Fall 08

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

"Acute Exposure to Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate or Diisononyl Phthalate Leads to Increased Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in the Uterus of Mice" Adriana Rose Andrus, Graduate Student Animal Sciences

Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman room 5602. All are welcome to bring their own mat!

"CNRG Help Desk" Tommie Sturgeon, CNRG Manager of User Services

Welcome to the Beckman Institute! In this onboarding session, new Beckman faculty and affiliates will learn from Associate Director for Research Cristina Álvarez-Mingote what Beckman Institute services are available, who to contact with questions, and how to be a collaborative and fully engaged member of the Beckman community.

Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity Thursdsay, September 4, 4 pm - 5 pm YMCA Latzer Hall, 1001 S. Wright St, Champaign Remarks at 4:20 pm RSVP appreciated by Sep. 1.

Please join us for the Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series, a new monthly event designed to bring together faculty, researchers, postdocs, and students from across the Psychology Department, Beckman Institute, and beyond to engage in lively, interdisciplinary conversations around psychology.

Write Like a Man: Jewish Masculinity and the New York Intellectuals by Dr. Ronnie Grinberg, University of Oklahoma September 8, 2025 at noon | Lucy Ellis Lounge (LCLB 1080)

Stop by to have a free professional portrait taken any time between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, in Beckman’s third floor tower room (3269). Photos will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis, so no need to make an appointment. Short lines are possible, but our photographer works quite efficiently.

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Ilana Brito, PhD Mong Family Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow in Biomedical Engineering, Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering; Cornell University "Infection Genomics for One Health"

Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!

BROWN BAG TALK: The Illinois Partnership for African Women's Health Narratives: A Cross-Continental Transmedia Initiative by Stretch Ledford, Associate Professor of Journalism Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 12 noon (CST) Coble Hall, Room 306 801 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61801

Science on Tap is a monthly seminar series that brings scientists to the public to talk about their research in an informal setting. Our speaker will be Professor Lori Raetzman

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

A workshop for researchers interested in electron microscopy. It's scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 16 and Wednesday, Sept. 17 at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, 405 N. Mathews Ave., Urbana. This workshop will feature Leica Advanced Workflow Specialist Seth Villarreal.

Something About Living by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha | 5 pm - 7 pm | Knight Auditorium Spurlock Museum

A workshop for researchers interested in electron microscopy. It's scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 16 and Wednesday, Sept. 17 at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, 405 N. Mathews Ave., Urbana. This workshop will feature Leica Advanced Workflow Specialist Seth Villarreal.

Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!

Come for treats from Ted's Café, stay to share your thoughts and feedback with members of the Strategic Planning Team. You'll also have a chance to enjoy the art team members created at their Sept. 3 Vision workshop. Team members will also be handing out a special Beckman gift!

Gerry Wright, PHD Professor of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences McMaster University "Everything Old is New Again: Revisiting the Ribosome in Antibiotic Discovery"

Friday Forum + Conversation Cafe: CU Immigration - Realities & Responses by Francisco Baires and E. Daniela Vergara September 19 | 12 pm - 1 pm | University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign

CSGGE Graduate Writing Group | September 19, 2025 | 108 Coble Hall Please email arkaiser@illinois.edu to join or get more information for Fall 2025 Graduate Writing Group

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

MillerComm Lecture Series: Who Elected Big Tech? Speaker: Allison Stanger, Middlebury Distinguished Endowed Professorship Provost's Office Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at 12 pm Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W. Illinois St, Urbana

Graeme Attwood, PhD Principal Scientist, AgResearch at the New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science Limited "Cultivation of plant-adherent rumen bacteria and creation of the Hungate1000 Culture Collection resource" Adam Guss, PhD Genetic and Metabolic Engineer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory “Rapid development of genetic tools for diver

Series on Gendered Displacement and Erasure "African Refugees, Gender and the Global Polycrisis" by Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso Tuesday, September 23 | 4 pm | 306 Coble Hall

Dinner on Us is administered by the Native American House and is part of the Lunch on Us Series within SSIB. DOU is a biweekly, one-hour program featuring scholar- and practitioner-led workshops alongside a shared meal. Workshops explore a range of subjects and provide participants with opportunities to connect with peers and experts in a casual setting.

"Dissecting sub-millisecond stepping dynamics of dynein with MINFLUX" Joseph Slivka, PhD Candidate, Yildiz & Limmer Group - Physics, University of California, Berkley

Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's 5th floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!

From Vietnam to the Quad: Student Activism at UI in Early 1970 by Robert F. Case Time: September 26 at 12 PM Location: University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign

Join us for a fun day of hands-on science! Talk with scientists and explore exhibits and activities including learning how organisms relate to each other on the Tree of Life, extracting strawberry DNA to make necklaces, and understanding how genomics pervades every aspect of our daily lives. Although designed for K-12 children, all members of the community are welcome.

Founded in 2007 by groundbreaking choreographer Andrea Miller, GALLIM is a non-profit interdisciplinary arts organization and dance company that nurtures creative careers and stimulates the imagination of worldwide audiences through performance, education, and innovation in dance.

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Serdar Bulun, PhD John J. Sciarra Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine "Uterine Fibroids: How Genetics Informs Neoplastic Transformation and Treatment"