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Graduate Student Seminar Scheduled for January 30th, 2013
The Spring 2013 Beckman Institute Graduate Student Seminar Series continues on Wednesday, January 30. The seminar will feature three short talks from students Claire Scavuzzo, Matthew Kole, and Preston May. The seminar will be held in Beckman Institute Room 1005 and a pizza lunch will be served to those attending the talks.
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ECE Building Project on Schedule
When it comes to the building construction of the Beckman Institute’s newest neighbor, the worst may be over. The construction of the new Electrical and Computer Engineering building is on schedule, according to Beckman Director of Facilities Rob Fritz, with most of the noisier, ground-shaking work out of the way.
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Erdman New Faculty Member at Beckman
John Erdman from the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition has joined the Beckman Institute as a member of the Bioacoustics Research Laboratory. Erdman is a Professor Emeritus of Nutrition and Food Science.
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Beckman Researchers Lead Nanopore Effort at Illinois
A British company, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Ltd. (ONT), has announced agreements with four American and two British universities to license DNA sensing technology and to fund future research. Beckman Institute researchers Jean-Pierre Leburton, Aleksei Aksimentiev, and Rashid Bashir, are leading the effort at the University of Illinois.
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Using Sense of Smell for Biodetection Technology
Equities.com – An article on the use of smell as a method in biodetection technologies refers to the work of Beckman Institute researcher Kenneth Suslick.
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#6Kramer's Work Cited in Book on the Aging Brain
Book World – A book on keeping the brain fit as we age cites the work of Beckman Institute Director Art Kramer.
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Schantz Adds New Area to Beckman Research Portfolio
Susan Schantz’s groundbreaking work in the field of environmental toxicology will now be part of the Beckman Institute’s research portfolio. Schantz, a faculty member in the College of Veterinary Medicine, has joined the NeuroTech group.
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#8White Honored with Humboldt Award
Scott White, leader of the Beckman Institute’s Autonomous Materials Systems group, has been chosen to receive the Humboldt Research Award, one of the most prestigious international lifetime achievement awards given to scientists and engineers. White was honored for his work involving self-healing materials.
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#9New Research Gives Insight into Graphene Grain Boundaries
Making the one-atom thick sheets of carbon known as graphene in a way that could be easily integrated into mass production methods has proven difficult. Now, research from the groups of Beckman Institute faculty members Joe Lyding and Eric Pop is giving new insight into the electronics behavior of graphene.
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#10Mapping Emotional Intelligence in the Brain
Aron Barbey of the Cognitive Neuroscience group led a study of Vietnam veterans that provides the first detailed map of brain regions associated with emotional intelligence.
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