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Cognitive Neuroscience Seminar Series: Dr. Hyejin Lee
Beckman Institute Room 3269 (3rd Floor Tower Room)
Contact name: Florin Dolcos
Contact email: fdolcos@illinois.edu
Dr. Hyejin Lee, UIUC, will lecture on "
Precise Individual Measures of Inhibitory Control
."Abstract: Inhibitory control is essential to daily function and is a key factor in numerous psychiatric disorders. One popular measure is the congruency effect, but recent research has highlighted its low reliability, limiting its use for clinical and basic research questions. Here, we asked whether it is possible to obtain precise individual estimates of the congruency effect. We sampled more than five thousand trials from nine participants across four inhibitory control tasks. This dataset, made public for the community, demonstrates that precise individual estimates are achievable but with substantially higher numbers of trials than typically collected with common tools. Using a combination of datasets and simulations, we demonstrate that extensive sampling is necessary to reveal true individual differences and improve observations from alternative modeling approaches. We share this dataset to offer a resource for the community to understand commonalities and differences in inhibitory control, ultimately advancing research in this critical field.
Gather in the Garden
Beckman Institute Center Atrium
Contact name: Mollie Stevens
Contact email: mollie@illinois.edu
Contact phone: 217-244-2603
Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the atrium!
ITG Tech Talk: "Carbon Nanoparticle Combustion in a Shock Tube: Spectroscopy and Microscopy Techniques for Improved Modeling of Optical Signatures"
3269 Beckman Institute and on Zoom
Contact name: Bishop Gonzalez
Contact email: jbgonza2@illinois.edu
Please join us at noon on Tuesday, September 17, in 3269 (third floor tower room) Beckman to learn about Carbon Nanoparticle Combustion in a Shock Tube: Spectroscopy and Microscopy Techniques for Improved Modeling of Optical Signatures presented by Colton Willhardt.
Lunch will be provided to those who register for in-person attendance.
Please register by Thursday, September 12.
Beckman-Brown Lecture: Professor Steven Chu, Stanford University
Beckman Institute Auditorium, Room 1025
Contact name: Stacy Olson
Contact email: srolson@illinois.edu
Contact phone: 217-244-8373
Abstract: "Throughout human history, multiple industrial and agricultural revolutions have profoundly transformed the world. However, the unintended consequence of these revolutions is that the greenhouse gas emissions are changing Earth’s climate. Most of our energy sources and many of the materials we use are based on fossil-fuel. The challenges of how to provide clean energy, water, air, and food in a world of over 8 billion people and likely to grow to 11 billion by 2100 are formidable. After a brief summary of our current trajectory, I will discuss the current progress, opportunities and challenges needed to achieve net-zero greenhouse emissions."
Steven Chu is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Physics, of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, and of Energy Science and Engineering at Stanford University. From January 2009 to April 2013, Dr. Chu served as U.S. Secretary of Energy under President Barack Obama. During his tenure, he began several initiatives, including ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy), the Energy Innovation Hubs, and the Clean Energy Ministerial meetings. As the first scientist Cabinet member, Chu recruited dozens of outstanding scientists and engineers to the Department of Energy, and was personally tasked by President Obama to help stop the BP oil leak.
Learn more about the talk and speaker on the Beckman website. A reception will follow the lecture. We hope to see you there!
Yoga at Beckman
Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Contact name: Elena Romanova
Contact email: romanova@illinois.edu
Join us at noon on Wednesdays for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
Responsible Conduct of Research: Human Subjects Research
Beckman Institute Room 1005
Contact name: Patty Jones
Contact email: pmjones5@illinois.edu
Come to room 1005 to learn from the experts about "Human Subjects Research."
Speaker: Sarah Mumford, director, Office for the Protection of Research Subjects.
Please register in advance.
UIPD therapy dogs visit Beckman
Beckman Institute Atrium
Contact name: Shawna Graddy
Contact email: sgraddy@illinois.edu
Stop by and meet University of Illinois Police Department therapy dogs Huff and Rosie.
Cookie Collab
Atrium
Contact name: Mollie Stevens
Contact email: mollie@illinois.edu
Contact phone: 12172442603
Join members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
CANCELLED: Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People
Beckman Institute Auditorium
In an era of increased awareness of diversity and inclusion, understanding hidden bias and its impact on educational institutions has become paramount. Professor Mahzarin Banaji is an experimental psychologist who has spent 35 years understanding how the mind works in social contexts. Her presentation will center on a science-based analysis of the hard questions of how to lead in an ever-changing world where who is "us" and who is "them" has significantly changed from what those words meant to our predecessors.
