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Beckman Institute Open House set for April 4-5

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Beckman Institute at Illinois @beckmanillinois.bsky.social · Feb 20

Beckman’s open house will take place 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 4, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 5.

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The event features hands-on science experiments and the debut read-aloud of a Beckman-themed children’s book in English and Spanish.

See you there! 👋

Beckman Institute's café reopening as Ted's Café - SPlog

Beckman Institute at Illinois @beckmanillinois.bsky.social · Feb 19

Beckman researchers have transformed how we see cells by building them in Minecraft. 🌐

CraftCells is a tool that allows players to explore bacteria, yeast and human cells in 3D, making the microscopic world more immersive and easier to understand.

Learn more at bit.ly/4hJSu7Z

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With their colleagues, researchers, from left, Stephen Boppart, Tianyu Wu, Zaida Luthey-Schulten, Zane Thornburg and Rohit Bhargava, developed CraftCells, a tool for exploring the key physical structures of cells in 3D in the video game Minecraft. Study coauthor Kevin Tan is not pictured. Photo by Fred Zwicky

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Smile Politely @smilepolitely.com · Feb 13

Beckman Institute has been hard at work renovating their café space located on the ground floor of the building, which will soon reopen as Ted’s Café.

Beckman Institute on campus has been hard at work renovating their café space located on the ground floor of the building, which will soon reopen to the public as Ted’s Café. Beckman recently publishe...

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Beckman Institute at Illinois @beckmanillinois.bsky.social · Feb 13

Meet Stephanie Pregent, a research staff member at Beckman. 👋

When she isn’t doing administrative duties for the Neuroscience Program, she spends time with her family, tries new hobbies and pursues a master’s in education policy, organization, and leadership from #ILLINOIS.

Get To Know Beckman: Stephanie Pregent

Beckman’s new Ted’s Café to be named after Beckman Institute founding director

Beckman Institute at Illinois @beckmanillinois.bsky.social · Feb 12

Did you know February is #Tinnitus Awareness Month? Watch this video to learn how Beckman researcher Fatima Husain uses #MRI to study it. 👂🧪

#TinnitusAwarenessMonth2025
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Beckman Institute at Illinois @beckmanillinois.bsky.social · Feb 10

At #ILLINOIS, safe science is great science! Show your commitment to safety by taking the Safety Pledge.

Visit go.illinois.edu/safety-pledge

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Beckman Institute at Illinois @beckmanillinois.bsky.social · Feb 7

When it opens, Beckman's newly renovated café will be called Ted’s Café.

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Founding Director Ted Brown, a champion for the café and the community it offers, is making a generous gift to the renovation.

Read more! 🔽

How a visual learner studies science too small to see

Beckman Institute at Illinois @beckmanillinois.bsky.social · Feb 4

With notepads, chalkboards and cardboard boxes as canvases, Beckman postdoc Ashley Lenhart visualizes her smaller-than-life inflammation research.

Learn more about Lenhart's work with Beckman, the U. of I. and CZ Biohub Chicago ▶️ bit.ly/4aJ0qni

Beckman Institute at Illinois @beckmanillinois.bsky.social · Jan 31

Microsoft's Azure AI Speech platform achieved “significant improvements” in recognizing non-standard English speech thanks to Speech Accessibility Project participants' recordings and transcripts.

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Accuracy gains range from 18%-60%.

Read more ▶️ bit.ly/4h9f2yR

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Beckman Institute at Illinois @beckmanillinois.bsky.social · Jan 28

Beckman's Karen Tabb Dina was selected for induction into the esteemed American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. 👏

This recognition is reserved for leaders who have contributed to the advancement of social good and the field of social work. The induction ceremony was held Jan. 18. 🎊

Four Illinois researchers receive Presidential Early Career Award

Beckman Institute at Illinois @beckmanillinois.bsky.social · Jan 24

Beckman researchers Marni Boppart and Ying Diao received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on young research professionals.

Congrats to all University of Illinois recipients! 👏

news.illinois.edu/view/6367/31766038

Three #ILLINOIS professors honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

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Beckman Institute at Illinois @beckmanillinois.bsky.social · Jan 23

Milestone alert!

1,000 participants have completed the Speech Accessibility Project. 🎊

The project aims to make voice recognition technology more useful for people with a range of diverse speech patterns and disabilities.

Interested in participating? Learn more at speechaccessibilityproject.com

Speech Accessibility Project

The Speech Accessibility Project is a partnership between the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a group of technology companies to make voice recognition technology more useful for people wi...

speechaccessibilityproject.com

Beckman Institute at Illinois @beckmanillinois.bsky.social · Jan 22

Beckman is #hiring a lab manager for the Maren Neuroscience Research Lab.

Apply by 6 p.m. CST Jan. 31.

beckman.illinois.edu/jobs

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Elementary school partnership builds bridges between students, Beckman community

Beckman Institute at Illinois @beckmanillinois.bsky.social · Jan 16

Did you know that Beckman's partnership with South Side Elementary School includes a colorful library of STEM-related books? 📚

Learn more about the collaboration: bit.ly/4juTAWP

(Stay tuned for more information about Bella the bearded dragon puppet. She'll be back.)

#SciOutreach

Beckman Institute at Illinois @beckmanillinois.bsky.social · Jan 15

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Beckman Institute at Illinois @beckmanillinois.bsky.social · Jan 15

Beckman is committed to community outreach!

As part of an ongoing partnership with Champaign's South Side Elementary School, K-5 students visit Beckman to connect with community members and learn about science, research and future careers.

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Learn about the program ➡️ bit.ly/4juTAWP

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Beckman Institute at Illinois @beckmanillinois.bsky.social · Dec 20

Wishing you a happy, healthy holiday season, #ILLINI! ❄️

Where is he now? Former Beckman researcher Kevin Clark

Beckman Institute at Illinois @beckmanillinois.bsky.social · Dec 16

"The Beckman Institute provided an environment that really pushed me to approach problems differently." 🌍

Meet former Beckman researcher Kevin Clark. 👋

#AcademicSky #ResearcherProfile #ScientistProfile #ScienceSky #Postdoc

Illinois researchers to kick off new phase of program to explore space-based manufacturing

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Beckman Institute at Illinois @beckmanillinois.bsky.social · Dec 13

Beckman researchers are about to start a new phase of Mission #ILLINOIS. 🚀 🔭

Led by mechanical science and engineering professor Sameh Tawfick, the mission will send a composite tube manufacturing machine to the International Space Station to build space construction materials.

#AcademicSky #Space

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New study: A psychoeducational intervention to empower teenage girls

Beckman Institute at Illinois @beckmanillinois.bsky.social · Dec 12

A psychoeducational intervention to empower teenage girls. 💪

Beckman researcher Karen Rudolph investigated whether a single-session intervention could improve teenage girls' emotional responses to stressors.

📰 bit.ly/49trVka
📗 doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14175

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