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CNLM Building an Interdisciplinary Foundation 17 Sep 2012 | 08:15 pm
Less than nine months after the announcement of its creation, the Center for Nutrition, Learning, and Memory (CNLM) held an initial Investigator Meeting at the Beckman Institute recently to help fashi...
Graduate Student Seminar Scheduled for September 26, 2012 13 Sep 2012 | 06:30 pm
The Fall 2012 Beckman Institute Graduate Student Seminar Series continues on Wednesday, September 26. The seminar will feature three short talks from students Hefei Dong, Jia-Bin Huang, and Jim Monti....
Beckman Team wins Siemens Translational Image of the Year Award 13 Sep 2012 | 01:15 am
A team of researchers in the Molecular Imaging Laboratory of the Beckman Institute’s Biomedical Imaging Center has received the award for “Translational Image of the Year” in the 2012 Siemens Preclini...
Beckman Researchers Named University Scholars 11 Sep 2012 | 09:45 pm
U of I News Bureau – Kara Federmeier has been named a University Scholar. Federmeier is a member of the Institute’s Cognitive Neuroscience group. Beckman affiliate Steven LaValle was also named a Univ...
Do Gadgets Really Threaten Planes? 10 Sep 2012 | 11:15 pm
Wall Street Journal – Beckman Institute researcher Daniel Simons and his frequent collaborator Christopher Chabris weigh in on the topic of whether or not to allow electronic devices to be used during...
Juraska Takes Brain Plasticity in New Directions 5 Sep 2012 | 11:45 pm
Janice Juraska has taken research into neuroplasticity in new directions by focusing on topics like hormonal influences and sex differences in the brain.
Emergence of Phase-change Memory Chips 1 Sep 2012 | 01:00 am
The Economist - Phase change memory chips are the great new hope to dethrone flash memory in smart phones and laptops. Last year a group led by Beckman researcher Eric Pop demonstrated how a prototype...
Metabolism Plays a Role in Brain Timekeeping 29 Aug 2012 | 07:15 pm
Martha Gillette led a study that included four other Beckman Institute colleagues which showed an intrinsic oscillation metabolism plays a role in the region of the brain that keeps time of the body’s...
Simons Writes about Inattentional Blindness 28 Aug 2012 | 08:45 pm
Smithsonian – Daniel Simons of the Human Perception and Performance group penned an article for Smithsonian magazine about his research into the topic of inattentional blindness.
The Beat Goes On in the Brain 28 Aug 2012 | 06:45 pm
Like a melody that keeps playing in your head even after the music stops, researchers at the Beckman Institute have shown that the beat goes on when it comes to the human visual system.
