Seen at #ACSSpring2026 (l to r): Samantha Yruegas, PhD (Reviewer), Robert Gilliard, Jr, PhD (’21 #BYI), AMBF Deputy Director Catrina Bryant, Natalia Shustova, PhD (#AOBPostdoc Executive Committee), and Myles Drance, PhD (’20 AOB Postdoc).
Booth 735 - program info + fun Beckman swag

The #BYI Program seeks to recruit a diverse set of reviewers to analyze applications at the Letter of Intent and Full Application review stages.
Details: www.beckman-foundation.org/latest-news/...

Their achievements and potential place them among the next generation of scientific leaders in the U.S. and Canada.

Winners receive $75,000, which may be spent over a two-year term on any expense supportive of their research.
#BYI #sloanresearchfellows #award

Towards a minimum reporting standard to promote animal welfare and data quality in biologging research | Animal Biotelemetry | Springer Nature Link Over the last six decades, the biologging research community has reduced instrument effects on study animals by miniaturizing devices, employing sophistica

2021 #BYI Roxane Beltran, PhD #published in Animal Biotelemetry: "Towards a minimum reporting standard to promote animal welfare and data quality in biologging research." https://ow.ly/CvnJ50Yo972

2023 #BYI Thao Tran Dominy, PhD #published in ACS Materials Au: "Chemical Origins of Optically Addressable Spin States in Eu2(P2S6) and Eu2(P2Se6)." https://ow.ly/FCZR50Y9rnK

#crystals #energy #materials #paramagnetism #photoluminescence #europium #ligandfield #beckman #research #womeninscience

Thermo-reversible gelation of self-assembled conducting polymer colloids | Nature Communications Electrically conductive hydrogels based on conducting polymers have found increased use in bioelectronics due to their low moduli that mimic biological tissues, their ability to transport both ionic and electronic charges, and their ease of processing in various form factors via printing or injection. Current approaches towards conductive hydrogels, however, rely on covalent and therefore irreversible crosslinking mechanisms. Here, we report a thermo-responsive conducting polymer (TR-CP) that undergoes a fully reversible non-covalent crosslinking at 35 °C within less than a minute to form...

2023 #BYI Laure Kayser, PhD #published in Nature Communications: "Thermo-reversible gelation of self-assembled conducting polymer colloids." https://ow.ly/R5V550Y3T5k

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Aviation weather for Burley Municipal airport (USA) is “SPECI KBYI 190614Z AUTO 26003KT 2 1/2SM -SN BR OVC002 M04/M05 A3032 RMK AO2 SNB13 P0000 T10441050” : See what it means on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/kbyi/en #burleymunicipalairport #airport #burley #usa #kbyi #byi #metar #aviation […]

Three #BYI Awardees Named 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars:

Christina Kim, PhD - for research on how the #brain transforms transient #cellular dynamics into long-lasting behavioral changes...

2023 #BYI Timothy Johnstone, PhD #published in Organometallics: "Enhanced Stibine Oxide Lewis Basicity Overcomes Steric Frustration." https://ow.ly/ywL650XE2xH
Image credit: Addis Getahun, John S. Wenger, Timothy C. Johnstone.

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

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.

Invite a member of the Beckman 'Family' of awardees to be your speaker & submit your application for funding up to $3,000. www.beckman-foundation.org/programs/bec...

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Micromechanics of lung capillaries across mouse lifespan and in positive- vs negative-pressure ventilation | npj Biological Physics and Mechanics The lung undergoes continuous remodeling throughout normal development and aging, including changes to alveolar and capillary structure and function. While histological methods allow for static analysis of these age-related changes, characterizing the changes that occur in response to mechanical stimuli remains difficult, particularly over a dynamic, physiologically relevant range in a functioning lung. Alveolar and capillary distension – the change in diameter of alveoli and capillaries, respectively, in response to pressure changes – is one such process, where dynamically controlling and...

2022 #BYI Hadi Nia, PhD published in npj Biological Physics and Mechanics: "Micromechanics of lung capillaries across mouse lifespan and in positive- vs negative-pressure ventilation.” https://ow.ly/F3Ua50XncWZ

Chemist James Gaynor receives Packard Fellowship Award honors the nation’s most innovative early-career scientists and engineers

2025 #BYI, 2020 #AOBPostdoc AND a 2025 #Packard Fellow!!! Outstanding!!!
Congratulations, James! 👏👏👏
Chemist James Gaynor receives Packard Fellowship:
Award honors the nation’s most innovative early-career scientists and engineers
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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...

