Events at Beckman

Events at Beckman

Director's Coffee Hour with Steve Maren

Beckman Director Steve Maren will be hosting a weekly Director’s Coffee Hour until the Beckman Café reopens. Contact Stacy Olson for details.

New-to-Beckman tours

Learn something new on a guided tour of the building.

Gather in the Garden

Grab a cup of coffee and say hello to members of the Beckman community.

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A group of researchers, including Nancy Sottos, enjoy a talkative, lively lunch in Beckman's garden.

Cookie Collab

Join your colleagues for cookies, coffee and community-building.

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Two Beckman Institute branded cookies

Yoga at Beckman

A free hour of yoga in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome. Bring your own mat.

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A group of people doing yoga in the fifth-floor Tower Room at the Beckman Institute

Upcoming events

Cognitive Neuroscience Seminar Series: Prof. Ekaterina Denkova

Contact name: Florin Dolcos
Contact email: fdolcos@illinois.edu

Prof. Ekaterina Denkova , University of Miami, will lecture on "

From Mind Wandering Research to Mindfulness Training Implementation

."

Abstract: In this presentation, I will explore two intertwined lines of research that highlight (i) the mechanisms underlying mind wandering, and (ii) the potential for mindfulness training to enhance attention in various applied settings. Mind wandering, defined as internal thought that is decoupled from the task-at-hand, has emerged as a prominent topic in cognitive and contemplative neuroscience. In the first part, I will discuss a series of studies using the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) to investigate the behavioral and neural correlates of focused attention and mind wandering. In the second part, I will present findings from implementation studies of mindfulness training, emphasizing its promise as an effective tool to enhance attention and mitigate the effects of mind wandering. By integrating basic research with implementation efforts, this presentation aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of how mindfulness can help cultivate attention focus.

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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! 

Please contact Stacy for details on meeting Steve.

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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: "An overview of key technologies that constitute the Stellaris platform, multiphoton microscopy and tunable spectral detection with our DIVE systems, and recent advances in our STED systems."

5602 Beckman Institute and on Zoom

Contact name: Bishop Gonzalez
Contact email: jbgonza2@illinois.edu

Please join us at noon on Tuesday, October 15, in 5602 Beckman to learn about An overview of key technologies that constitute the Stellaris platform, multiphoton microscopy and tunable spectral detection with our DIVE systems, and recent advances in our STED systems presented by Ken Calderone.

Lunch will be provided to those who register for in-person attendance.  

Please register by Thursday, October 10.

Register here!

Registration link

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Sandia National Labs LDRD Symposium and Poster Session

Beckman Institute Room 2269 (2nd Floor Tower Room) & Center Atrium

Contact name: Patty Jones
Contact email: pmjones5@illinois.edu

Please join us to learn how Sandia National Laboratories and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are working together through Sandia’s Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program.  This event will feature a keynote speaker from Sandia and talks and posters from UIUC students on topics ranging from cybersecurity to materials science. For more information, please see

 2022-2023 Sandia Academic Programs Collaboration Report

   and the

FY23 Laboratory Directed Research & Development (LDRD) Annual Report

.

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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! 

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. 

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.

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! 

Please contact Stacy for details on meeting Steve.

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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! 

Inner Voices Social Issues Theatre

Beckman Institute Room 1005

Contact name: Shawna Graddy
Contact email: sgraddy@illinois.edu

Please join the Beckman DEI committee at INNER VOICES Social Issues Theatre on October 24

th

at 5p in room 1005. This unique engagement will focus on microaggressions - the importance of names. Registration is required. 

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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! 

Please contact Stacy for details on meeting Steve.

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Carle Illinois Advancing Imaging Seminar: Bruce Damon

Carle Mills Breast Cancer Institute, third floor conference room

Contact name: Aaron Anderson
Contact email: aandrsn3@illinois.edu

Bruce Damon, Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute, 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!

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! 

Please contact Stacy for details on meeting Steve.

Read more

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.

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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! 

Please contact Stacy for details on meeting Steve.

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Carle Illinois Advanced Imaging Center Seminar: Kalen Petersen

Carle Mills Breast Cancer Institute, third floor conference room, 509 W. University Ave., Urbana

Kalen Petersen of Washington University in St. Louis will present, "HIV Effects in the Aging Brain.” This installment will be located in the Carle Mills Breast Cancer Institute, third floor conference room, 509 W. University Ave., Urbana.

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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! 

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. 

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! 

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! 

Kate Clancy speaks at a lecture in one of Beckman's Tower Rooms with a white board behind her.

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