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Enter the Beckman Institute Research Image contest by May 1
Contact name: Lindy Carlisle
Contact email: mcarlisl@illinois.edu
The Beckman Institute is now accepting research images for its annual research image contest. The deadline for entries is May 1; limit one entry per person.
The winners will have their images framed and displayed in the Beckman Atrium for about a year. After that, they'll be displayed in the Beckman Director's conference room, then hung elsewhere within Beckman and possibly in other locations around the community. We also will use images on social media, digital signs, and in other communication materials.
We’re accepting entries from undergrads, grad students, postdocs/staff researchers, and faculty members. We also will allow images captured within our core research facilities by non-Beckman affiliates. Read the full rules and submit your image here:
http://go.beckman.illinois.edu/imgcontest
.This year's judges are Beckman Interim Director Cathy Murphy, Microscopy Suite Manager Cate Wallace and Core Facilities Business Manager Teppie Apperson. They judge the entries blind on visual and research interest using a scale of 1 to 10. Each category is averaged across judges and the entry with the highest score wins. If there's a tie, the Beckman director is the tiebreaker.
Beckman Apparel Pop-up Shop
Contact name: Meg Dickinson
Contact email: megd@illinois.edu
The Beckman Communications Office has opened a pop-up shop selling Beckman apparel. Find it at: https://go.beckman.illinois.edu/apparel
You can have your items shipped or pick them up at Beckman. We expect them to be available in mid-May.
We recommend you place your order by April 24. If this experience goes smoothly, we’ll offer pop-up shops several times each year.
Yoga at Beckman
Beckman Institute Room 1714
Contact name: Elena Romanova
Contact email: romanova@illinois.edu
Join us at noon on Wednesdays 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!
Beckman Interdisciplinary Safety Seminar: Research and the Stress Continuum – How Expectations Impact Lab Culture
Contact name: Kelly Powderly
Contact email: powderl2@illinois.edu
Join us for a Beckman Interdisciplinary Safety Seminar. Chris Lewis, an embedded counselor in The Grainger College of Engineering and the Counseling Center, will present, "Research and the Stress Continuum – How Expectations Impact Lab Culture."
Please
register
by 5 p.m. Friday, April 19. Pizza will be served to those who register.
Serenity: stress reduction and self-awareness
Beckman Institute Room 5269
Contact name: Shawna Graddy
Contact email: sgraddy@illinois.edu
Participate in the Tamarkoz method: "the art of self-knowledge through concentration and meditation." Please dress comfortably and bring a yoga mat (chairs will also be available if preferred). The instructor is Dr. Saloumeh DeGood, a practicing clinical psychologist, researcher and President of the Sufi Psychology Association. She currently teaches graduate courses on stress management, particularly for healthcare workers. A journal and pen will be provided to attendees upon arrival.
Serenity: Stress reduction and self-awareness
5269 Beckman (Fifth floor tower room)
Contact name: Shawna Graddy
Contact email: sgraddy@illinois.edu
The Beckman DEI Committee is excited to invite you to a workshop on the Tamarkoz method provided by Dr. Saloumeh DeGood. Come learn and participate in the Tamarkoz method which is known as “the art of self-knowledge through concentration and meditation."
Please dress comfortably and bring a journal and yoga mat (chairs will also be available if preferred).
Dr. Saloumeh DeGood is a practicing clinical psychologist, researcher and President of the Sufi Psychology Association. She currently teaches graduate courses on stress management, particularly for healthcare workers.
Registration closes April 23.
Beckman Director’s Seminar: Babak Hemmatian and Matthew Lowerison
Beckman Institute, Room 1005
Contact name: Mollie Stevens
Contact email: mollie@illinois.edu
Contact phone: 12172442603
Babak Hemmatian and Matthew Lowerison will present at the April 25, 2024 Beckman Institute Director's Seminar. The lecture will be held at noon in Beckman Insitute, room 1005. Lunch will be provided to attendees who register in advance.
14th Annual Gesa E. Kirsch Graduate Student Symposium
Beckman Institute Room 3269 (3rd Floor Tower Room)
Contact name: Kim Savage
Contact email: knsavage@illinois.edu
14
th
Annual Gesa E. Kirsch Graduate Student SymposiumHosted by the Center for Writing Studies
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Amber Buck, University of Alabama
Friday, April 26, 8:30 am-5:00 pm, Beckman Rm 3269
Members of the UIUC community are welcome to attend the 14
th
Annual Gesa Kirsch Graduate Symposium, sponsored by the Center for Writing Studies. Graduate students will present on topics related to rhetoric and composition. Dr. Amber Buck (University of Alabama) will present her keynote address “Digital Literacy Practices of Grassroots Activists.”
