The MBM Program started the fall 2019 semester with a bang! We have had a couple of very busy months in September and October. Now that some of the dust has settled, let’s review some highlights from the month of …
Recap: 2019 MBM Retreat
The MBM Program held its second annual retreat September 19-20, 2019. Over the course of a day and a half, we had four plenary lectures, ten trainee lightning talks, two advisor meetings, a poster session, and a lot of engagement! …
Kyung Sung to give Nov. 13 Frontiers Lecture
The MBM Program continues its Frontiers in Miniature Brain Machinery lecture series with Kyung Sung. Sung is a Principal Investigator in the Cellular and Tissue Therapies Branch, Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies in the Office of Tissues and Advanced …
Liang Gao to give Oct. 30 Frontiers Lecture
The MBM Program continues its Frontiers in Miniature Brain Machinery lecture series with Liang Gao, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, a full-time faculty member at the Beckman Institute, and Principal Investigator of the Intelligent Optics Lab, University …
Graham Huesmann to give Clinical Frontiers in MBM Lecture
The MBM Program continues its Frontiers in Miniature Brain Machinery lecture series with Graham Huesmann, MD / PhD. Huesmann is an Epileptologist / Neurologist and Research Assistant Professor at Carle Foundation Hospital and the Molecular & Integrative Physiology Department and …
Announcing 2019 MBM Retreat September 19-20
The second annual MBM Retreat is coming up next month! This year, we will have four guest speakers along with posters and lightning talks over two days, starting Thursday, September 19 at 4:30pm through Friday, September 20 at 2:30pm in …
Justin Rhodes to give September Frontiers in MBM Lecture
The MBM Program begins its Frontiers in Miniature Brain Machinery lecture series for the Fall 2019 season with Justin Rhodes, Professor of Psychology. He will speak September 4 at 4pm in 2269 Beckman Institute on “Completely implantable, injectable, wireless microLEDs …
MBM at the Farmer’s Market
On June 8, trainees in the MBM Program gave up their Saturday morning to share science with the community at the Urbana Farmer’s Market. Jorge Maldonado De-Jesus coordinated the event — not just in terms of the display and volunteers, …
Kai Zhang to deliver April 10 Frontiers lecture
Kai Zhang, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, and Director of the Zhang Lab at the University of Illinois, will deliver the final Frontiers in Miniature Brain Machinery lecture for the Spring 2019 semester on “Bidirectional optogenetic dissection of neurotrophic …
Mikhail Kandel presents in Beckman Graduate Student Seminar
MBM Trainee Mikhail Kandel delivered one of three presentations at the second Beckman Institute Graduate Student Seminar of the spring 2019 semester on April 3. His presentation was on “Improving Contrast with Phase Shifting Interferometry” and discussed preliminary studies using …