPRS perspective would focus on privacy of human subjects, confidentiality of data, and deidentification of human subject data sets. Lunch will be provided. Registration is not necessary.
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Kara Federmeier, Professor of Psychology, "Getting a Read on Language and the Brain." Lunch will be provided.
Friday, December 13, 2019
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Thursday, April 2, 2020
Marni Boppart: "Exercise and Extracellular Vesicles (ExerVs): Identification of the Molecular Basis for Health Benefits." Lunch will be provided.