Neuroscience Program faculty, postdocs, researchers and graduate students are cordially invited to the 2024 SfN Preview-Poster Night and Reception to be held on Tuesday, September 10, 2024 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM with Poster Presentations in the Beckman Atrium. Come join us for an evening of fun and fellowship as we learn more about each other’s research and provide helpful feedback for those presenting at the upcoming Society for Neuroscience Meeting in Chicago.  

RSVPs are required

Proprioception is our internal sense of body and limb position and is required for motor reflexes and purposeful movement; however, the cellular mechanisms governing proprioceptor activity remain poorly understood. Our work on voltage gated sodium channels (Navs) finds distinct and non-redundant roles for the Nav1.1 and Nav1.6 subtypes in mammalian proprioception.

"Insights into Nuclear Speckles in Mammalian Cells Using Super-Resolution Microscopy" - Minxue Liu, Graduate Research Assistant, Beckman Institute - Cell & Developmental Biology

Instrument: MINFLUX

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.

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.

Hosted by: Inclusive Excellence Office | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

In conjunction with: Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education (AE3), American Indian Studies Program, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology, Cancer Center at Illinois, Center for Social & Behavioral Science, College of Education, College of Law, Department of Asian American Studies, Department of Classics, Department of Communication, Department of History, Department of Latina/Latino Studies, Department of Philosophy, Department of Political Science, Department of Psychology, Department of Sociology, Humanities Research Institute, Institute for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Access (IDEA), Grainger College of Engineering, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute

About the speaker | Mahzarin Banaji
Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics
Department of Psychology
Harvard University
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The Graduate Research Plan is one of two required statements for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF-GRF) application. In this workshop, students will learn the basic rules of proposal writing, the components of an effective proposal, and how to apply that knowledge to the specific requirements of the NSF-GRF Graduate Research Plan Statement. Participants will leave with a template that can be adapted for other prestigious university, national, and international funding competitions. 

This workshop is part of our series "NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Fundamentals." Interested students should first complete the corresponding self-guided Canvas course, and should also plan to attend our workshop on Writing an Effective NSF-GRF Personal Statement.

Register in advance for the link to this online workshop. 

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Going on the academic job market? You'll likely need a teaching statement and diversity statement. In this informative workshop, you will learn what goes in each of these documents, how they should be formatted, and how to use them effectively in your job search.

No registration required. This session will be broadcast online at https://go.grad.illinois.edu/eventspace

See the full listing of Graduate College workshops at https://go.grad.illinois.edu/workshops

*If you require any disability-related accommodations to participate in this workshop more fully, please email gradsuccess@illinois.edu

The Personal, Relevant Background, and Future Goals Statement is one of two required statements for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF-GRF) application. In this workshop, students will learn how to interpret the statement prompt and a three-step process to draft a concise, concrete, and compelling narrative. Participants will leave with an understanding of the qualities of an effective personal statement and a writing process that can be adapted for other prestigious university, national, and international funding competitions. 

This workshop is part of our series "NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Fundamentals." Interested students should first complete the corresponding self-guided Canvas course, and should also plan to attend our workshop on Writing an Effective NSF-GRF Graduate Research Plan.

Register in advance for the link to this online workshop. 

See more Graduate College Workshops.

What is a faculty interview actually like? What sorts of questions will I be asked? How should I talk about my research and teaching? What do I do if there are technical problems? Get answers to these questions and more as you learn the basics of the first-round faculty interviews.

No registration required. This session will be broadcast online at https://go.grad.illinois.edu/eventspace

See the full listing of Graduate College workshops at https://go.grad.illinois.edu/workshops

*If you require any disability-related accommodations to participate in this workshop more fully, please email gradsuccess@illinois.edu

The Beckman Communications Office has created a pop-up store for purchasing Beckman-branded apparel.

Please order your items by Wednesday, Sept. 11. You can either request direct shipping or pick up your item in the Beckman Director’s Office in early October. If you choose the latter, we’ll email you when your item is ready for pickup.

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.

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! 

Please contact Stacy for details on meeting Steve.

Come find the IGB at Grange Grove, the official tailgate party area, before all University of Illinois home football games. Come out to see the game and catch the IGB doing hands-on science at Grange Grove beforehand. We will be learning about cool bat facts in preparation for our upcoming Bat Fest on September 28th in collaboration with UPD, INHS, and NRES. ILL! INI!

Get energized, focused, and calm! Join our mindfulness instructor extraordinaire, Kristina Reese, in a six-week virtual Mindfulness and Movement series. These live video classes combine mindfulness-based meditation instruction with easy-to-do “desk yoga” type exercises. Contact us at wellbeing@illinois.edu to register for the class.

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!