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Best wishes for a healthy and happy Thanksgiving holiday and Fall break!
Please note that our office will be closed on Thursday + Friday, Nov. 27-28.
Please note that our office will be closed on Thursday + Friday, Nov. 27-28.
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Best wishes for a healthy and happy Thanksgiving holiday and Fall break!
Please note that our office will be closed on Thursday + Friday, Nov. 27-28.
Please note that our office will be closed on Thursday + Friday, Nov. 27-28.
2022 #BSP Zachary Ellis #published in ACS Chemical Neuroscience: "Exogenous Huntingtin-Exon1 Aggregates Exhibit Distinct Levels of Toxicity to Caenorhabditis elegans." https://ow.ly/FUxS50XveZ6
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
2022 #BSP Zachary Ellis #published in ACS Chemical Neuroscience: "Exogenous Huntingtin-Exon1 Aggregates Exhibit Distinct Levels of Toxicity to Caenorhabditis elegans." https://ow.ly/FUxS50XveZ6
2023 #BYI Yayuan Liu, PhD #published in Angewandte Chemie: "Multifunctional Binding Interface Drives Near-Unity CO Selectivity in Acidic CO2 Electrolysis." https://ow.ly/i5bj50XvePK
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
2023 #BYI Yayuan Liu, PhD #published in Angewandte Chemie: "Multifunctional Binding Interface Drives Near-Unity CO Selectivity in Acidic CO2 Electrolysis." https://ow.ly/i5bj50XvePK
A look at today’s #AOBPostdoc #Coffee Hour, where we chatted about Year 3 Renewals, #industry jobs, and applying to #academia. ☕ Join us for the next one!
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A look at today’s #AOBPostdoc #Coffee Hour, where we chatted about Year 3 Renewals, #industry jobs, and applying to #academia. ☕ Join us for the next one!
2023 #BSP Carly Slough #published in The Journal of Organic Chemistry: "Photocatalytic Activation of Heterocyclic Iodonium Ylides for the Synthesis of Dihydrofuropyranones and Dihydrofuropyridones." https://ow.ly/FNmf50XtF5h
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
2023 #BSP Carly Slough #published in The Journal of Organic Chemistry: "Photocatalytic Activation of Heterocyclic Iodonium Ylides for the Synthesis of Dihydrofuropyranones and Dihydrofuropyridones." https://ow.ly/FNmf50XtF5h
Wishing the happiest of birthdays to our very good friend Harry Gray, PhD, from all of us at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation!
November 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Wishing the happiest of birthdays to our very good friend Harry Gray, PhD, from all of us at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation!
Wesley Chang, PhD, 2021 #AOBPostdoc, was selected as 1 of 5 recipients for the ‘25-‘26 Electrochemical Society (ECS) Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship. Work will focus on developing an ultrasound tomography instrument for depth-resolved characterization of batteries. Congrats!
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Wesley Chang, PhD, 2021 #AOBPostdoc, was selected as 1 of 5 recipients for the ‘25-‘26 Electrochemical Society (ECS) Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship. Work will focus on developing an ultrasound tomography instrument for depth-resolved characterization of batteries. Congrats!
Christina Kim, PhD (2023 #BYI) was named a Freeman Hrabowski Scholar (HHMI) for research on how the brain transforms transient cellular dynamics into long-lasting behavioral changes.
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Christina Kim, PhD (2023 #BYI) was named a Freeman Hrabowski Scholar (HHMI) for research on how the brain transforms transient cellular dynamics into long-lasting behavioral changes.
Beckman Awardees: Organizing or Hosting a Seminar or Conference at Your Institution?
The Beckman Speaker and Conference Support Fund is open to all current Foundation awardees.
The Beckman Speaker and Conference Support Fund is open to all current Foundation awardees.
November 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Beckman Awardees: Organizing or Hosting a Seminar or Conference at Your Institution?
The Beckman Speaker and Conference Support Fund is open to all current Foundation awardees.
The Beckman Speaker and Conference Support Fund is open to all current Foundation awardees.
University Lab Partners Awarded $25,000 Grant for BioInnovators Program!
University Lab Partners is the latest recipient of a Beckman OC Community Support Grant. This funding will enable ULP's BioInnovators Program to work with OC high school students committed to publishing...
University Lab Partners is the latest recipient of a Beckman OC Community Support Grant. This funding will enable ULP's BioInnovators Program to work with OC high school students committed to publishing...
October 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
University Lab Partners Awarded $25,000 Grant for BioInnovators Program!
University Lab Partners is the latest recipient of a Beckman OC Community Support Grant. This funding will enable ULP's BioInnovators Program to work with OC high school students committed to publishing...
University Lab Partners is the latest recipient of a Beckman OC Community Support Grant. This funding will enable ULP's BioInnovators Program to work with OC high school students committed to publishing...
