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Beckman researchers study brain mechanisms that drive social conformity
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Li announced as 2021 NAI fellow
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Statt, Wang receive NSF CAREER Awards
Contact name: Macie Sinn
Contact email: sinn1@illinois.edu
Title: "Multiscaling the CRISPR-Cas Revolution from Gene Editing to Viral Dectection."
Speaker: Giulia Palermo, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California
Dr. Palemo will discuss about the use of computational approaches to clarify the molecular basis and the gene-editing function of CRISPR-Cas9 and newly discovered CRISPR systems that are emerging as powerful tools for viral detection, including the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
This meeting is free and open to the public. Attend in person at 3269 Beckman Institute or join via Zoom: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/84056772310?pwd=MU8zTVdNK1Q2aDkydkVsZTd6TzhxUT09
The event will take place at 2:30 p.m. on January 24.
Contact name: Michael Jacobs
Contact email: mijacobs@illinois.edu
Three graduate students will present their research at the first Beckman Graduate Student Seminar of the spring 2022 semester: Elizabeth Bello, entomology; Evan Anderson, neuroscience program; and Suhnyoung Jun, psychology.
The event takes place Wednesday, Feb. 2 at noon. Register to attend on Zoom.
Contact name: Darin Doty
Contact email: ddoty@illinois.edu
Contact phone: 217-244-6553
Sarah Geiger will speak at the Beckman Institute's virtual Director's Seminar at noon Thursday, Feb. 3. Geiger, assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, will be discussing "Improving usability of smartphone tools for reporting individual chemical biomonitoring results." Register to attend on Zoom.