Oliver presents at BIOE Graduate Research Symposium
Oliver along with 4 other graduate students presented at the 2024 annual BIOE graduate student research symposium.
Oliver receives Mavis Future Faculty Fellowship by BIOE
Oliver was named a Mavis Future Faculty Fellow for 2024 by the College of Engineering. This fellowship provides training aimed at developing the next generation of engineering professors – Congratulations Oliver!
Undergrads Present Posters at 2024 ISUR and URS Expos
Congratulations to all of our wonderful undergraduates that presented their work at the the Illinois Scholars Undergraduate and the Undergraduate Research Symposiums. This year we had posters by Eric Modesitt, Holly Rudolph, Siyuan Wu, and Sharika Kottapalli.
What a thrill to meet Temple Grandin in person!
Temple Grandin dropped by Beckman and shared her wisdom and provided insight on how those of us using animal models can best move autism research forward. On the left, Howard and Ben Ben Auerbach with Temple, and on the right Rachael with Temple.
Martin presents work on spatial attention at CNS
Martin presented his work from our collaboration with the Sepideh Sadaghiani’s CONNECT lab on the role of alpha and gamma rhythms in auditory spatial attention at the 2024 Cognitive Neuroscience Society meeting in Toronto.
Oliver presents at Ear Day 2024
Oliver presents his work on Somatostatin neuron contributions to spatial encoding at Rush University in Chicago.
Selin receives MRC/SOT Travel Award
Selin received the 1st place for the travel award for the Midwest Chapter of Society of Toxicology for Society of Toxicology’s Annual Meeting in 2024 – Congratulations Selin!
Dr. Gritton receives Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust Early Career Award
Dr. Gritton received a 3-year Early Career Award from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust.
Lab receives NSF Frontiers Award
The lab received a 4-year National Science Foundation Neural and Cognitive Systems grant to study how the brain performs Complex Scene Analysis. This exciting collaboration with Drs. Kamal Sen, David Boas, and Virginia Best will be important for developing next generation assisted hearing devices.