Understanding the Brain: Training the Next Generation of Researchers in Engineering and Deciphering of Miniature Brain Machinery
The MBM Program’s Principal Investigator, Dr. Martha Gillette, delivered the Beckman Institute Director’s Seminar March 7 on “The Clocks that Time Us: Dynamics in Brain Metabolism and Sleep.”
Abstract: Our behaviors—eating, learning, sleeping—are shaped by a clock in the brain. …
The MBM Program continues its Frontiers in Miniature Brain Machinery lecture series March 27 at 4pm in 2269 Beckman with Dr. Hee-Sun Han. The lecture will be titled “Spatially Resolved, Integrative RNA Profiling to Study the Role of miRNA in …
Congratulations to MBM faculty Gabriel Popescu, who recently published the first volume of his six-volume book Principles of Biophotonics, a textbook to help readers learn basic concepts and methods related to the field of biomedical optics.
Congratulations to MBM faculty Hyunjoon Kong and Rashid Bashir, MBM trainee Gelson Pagan-Diaz, and MBM Frontiers lecturer Marni Boppart for the recognition of their research into neuron integration on muscle fibers!
Their work was recently published in an Advanced Science …
The MBM Program begins its Frontiers in Miniature Brain Machinery lecture series for the Spring 2019 season with Stephen Boppart, who will speak February 27 at 4pm in 2269 Beckman Institute on “Real-Time Metabolic Imaging using Auto-Fluorescence from Cells.”
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This October was a great month for MBM faculty Rashid Bashir. First, he was named the new Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign October 10, and then received the 2018 Robert A. Pritzker …
The MBM Program continues its Frontiers in Miniature Brain Machinery lecture series December 5 at 4pm in 2269 Beckman with Dr. Diane Beck. The lecture will be titled “The Importance of Prior Knowledge for Vision.”
Abstract: Human beings are surprisingly …
Congratulations to MBM faculty Gabi Popescu, who received the 2018 Innovation Award by Microscopy Today!
The award was bestowed for the development of Gradient Light Interference Microscopy (GLIM), a low-coherence interference microscopy system. GLIM is a new method that solves …
Congratulations to MBM Trainees Collin Kaufman and Whitney Sinclair, who made it to the final round of Research Live! Our trainees were asked to enter this university-wide competition. Approximately 40 graduate students from different disciplines across campus competed; Kaufman and …
The Miniature Brain Machinery Program sent a delegation to the annual NSF-NRT meeting in Washington, DC September 27-28. Representing the program were faculty Martha Gillette and Joon Kong, trainee Gelson Pagan-Diaz, coordinator Anne (Sofya) McKinney, and evaluator Lizanne DeStefano.
The …