STC for Quantitative Cell Biology Seminar: Luke Chao
Beckman Institute Room 3269 (3rd floor tower room)
Contact name: Lisa Johnson
Contact email: lisa3@illinois.edu
Luke Chao, Harvard University, will lecture on "Ultrastructural regulation of the mitochondrial inner-membrane"
Abstract:
Cristae membrane state plays a central role in regulating mitochondrial function and cellular metabolism. The protein Optic atrophy 1 (Opa1) is an important crista remodeler that exists as two forms: a membrane-anchored long form (l-Opa1) and a processed short form (s-Opa1). We previously used an in vitro supported-lipid bilayer reconstitution system to show that stoichiometric levels of the processed, short form of Opa1 (s-Opa1) work together with l-Opa1 to mediate efficient and fast membrane pore opening (Ge et al., eLife 2020). Our understanding of the mechanisms for how Opa1 form influences cristae shape has remained less well defined. We performed in situ cryo-electron tomography of cryo-focused ion beam milled mammalian cells with well-defined Opa1 states to understand how each form of Opa1 influences cristae architecture. We describe differences in cristae geometry, membrane spacings, and subcompartment volumes. We find the absence of l-Opa1 results in mitochondria with wider cristae junctions and cells less sensitive to apoptotic stimuli, implicating l-Opa1 mediating the cytochrome c release process via the cristae junction. We discuss the implications Opa1-dependent ultrastructure in organelle function.
Gather in the Garden
Beckman Institute Center Atrium
Contact name: Mollie Stevens
Contact email: mollie@illinois.edu
Contact phone: 217-244-2603
Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the atrium!
Enter the Beckman Institute Research Image contest by May 1
Contact name: Lindy Carlisle
Contact email: mcarlisl@illinois.edu
The Beckman Institute is now accepting research images for its annual research image contest. The deadline for entries is May 1; limit one entry per person.
The winners will have their images framed and displayed in the Beckman Atrium for about a year. After that, they'll be displayed in the Beckman Director's conference room, then hung elsewhere within Beckman and possibly in other locations around the community. We also will use images on social media, digital signs, and in other communication materials.
We’re accepting entries from undergrads, grad students, postdocs/staff researchers, and faculty members. We also will allow images captured within our core research facilities by non-Beckman affiliates. Read the full rules and submit your image here:
http://go.beckman.illinois.edu/imgcontest
.This year's judges are Beckman Interim Director Cathy Murphy, Microscopy Suite Manager Cate Wallace and Core Facilities Business Manager Teppie Apperson. They judge the entries blind on visual and research interest using a scale of 1 to 10. Each category is averaged across judges and the entry with the highest score wins. If there's a tie, the Beckman director is the tiebreaker.
Graduate Student Seminar: Xiao, Ajmera
5602 Beckman Institute
Contact name: Jeanne N'Diaye
Contact email: jndiaye@illinois.edu
Two graduate students will present their research at the final Beckman Graduate Student Seminar of the spring semester: Gang Xiao and Shagun Ajmera. Lunch will be provided to attendees that register in advance. Register here: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/743323376
The event takes place Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at noon in 5602 Beckman Institute.
Yoga at Beckman
Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Contact name: Elena Romanova
Contact email: romanova@illinois.edu
Join us at noon on Wednesdays 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!
New-to-Beckman tour
MRI Exhibit
Contact name: Lexie Kesler
Contact email: lkesler@illinois.edu
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. Tours will be offered the first Thursday of the month from 10-10:30 a.m. Register here.
STC for Quantitative Cell Biology Computational Workshop
Contact name: Chris Zwilling
Contact email: zwillin1@illinois.edu
The NSF Science and Technology Center for Qualitative Cell Biology Computational Workshop is hosting a computational workshop. More details coming soon!
Gather in the Garden
Beckman Institute Center Atrium
Contact name: Mollie Stevens
Contact email: mollie@illinois.edu
Contact phone: 217-244-2603
Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the atrium!
Beckman Institute Town Hall
1005 Beckman Institute
Contact name: Stacy Olson
Contact email: srolson@illinois.edu
Beckman Institute Interim Director Cathy Murphy will share updates about the director search, new faculty and staff, the evolution of Beckman working groups to communities, and more. If you have a question you'd like Director Murphy to answer, please submit it in advance via this form: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/615990498
Yoga at Beckman
Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Contact name: Elena Romanova
Contact email: romanova@illinois.edu
Join us at noon on Wednesdays 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!
Gather in the Garden
Beckman Institute Center Atrium
Contact name: Mollie Stevens
Contact email: mollie@illinois.edu
Contact phone: 217-244-2603
Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the atrium!
Yoga at Beckman
Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Contact name: Elena Romanova
Contact email: romanova@illinois.edu
Join us at noon on Wednesdays 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!
Cookie Collab
Atrium
Contact name: Mollie Stevens
Contact email: mollie@illinois.edu
Contact phone: 12172442603
Join members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
Midwest Advanced MINFLUX and Super Resolution Workshop
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Contact name: Chris Zwilling
Contact email: zwillin1@illinois.edu
The NSF Science and Technology Center for Qualitative Cell Biology is hosting a Midwest Advanced MINFLUX and Super Resolution Workshop. The workshop will highlight STED and MINFLUX technology through talks and hands-on sessions with the MINFLUX and STEDYCON system.
Gather in the Garden
Beckman Institute Center Atrium
Contact name: Mollie Stevens
Contact email: mollie@illinois.edu
Contact phone: 217-244-2603
Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the atrium!
Yoga at Beckman
Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Contact name: Elena Romanova
Contact email: romanova@illinois.edu
Join us at noon on Wednesdays 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!