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Shana Kelley, PhD Inaugural President, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago "Deploying Bioanalytical Platforms to Probe Inflammation and Immunity"

Selim Unlu, PhD Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University "Interferometric Reflection Imaging Sensor from Multiplexed Molecular Affinity Measurements to Counting Single Analytes"

"Crafting the Art of Science: a Sneak Peek Behind the Scenes" Julia Pollack, Creative Program Manager, IGB Topic: Art of Science Lunch will be provided

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.

The Inclusive Lab Leaders is a program to help those in STEM and beyond develop the skills and strategies to effectively communicate with mentors, students, and peers.

Please join us on April 7 at 11:00 am in the Beckman Auditorium for some exciting research presentations. Followed by a poster session in the Atrium.

Dr. Huang will discuss some of his team’s most recent projects which explore newly available sensors/devices such as high-speed sensors and deformable mirrors, analytical methods such as deep learning, and novel optical instrumentation to allow SMLM imaging in live cells and tissue specimens.

Join Beckman Director Nadya Mason in the Beckman center atrium for the annual presentation of the Vision and Spirit Award, which recognizes a researcher at the institute who has fostered collaboration in their research and exemplifies founder Arnold Beckman's vision.

The Spatial Omics Initiative 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, jointly with CAIM. 

Liewei Wang, PhD Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; Mayo Clinic Rochester "Individualized therapy: Discovery and Translation"

Lunch with the Core "Mechanics to microstructure: Image-based modeling of the extracellular matrix" Callan Luetkemeyer, Adjunct Assistant Professor, The Grainger College of Engineering, MechSE Lunch will be provided

“Changing our future food through Wholesome Nutrition, one bite at a time” Maneephan (Yui) Keeratiurai, PhD, CFS Director, Food Science and Wholesome Nutrition Archer Daniels Midland Co

Join us for a night of science trivia! 25 O'Clock Brewing Co. 208 W. Griggs St. Urbana

"Designer Babies: What are they & do we want them?" Françoise Baylis, PhD Distinguished Research Professor Emerita, Dalhousie University I Hotel and Conference Center Chancellor Ballroom 1900 S. First Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820 Reception immediately following Co-sponsored by the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology and the Humanities Research I

Join Director Nadya Mason and your colleagues this spring for informal conversation and coffee in the Beckman Garden. This Gather in the Garden Series will be from 10-10:30 a.m. every Tuesday through the spring semester.

Christina Warinner, PhD Department of Anthropology and Sally Starling Seaver Associate Professor at the Radcliffe Institute and the Department of Anthropology; Harvard University "A tale of two sugars: The epic human story of amylose and lactose"

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.

"Single cell spatial transcriptomic analysis of adult honeybee phenotypes" Alex Schrader, Chemistry Doctoral Candidate, Han Lab Instrument: Widefield Microscope Lunch will be provided

Ross Wantland Director of Curriculum Development and Education Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Enhancing Our Cross-Cultural Mentorship"

The Center for Artificial Intelligence and Modeling (CAIM) monthly working group facilitates the matching of biological problems to quantitative methods, covering such topics as single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, biomolecular networks in space and time explored using single-cell biophysics, microbiome dynamics and methods for control, and cancer genomics.

Join Director Nadya Mason and your colleagues this spring for informal conversation and coffee in the Beckman Garden. This Gather in the Garden Series will be from 10-10:30 a.m. every Tuesday through the spring semester.

Join Beckman Director Nadya Mason and other members of the Beckman community for a special coffee collab in the Beckman Atrium including a poster session by our 2022 Beckman Institute Graduate Fellows.

Single-molecule techniques are powerful tools for studying the functions of biological entities by investigating individual molecules. In this talk, Dr. Kim will discuss how single-molecule DNA flow-stretching assay can help elucidate underlying working mechanisms of DNA-binding proteins using ParB protein as an example.