Understanding the Brain: Training the Next Generation of Researchers in Engineering and Deciphering of Miniature Brain Machinery
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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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 …
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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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 …
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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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, …
The Frontiers in Miniature Brain Machinery lecture series continues with three new speakers from the University of Illinois for the Fall 2018 semester. Each lecture will be held in 2269 Beckman Institute at 4:00pm.
October 10
Marni Boppart, Associate Professor …
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 …
MBM Trainee Collin Kaufman taught a lecture on “Neuron Electrophysiology” August 7 at the 2018 EBICS Engineering Cellular Systems Summer School. The lecture was part of a six-day series of classes on engineering, biological, and physical science laboratory techniques …