Beckman Scholars Program The Beckman Scholars Program provides 15-month mentored research experiences for exceptional undergraduate students in chemistry and biological sciences.

That’s a wrap on Undergraduate Research Week! Want to learn more about the #BeckmanScholars program? Check out our program info page: www.beckman-foundation.org/programs/bec.... #URW2025 #bsp #undergraduateresearch

#BSPMentor Prof. Patricia Brennan Mount Holyoke College: “Beckman Scholar Eve Beeler has been amazing! We submitted a review on Sound production in salamanders. 50 species make sounds! Many more than originally thought.” #URW2025 #undergraduateresearch #bsp

Rutgers, University of New Jersey, Newark #BeckmanScholar Amber Landecho: “As a Beckman Scholar working with PRG I learn something new almost every day and I am grateful for my Mentor Michele along with the grad students that help me understand the world of quantum chemistry.” #URW2025 #bsp

In this image, Georgia State University #BeckmanScholar Tafara Nenguke is shown experimenting in the lab of Dr. Lanying Du. Credit: Tafara Nenguke #URW2025 #undergraduateresearch #bsp

Communicating Technical Research in an Understandable Way Isn’t Always Easy - The Council on Undergraduate Research Ava Beaudin, a Virginia Commonwealth University junior and aspiring doctor, sees her recent summer internship in cancer research as a lesson in communication.

We're celebrating Undergraduate Research Week #URW2025 by posting a Featured #UndergraduateResearch Story every day. Today's story is a student researcher highlight from Virginia Commonwealth University. 

CSU East Bay #BeckmanScholar Justine Garcia: “I never know for sure what’s going to happen in the future. But research helps me transform the future into reality.” #URW2025 #undergraduateresearch #bsp

Culturing parasitoid wasps, from the research of #BeckmanScholar Christa Richardson at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Photo credit: Christa Richardson. #URW2025 #undergraduateresearch #bsp

This week is Undergraduate Research Week!

Follow along on social media using #URW2025 and @CURinAction. 

Our final prompt is: CUR in Action: Post a pic or share a story about participating in a CUR event or online offering.

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#BeckmanScholar Tafara Nenguke offers video of the lab hallway at Georgia State University where she works on screening of therapeutic antibodies against COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2. #URW2025 #undergraduateresearch #bsp

In this image: Pavanello Research Group: Graduate students: Jessica Martinez, Valeria, Bashkar, #BeckmanScholar Amber Landecho and Mentor Michele Pavanello. Landecho: “Grateful to be working with such amazing grad students and Mentor!” #URW2025 #bsp

#BSPMentor Prof. Christopher Kim at Chapman University: “Being a Beckman Scholar Mentor has been extremely rewarding, resulting in great research outcomes for the students and a launching pad to their next scientific destination.” #URW2025 #undergraduateresearch #bsp

We're celebrating Undergraduate Research Week #URW2025 by posting a Featured #UndergraduateResearch Story every day.
Today's story highlights an #UndergraduateResearcher from @utahstate.bsky.social. 
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UCLA #BeckmanScholar Ananya Ravikumar shares an image taken by OC Event Photos: “With my fellow Beckman Scholars at the 2024 Beckman Symposium in Irvine!” #URW2025 #undergraduateresearch #bsp

This week is Undergraduate Research Week!

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Every morning, we'll post a new prompt. Today's prompt is: Finish This Sentence: #UndergraduateResearch _____________.

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Fontimonas thermophila Alkane Monooxygenase (FtAlkB) Is an Alkyl Fluoride Dehalogenase Purified alkane monooxygenase (AlkB) from Fontimonas thermophila (FtAlkB) catalyzes the defluorination of 1-fluorooctane, producing octanal, which is partially reduced under the reaction conditions to...

Great reads for #URW2025: 2022 #BeckmanScholar Tierani Green jointly published with 2023 #AOBPostdoc Clorice Reinhardt, PhD in the Journal of the ACS: “Fontimonas thermophila Alkane Monooxygenase (FtAlkB) Is an Alkyl Fluoride Dehalogenase." pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

CSU East Bay #BeckmanScholar Justine Garcia and #BSPMentor Prof. Mark Borja attend a conference. #URW2025 #undergraduateresearch #bsp

Did you know? The #BeckmanScholars Program provides 15-month mentored research experiences for exceptional undergraduate students in chemistry, biological sciences, or interdisciplinary combinations thereof. #URW2025 #bsp

Efflux-Enhanced Imidazoquinolines To Exploit Chemoresistance The imidazoquinoline family of toll-like receptor (TLR) immune cell agonists has long demonstrated moderate anticancer immunogenic effects by activating tumoricidal immune cells and depleting immunosu...

Great reads for #URW2025: 2024 #BeckmanScholar Emily Wang published in ACS Omega: "Efflux-Enhanced Imidazoquinolines To Exploit Chemoresistance." pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

We're celebrating Undergraduate Research Week #URW2025 by posting a Featured #UndergraduateResearch Story every day.
Today's story highlights an #UndergraduateResearcher from @viuniversity.bsky.social. 
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Georgia State University #BeckmanScholar Tafara Nenguke: “I plan to become a physician-scientist (MD/PhD) studying neuroinfectious diseases and practicing neurology.” #URW2025 #undergraduateresearch #bsp

University of Utah #BeckmanScholar Emily Dalley presents research at the 2025 MRS Meeting in Boston. Photo credit: #BSPmentor Prof. Connor Bischak #URW2025 #undergraduateresearch #bsp

This week is Undergraduate Research Week!

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Today's prompt is: Advocate for #UndergraduateResearch by following and tagging your elected leaders in a post about UR.

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Microglial Engulfment of Multisensory Terminals in the Midbrain Inferior Colliculus During an Early Critical Period We used anterograde tracing and immunocytochemical approaches in living brain preparations to explore microglial involvement in the pruning of multisensory midbrain afferents. Experiments spanning an...

Great reads for #URW2025: 2021 #BeckmanScholar Emily Moran recently published in The Journal of Comparative Neurology: "Microglial Engulfment of Multisensory Terminals in the Midbrain Inferior Colliculus During an Early Critical Period." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Did you know? Since 1998, the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation has given more than $36 million in funding support to #undergraduateresearch experiences through the #BeckmanScholars Program. #URW2025 #bsp

University of Maryland, Baltimore County #BeckmanScholar Christa Richardson: “Being a Beckman Scholar has greatly enhanced my academic experience. I’ve made strides in my career as a researcher and gained a lot of knowledge.” #URW2025 #undergraduateresearch #bsp

Washington University in St. Louis #BeckmanScholar Nina Zheng shown hard at work at the bench in the lab of Prof. Petra Anne Levin. Photo credit: #BSPmentor Prof. Levin. #URW2025 #undergraduateresearch #bsp

We're celebrating Undergraduate Research Week #URW2025 by posting a Featured #UndergraduateResearch Story every day. This story from @arizonastateuni.bsky.social is about UREs and the impact of #UndergraduateResearch. 
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#BSPMentor Prof. Christopher Kim at Chapman University: “Cheers to Beckman Scholar Lea-Sophie Vetter from Chapman University, who presented recent research findings at the national American Chemical Society meeting in San Diego!” #URW2025 #undergraduateresearch #bsp

#BeckmanScholar Justine Garcia works in the lab of Prof. Mark Borja at CSU East Bay investigating serum amyloid A1 protein interactions. #URW2025 #undergraduateresearch #bsp

This week is Undergraduate Research Week!

Follow along on social media using #URW2025 and @CURinAction. 

Every morning, we'll post a new prompt. Today's prompt is to post a photo of you doing or presenting your research.

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