MBM Demonstration at Beckman Open House

The MBM Program offered a demonstration booth at the Beckman Institute’s Open House March 8 and 9. Trainees Amanda Weiss and Mikhail Kandel, who are members of the MBM Student Leadership Council, led planning and preparation for this demonstration.

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Gillette Delivers Beckman Director’s Seminar

Martha Gillette delivers the Beckman Director's Talk

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. …

MBM goes to NSF

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.

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Brad Sutton and Rashid Bashir Lecture at Carle Foundation

Brad Sutton Rashid Bashir

MBM faculty Brad Sutton and Rashid Bashir delivered lectures at Carle Foundation Hospital September 19, 2018. The talks were part of the “Bench-to-Bedside Series,” a collaboration between the Department of Internal Medicine at Carle Foundation Hospital and the Beckman Institute, …

MBM Grantiversary

champagne bottle

Pop the champagne! It’s it’s time to celebrate the MBM Program’s first anniversary since its beginning September 1, 2017 – our grantiversary! And we couldn’t do it without everyone’s support. Thank you!

Our first annual grant progress report has …