Beckman Scholar Amanda Liberman Publishes Study: Circadian Clock Model Supports Molecular Link Between PER3 and Human Anxiety
- Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Learn more about what Beckman Scholar Amanda Liberman has been working on at Colgate University: ABSTRACT Generalized anxiety and major depression have become increasingly common in the United States, affecting 18.6 percent of the adult population. Mood disorders can be debilitating, and are often correlated with poor general health, life dissatisfaction, and the need for disability benefits due to inability to work. Recent evidence suggests that some mood disorders have a circadian ..
A Conversation with Dr. Terrance Kummer: Celebrating 20 Years of Beckman Scholars
- Friday, October 13, 2017
Then: 1998 Beckman Scholars Program Award Recipient, University of Minnesota Now: Assistant Professor of Neurology – Division of Neurocritical Care, Washington University in St. Louis AMBF: Prior to college, were you curious about a career in science? TK: I have wanted a career in science since I was a child. In the earliest days, I wanted to be an astronomer. The universe fascinated me; it seemed the greatest unknown imaginable. In college I was drawn to the inner un ..
A Conversation with Dr. Jonathan M. Spenner: Celebrating 20 Years of Beckman Scholars
- Friday, September 15, 2017
Then: 1998 Beckman Scholars Program Award Recipient, Northwestern University Now: Registered Patent Attorney and Member, Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. in Chicago AMBF: Prior to college, were you curious about a career in science? JS: I was always very interested in science. I remember being in the second grade and dreaming of becoming a “space scientist,” of course not understanding much about science at all. In the sixth grade, I thought I wanted to design ..
A Conversation with Dr. Margaret "Meg" L. Estapa: Celebrating 20 Years of Beckman Scholars
- Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Then: 1998 Beckman Scholars Program Award Recipient, Carleton College Now: Assistant Professor of Geosciences, Skidmore College AMBF: Prior to college, were you curious about a career in science? ME: Yes, I was definitely curious about a career in science as I loved my high school chemistry classes. However, as the first in my family to pursue a career in science I didn’t really know much about the paths I could take. AMBF: What exposure did you have to knowing ..
A Conversation with Dr. Christopher Vakoc: Celebrating 20 Years of Beckman Scholars
- Friday, July 14, 2017
Then: 1998 Beckman Scholars Program Award Recipient, Pennsylvania State University Now: Assistant Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; MD, University of Pennsylvania, 2005 PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 2007 AMBF: Prior to college, were you curious about a career in science? CV: Yes. I always saw myself having a career in science or engineering, although I never imagined myself in academia. AMBF: What exposure did you have to knowing what research in a la ..
A Conversation with Dr. Ming C. Hammond: Celebrating 20 Years of Beckman Scholars
- Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Meet Dr. Ming Hammond, one of the members of the inaugural class of Beckman Scholars, and read her thoughts and perspectives regarding the personal impact of the program on her undergraduate experience and resulting career. Then: 1998 Beckman Scholars Program Award Recipient, California Institute of Technology Now: Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley “The support of my research mentor and the Beckman Scholars Program ..
A Conversation with Dr. Anne McNeil: Celebrating 20 Years of Beckman Scholars
- Thursday, May 18, 2017
Meet Dr. Anne McNeil, one of the members of the inaugural class of Beckman Scholars, and read her thoughts and perspectives regarding the personal impact of the program on her undergraduate experience and resulting career. "THANK YOU Beckman Foundation - for your support for me and the thousands of other young scientists over the last 20 years." Then: 1998 Beckman Scholars Program Award Recipient, College of William & Mary Now: Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry and ..
Video Profiles of Tufts Beckman Scholars
- Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Impactful research performed by talented undergraduates is the hallmark of our program, but it is not just for Beckman Scholars!! In these video profiles, some of our Beckman Scholars relate their experiences to a wider audience. By communicating their stories, their tribulations and their successes, we hope to encourage other undergraduates to pursue intensive research experiences. http://sites.tufts.edu/beckmanscholars/videos/ ..
Video profile of Elliot Philips Beckman Scholar 2013-2014
- Monday, March 13, 2017
A special thank you to Tufts University for sharing video profiles of some of their Beckman Scholars. ..
Video profile of Sara Khosrowjerdi Beckman Scholar 2013-2014
- Monday, March 13, 2017
A special thank you to Tufts University for sharing video profiles of some of their Beckman Scholars. http://sites.tufts.edu/beckmanscholars/videos/ ..
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- Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow Elena Schroeter, PhD, publishes: A Comparison of Common Mass Spectrometry Approaches for Paleoproteomics
- A Conversation with Dr. April Agee Carroll: Celebrating 20 Years of Beckman Scholars
- Beckman Foundation Announces 2018 Beckman Scholars Program Awardees
- Beckman Scholar Julia Nelson Publishes: Linked cycles of oxidative decarboxylation of glyoxylate as protometabolic analogs of the citric acid cycle
- A Conversation with Dr. Leana Wen: Celebrating 20 Years of Beckman Scholars
- Beckman Scholar Jonathan L. Messerschmidt Publishes: Sea anemone model has a single Toll-like receptor that can function in pathogen detection, NF-κB signal transduction, and development
- A Conversation with Dr. David Fooksman: Celebrating 20 Years of Beckman Scholars
- Beckman Scholar Nicole M. Carter Publishes: Transcription factor NF-κB is modulated by symbiotic status in a sea anemone model of cnidarian bleaching