In 1991, the #BYI program was launched, and Beckman Foundation recognized five women with awards. #AskAnArchivist Day

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.

Tuning nitrate reduction reaction selectivity via selective adsorption in electrified membranes | Nature Chemical Engineering Improving electrochemical reactions by manipulating the properties of catalyst active sites often involves tradeoffs in activity, selectivity, stability and material costs. Here we incorporate a nitrite-adsorbing ionophore as a cooperative nitrite-enriching component into an electrified membrane to achieve high nitrate conversion (94.6%) and ammonia selectivity (91.9%) with a treatment time of only a few seconds (6 s). The ionophore enriched nitrite within the local electrocatalyst environment, facilitating conversion of unreacted nitrite to ammonia to inhibit overall nitrite formation...

2024 #BYI Lea Winter, PhD published in Nature Chemical Engineering: "Tuning nitrate reduction reaction selectivity via selective adsorption in electrified membranes." https://ow.ly/Ekgg50XaMFu

Another pic from our visit to Colorado School of Mines with 2022 #BYI and Assoc. Prof. Dylan Domaille, showing us a budget-friendly cooler hack for the lab: a kegerator!

Smart + Science + Savings = 😊

Congratulations to @jeremybaskin.bsky.social (2017 #BYI), one of three recipients of the 2025 Ono Initiative Breakthrough Science Award for research on “Control of Protein Degradation by an Unusual Protein Modification."

Congratulations to Maria Jasin, PhD (1991 #BYI), awarded the Pearl Meister Greengard Prize recognizing Outstanding Women in Biomedical Research. Professor Jasin was one of our earliest Beckman Young Investigators and currently is the William E. Snee Chair at @mskcancercenter.bsky.social.

Paul Hergenrother, PhD (2003 #BYI) was named an American Chemical Society Fellow of 2025. The fellows program was founded by the ACS Board of Directors to recognize + honor ACS members for outstanding achievements in & contributions to science, the profession and the Society. Congratulations, Paul!

Awardees: If you haven't yet implemented the Beckman #digitalbadge recently issued by your Program Admin, get started today! We included a helpful #onesheet w #instructions for adding it to your email signature as a quick + easy way to begin promoting your Beckman #award. #BYI #AOBPostdoc #BSP

Five Questions with Roxanne Beltran, PhD 2021 #BYI Roxanne Beltran, PhD @ucsc talks about biologgers, climate change, the sounds of the open ocean + the BYI research experience in our “5 Questions” feature.

2021 #BYI Roxanne Beltran, PhD at @ucsantacruz.bsky.social talks about biologgers, climate change, the sounds of the open ocean, and the BYI #research experience in our latest “Five Questions” feature:
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#InsidetheArchive: '92 #BYI Dr. Chad Mirkin pictured at the '01 #BeckmanSymposium with '93 BYI Dr. Reg Penner. Mirkin returned to Symposium this year as invited #Keynote #Speaker & presented, “Structural Nanomedicine: Blueprints for Better Drugs.” (Beckman Foundation Collection)

Jennifer Doudna is named 2026 Priestley Medalist The award recognizes the biochemist for discoveries on ribozyme function and CRISPR gene editing, and international science leadership

#Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna, PhD (1996 #BYI) is named 2026 #Priestley Medalist! Award recognizes Doudna's discoveries on ribozyme function + CRISPR gene editing, and int'l science leadership; comes w $20K research grant, travel to attend #ACSSpring26
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Thanks to 2025 #BYI (& 2020 #AOBPostdoc) James Gaynor, PhD for this great pic with #BeckmanSymposium #Keynote #Speaker and fellow #BYI (1992) Chad Mirkin, PhD and so many #BeckmanScholars

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Eight #BYI, #AOBPostdoc and #BSP awardees present their research during Plenary Session II, ongoing in Regency ABC. #BeckmanSymposium #plenary #technicaltalks #presentation #research #agenda #conference #meeting #BeckmanScholars

Breakout Session II topics cover lab operations 101, creating a scientific CV, and securing letters of recommendation. This session starts now. #BeckmanSymposium #breakoutsession #agenda #conference #meeting #BYI #AOBPostdoc #BSP #BeckmanScholars