Beckman Institute at Illinois

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The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is an interdisciplinary research institute devoted to leading-edge research in a vast array of disciplines.

Big things are coming for space infrastructure. Illinois' SpaceMaRS Center recently brought researchers from NASA - Nati...
08/28/2026

Big things are coming for space infrastructure. Illinois' SpaceMaRS Center recently brought researchers from NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Air Force Research Laboratory - AFRL and industry leaders to Beckman to map out the future of in-space manufacturing.

Experts developed roadmaps for robotic assembly, lunar habitats, and demonstration infrastructure to advance space manufacturing

Your brain can be trained to handle stress better; new study just proved it. Led by Sanda Dolcos, Kelly Hohn and Florin ...
08/27/2026

Your brain can be trained to handle stress better; new study just proved it. Led by Sanda Dolcos, Kelly Hohn and Florin Dolcos, the research found college students can build emotional regulation through training techniques. Building on previous research with veterans, young adults can now learn resilience and flexibility when facing stressful situations.

Emotion-regulation training reduces distress, changes the brain, team reports August 18, 2026 4:00 am by Diana Yates Life Sciences Editor Life Sciences Social Sciences Share on Facebook Share on X Share via email A new study led by U. of I. psychology professors Sanda and Florin Dolcos and a colleag...

Introducing the VPodDuo: a portable device from the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, about the size of an Ai...
08/25/2026

Introducing the VPodDuo: a portable device from the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, about the size of an AirPod case, that can detect genetic material from Zika, HIV, staph, and cancer markers. Lead by Han Keun Lee, working with Beckman researcher Brian Cunningham and Xing Wing, the device reads fluorescent test results with lab grade accuracy.

News Research AirPods-sized fluorescence analytical device holds the promise for timely home molecular testing BY Claudia Lutz July 15, 2026 Pictured left to right: Skye Shepherd, Han Keun Lee, Amanda Bacon, My Thi Tra Nguyen, and Brian Cunningham / Isaac Mitchell Share Advances in medical technolog...

Beckman researcher Caterina Gratton joined WCIA to share information about using precision fMRI to image individual brai...
08/20/2026

Beckman researcher Caterina Gratton joined WCIA to share information about using precision fMRI to image individual brains. This revealed that this brain region varies significantly from person to person and has major implications for future treatments of psychiatric disorders.

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Out of the 30 million MRIs performed in the United States every year, data shows about 22% of those are on the brain. Now, researchers at the University of Ill…

Did you know that the same tech gripping a World Cup ball is helping heal colons? Well, neither did we. Illinois engin...
08/18/2026

Did you know that the same tech gripping a World Cup ball is helping heal colons?

Well, neither did we.

Illinois engineering professor and Beckman researcher Bill King developed microstructure technology inspired by how insects grip surfaces. Now it’s being used inside adidas’s Predator cleats, and inside medical devices helping patients heal after colon surgery.

A microstructure technology designed by an engineer at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is making strides on and off the pitch.

MRI technology traces back to Illinois. Research here in the 1940s and 50s helped Paul Lauterbur invent MRI in 1971, ear...
08/14/2026

MRI technology traces back to Illinois. Research here in the 1940s and 50s helped Paul Lauterbur invent MRI in 1971, earning him a Nobel Prize.

Come see it for yourself at the Illinois MRI Exhibit at the Beckman Institute. Free and open to the public, Mon-Fri, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — In the United States, more than 100,000 people get an MRI each day. But, did you know the imaging technology has ties to the University of Illinois, stretching…

Kyle Smith, Illinois engineer and Beckman researcher, along with his team are pulling CO2 out of thin air. This collabor...
08/12/2026

Kyle Smith, Illinois engineer and Beckman researcher, along with his team are pulling CO2 out of thin air. This collaborative study between the University of Illinois and TOYOTA targets CO2 that’s already dispersed in the atmosphere, a much bigger challenge.

New electrochemical device targets climate change by sucking CO2 out of air July 9, 2026 8:26 am by Lois Yoksoulian Physical Sciences and Media Editor Earth and Environmental Sciences Engineering Share on Facebook Share on X Share via email U. of I. engineers Paul Rozzi, professor Kyle Smith and Jeo...

Small bubbles with a big impact. Beckman researchers developed microparticles that create tiny bubbles to remove stubbor...
08/04/2026

Small bubbles with a big impact. Beckman researchers developed microparticles that create tiny bubbles to remove stubborn bacterial biofilms from surgical instruments and wounds.

Scrubbing bubbles: Microparticles clean wounds, surgical instruments with tiny bubbles July 9, 2026 10:46 am by Liz Ahlberg Touchstone Biomedical Sciences Editor Engineering Health and Medicine Share on Facebook Share on X Share via email Cylindrical microparticles with a catalytic coating release t...

We are excited to share some leadership updates! Brad Sutton has been named the director of Beckman’s Biomedical Imaging...
07/31/2026

We are excited to share some leadership updates! Brad Sutton has been named the director of Beckman’s Biomedical Imaging Center, and Andrew Webb will soon join as co-director of the Carl Illinois Advanced Imaging Center. Congratulations to both!

Two Illinois faculty members are beginning new leadership roles within the university’s magnetic resonance imaging research community.

New research from Beckman is challenging what we know about how the brain works. Researcher Suhnyoung Jun and the CONNEC...
07/29/2026

New research from Beckman is challenging what we know about how the brain works. Researcher Suhnyoung Jun and the CONNECTlab have published findings revealing that the brain runs multiple processes simultaneously, each at its own pace. This could have major implications for neurological conditions like dementia.

Jun is the co-first author of a recent paper that centers on the connectome, the comprehensive neural network within the brain. She works in the CONNECTlab with psychology professor Sepideh Sadaghiani.

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