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Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 10-10:30 a.m.

Nicole King, PhD Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Department of Genetics, Genomics and Development; University of California, Berkeley "Intrinsic and extrinsic regulators of choanoflagellate cell physiology"

Chambana Science Cafe Julian Cooper, PhD Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Research Fellow "Addressing Challenges in Sustainability of Materials through Chemistry"

“Inclusive Lab Leaders is back! The spring session of ILL is designed to help grad students and postdocs become more effective researchers, particularly around power dynamics, conflict, and collaboration. Find more information and workshop dates on the registration page.”

Jian Ma, PhD Ray and Stephanie Lane Professor of Computational Biology, School of Computer Science; Carnegie Mellon University "Machine learning for spatial genomics"

Each lecture will be paired with food prepared by Bevier Cafe and held in-person at the Spice Box Cafe. “Food For Those Who Want to be Free: Race, Food Security, and Civil Rights in Black Life” Bobby J. Smith II, PhD African American Studies

Join Beckman Director Nadya Mason and other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. the third Thursday of each month.

Jennifer Kuzma, PhD Goodnight-NC GSK Foundation Distinguished Professor, School of Public and International Affairs; Co-Director, Genetic Engineering & Society Center; North Carolina State University "The Macro-Dynamics of the History of U.S. Oversight for Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Environment : What have we learned?"

Please join us as the Grainger College of Engineering, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering invests Dr. Jonathan Makela, as the Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering. The ceremony will take place on February 21st at 4:00 pm in the Beckman Institute.

GNDP is hosting a monthly reading group the 3rd Tuesday of each month on spatial transcriptomics this semester. The goal is to learn about this new technology, with a focus on how it can be applied to address new questions in brain and behavior. Please contact Jess Quicksall (jessicaq@illinois.edu) if you would like to attend, virtual/hybrid format.

Please join us as the Grainger College of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering invests the Dean of the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Dr. Mark Cohen, as the Founder Professor in Engineering. The award ceremony will take place on February 24th at 3:00 pm in the Beckman Institute Auditorium.

The Spatial Omics Initiative / CAIM monthly working group brings together researchers from different disciplines to enable breakthroughs in genomic biology by developing new ways to embed omics data in space, and to facilitate the matching of biological problems to quantitative methods.

Michelle Hoffman, PhD Executive Director of the Chicago Biomedical Consortium "A new kind of service for academics who want to commercialize tech: The Chicago Biomedical Consortium Approach"