Director's Coffee Hour with Steve Maren
Contact name: Stacy Olson
Contact email: srolson@illinois.edu
Beckman Director Steve Maren will be hosting a weekly Director’s Coffee Hour at 9 a.m. on Fridays at one of the nearby coffee shops (the Daily Byte or Espresso Royale) until the Beckman Café reopens. It's a great opportunity to get to know your new director and for him to get to know you and your research. Steve's buying!
Free professional portraits at the Beckman Institute
Fifth floor tower room (5269 Beckman)
Contact name: Meg Dickinson
Contact email: megd@illinois.edu
The Beckman Institute is hosting a professional photographer all day for free headshots for the Beckman community. The photos will use Beckman's tower room windows and incredible view as a backdrop.
No appointment necessary; you may need to wait in a short line to be photographed. The Beckman Institute will use these portraits for our online directory and may also use them in news stories or for other official communications purposes. We may also share your headshot with your home unit.
Gather in the Garden
Beckman Institute Center Atrium
Contact name: Mollie Stevens
Contact email: mollie@illinois.edu
Contact phone: 217-244-2603
Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the atrium!
X-ray Computed Tomography Workshop
Beckman Institute Room 2269 (2nd Floor Tower Room)
Contact name: Josh Gibson
Contact email: jcgibso2@illinois.edu
The Imaging Technology Group and the IGB Core will be co-hosting a half-day X-ray CT workshop. Talks covering theory, the instrumentation available on campus, and current research projects will be presented along with tours of both the ITG and IGB facilities. Workshop agenda: https://www.igb.illinois.edu/corefacilities/news/core-xrayct-workshop-2024
Yoga at Beckman
Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Contact name: Elena Romanova
Contact email: romanova@illinois.edu
Join us at noon on Wednesdays for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
Carle Illinois Advancing Imaging Seminar: Mark Chiew
Beckman Institute Room 5602
Contact name: Aaron Anderson
Contact email: aandrsn3@illinois.edu
Dr. Mark Chiew, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, will lecture.
Gather in the Garden
Beckman Institute Center Atrium
Contact name: Mollie Stevens
Contact email: mollie@illinois.edu
Contact phone: 217-244-2603
Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the atrium!
UIPD therapy dogs visit Beckman
Beckman Institute Atrium
Contact name: Shawna Graddy
Contact email: sgraddy@illinois.edu
Stop by and meet University of Illinois Police Department therapy dogs Huff and Rosie.
Yoga at Beckman
Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Contact name: Elena Romanova
Contact email: romanova@illinois.edu
Join us at noon on Wednesdays for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
New-to-Beckman tour
MRI Exhibit
Contact name: Lexie Kesler
Contact email: lkesler@illinois.edu
Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. Tours will be offered the first Thursday of the month from 10-10:30 a.m. Register here.
Vernon L. Snoeyink Distinguished Lecture
Beckman Auditorium
Contact name: Suzanne Giesler
Contact email: sgiesler@illinois.edu
L. Ruby Leung, Atmospheric, Climate & Earth Sciences Division Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Modeling Extreme Events & Their Future Changes
Some of the most consequential outcomes of global warming for societies and ecosystems are changes in extreme events. Comparing 2000-2019 with 1980-1999, extreme temperature and flood events have more than doubled globally while the number of disastrous storms and droughts has increased by 30-50%. While the nonlinear increase in latent energy with warmer surface air temperature may explain the global increasing trends in weather extremes, credible projections of the regional changes in extreme events remain challenging. In this lecture, I will discuss some recent advances in modeling extreme events and their future changes. Using a combination of modeling approaches, I will provide examples of projections of future changes in flood-producing winter storms and their characteristics, mesoscale convective systems that produce wind damages and floods, the risk of landfalling hurricanes, and changes in heatwaves and wildfires. These projections underscore the need for adaptation planning for a weather and climate resilient society.
Gather in the Garden
Beckman Institute Center Atrium
Contact name: Mollie Stevens
Contact email: mollie@illinois.edu
Contact phone: 217-244-2603
Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the atrium!
Yoga at Beckman
Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Contact name: Elena Romanova
Contact email: romanova@illinois.edu
Join us at noon on Wednesdays for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
Director's Coffee Hour with Steve Maren
Contact name: Stacy Olson
Contact email: srolson@illinois.edu
Beckman Director Steve Maren will be hosting a weekly Director’s Coffee Hour at 9 a.m. on Fridays at one of the nearby coffee shops (the Daily Byte or Espresso Royale) until the Beckman Café reopens. It's a great opportunity to get to know your new director and for him to get to know you and your research. Steve's buying!