7 Beckman awardees publish in ACS Nano! PhDs Thomas Kempa, Chad Mirkin, Michelle Personick, Dayne Swearer, Michelle Teplensky, Weihong Tan & Peidong Yang, along with other scientists, explored answers to "33 Unresolved Questions in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology." https://ow.ly/v1MP50Xj9CJ
October 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
7 Beckman awardees publish in ACS Nano! PhDs Thomas Kempa, Chad Mirkin, Michelle Personick, Dayne Swearer, Michelle Teplensky, Weihong Tan & Peidong Yang, along with other scientists, explored answers to "33 Unresolved Questions in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology." https://ow.ly/v1MP50Xj9CJ
Stanley O. Ikenberry Endowed Chair Emeritus at the University of Illinois Jeffrey S. Moore published in ACS Macro Letters: "Chemical Activation of Frontal Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization." https://ow.ly/YoMi50XiwpY
October 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Stanley O. Ikenberry Endowed Chair Emeritus at the University of Illinois Jeffrey S. Moore published in ACS Macro Letters: "Chemical Activation of Frontal Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization." https://ow.ly/YoMi50XiwpY
Grant Lai (2024 #BSP) was awarded a Churchill Scholarship to study at Cambridge University. Grant is one of only 16 recipients of the 2025-26 #ChurchillScholarship, and the first student from @ucirvine.bsky.social to receive this prestigious award.
October 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Grant Lai (2024 #BSP) was awarded a Churchill Scholarship to study at Cambridge University. Grant is one of only 16 recipients of the 2025-26 #ChurchillScholarship, and the first student from @ucirvine.bsky.social to receive this prestigious award.
Congratulations to Erin Schuman, PhD, (1996 #BYI) Director and Professor at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, elected as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine!
Schuman is recognized “for her work that provided the first evidence that proteins made locally...
Schuman is recognized “for her work that provided the first evidence that proteins made locally...
October 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Congratulations to Erin Schuman, PhD, (1996 #BYI) Director and Professor at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, elected as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine!
Schuman is recognized “for her work that provided the first evidence that proteins made locally...
Schuman is recognized “for her work that provided the first evidence that proteins made locally...
JUST HIRED: 2024 #AOBPostdoc, Pamela Cai, PhD, accepted a position at Until Labs as a Senior Polymer Scientist. Congratulations!
October 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
JUST HIRED: 2024 #AOBPostdoc, Pamela Cai, PhD, accepted a position at Until Labs as a Senior Polymer Scientist. Congratulations!
This information is available through our searchable online database of Awarded Scientists. Check it out at: www.beckman-foundation.org/awarded-scie... #AskAnArchivist Day
October 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This information is available through our searchable online database of Awarded Scientists. Check it out at: www.beckman-foundation.org/awarded-scie... #AskAnArchivist Day
In 1991, the #BYI program was launched, and Beckman Foundation recognized five women with awards. #AskAnArchivist Day
October 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In 1991, the #BYI program was launched, and Beckman Foundation recognized five women with awards. #AskAnArchivist Day
Q: Who was the first woman to win a Beckman Young Investigator Award?
#AskAnArchivist Day
#AskAnArchivist Day
October 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Q: Who was the first woman to win a Beckman Young Investigator Award?
#AskAnArchivist Day
#AskAnArchivist Day
Pembroke Fellow in Organic Chemistry, Yimon Aye, PhD, (2014 #BYI) is one of seven researchers at the University of Oxford awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council. Each grant is worth up to €2.5 million over a period of five years. Congratulations!
October 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Pembroke Fellow in Organic Chemistry, Yimon Aye, PhD, (2014 #BYI) is one of seven researchers at the University of Oxford awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council. Each grant is worth up to €2.5 million over a period of five years. Congratulations!
BYI Kim Orth Receives Two Prestigious Awards!
Congratulations to Kim Orth, PhD, (2003 #BYI) awarded the 2026 ASM Award for Basic Research. The #ASM Award recognizes an outstanding scientist whose discoveries have been fundamental to advancing our understanding of the microbial world.
Congratulations to Kim Orth, PhD, (2003 #BYI) awarded the 2026 ASM Award for Basic Research. The #ASM Award recognizes an outstanding scientist whose discoveries have been fundamental to advancing our understanding of the microbial world.
October 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🌟 2025 BSP August Yousse gave a tour of the Farnsworth Lab where he does work focused on targeted drug delivery to better treat type 1 diabetes.
October 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🌟 2025 BSP August Yousse gave a tour of the Farnsworth Lab where he does work focused on targeted drug delivery to better treat type 1 diabetes.
🌟 Shout out to McGuirk Lab UG Members Adria Hippely and Ronin Mannina, Jr.!
October 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🌟 Shout out to McGuirk Lab UG Members Adria Hippely and Ronin Mannina, Jr.!
🌟 Assoc. Prof. C. Michael McGuirk, 2023 Scialog Fellow for Automating Chemical Laboratories (also awarded: 2022 #AOBPostdoc Andrew Zahrt). Did you know? All the McGuirk Lab equipment have labels with funny names.
October 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🌟 Assoc. Prof. C. Michael McGuirk, 2023 Scialog Fellow for Automating Chemical Laboratories (also awarded: 2022 #AOBPostdoc Andrew Zahrt). Did you know? All the McGuirk Lab equipment have labels with funny names.
🌟 Also from the Spear Lab: Really, really, really ancient pieces of rock! Catrina held a piece of the Earth’s mantle from Oman, which has living organisms in it. 😎 research.mines.edu/project/spea...
October 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🌟 Also from the Spear Lab: Really, really, really ancient pieces of rock! Catrina held a piece of the Earth’s mantle from Oman, which has living organisms in it. 😎 research.mines.edu/project/spea...
🌟 Seen in the lab of 2026 BSP Reviewer Prof. John Spear: Rock photos and a digital counter that tracks published papers – currently at 207 – used as a visual to inspire the team.
October 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🌟 Seen in the lab of 2026 BSP Reviewer Prof. John Spear: Rock photos and a digital counter that tracks published papers – currently at 207 – used as a visual to inspire the team.