Beckman@science program

Amanda Morris and Sanket Deshmukh The Morris-Deshmukh Beckman research project focuses on the design of porous materials, known as metal organic frameworks, for drug delivery. A combined computational Deshmukh and experimental Morris approach aims to accelerate materials discovery through exploitation of machine learning and targeted synthesis. Scholars will gain experience with material synthesis, characterization, drug loading and delivery studies, and computational methods. Eli Vlaisavljevich and Irving Allen The Vlaisavljevich-Allen Beckman research project is focused on the development of ultrasound for non-invasive cancer ablation, including the oncological and immunological effects of ultrasound.

The Scholar will gain direct experience and training in experimental techniques involved in medical device development, rapid prototyping, benchtop ultrasound experiments, cell culture, cancer immunology, and in vivo studies of histotripsy tumor ablation in small and large animal models including veterinary clinical trials.

Scholars joining this project will learn how to synthesize and characterize novel copolymers based upon renewable polysaccharides. Scholars will then be trained in the Ashkar Lab to evaluate the structural and mechanical properties of liposomal nanoparticles augmented by the novel block copolymers synthesized in the Edgar Lab. Patricia Dove and Kevin Edgar Living organisms deploy an organic matrix of macromolecules, often in a hydrogel-like setting, to direct the patterned nucleation and growth of crystals during biomineralization.

The Beckman Scholar will work with an interdisciplinary team of biopolymer chemists and geochemists to prepare chitosan hydrogels with tailored compositions as simple models for crystallization in intracellular or extracellular settings.

The research goal is to quantify controls of functional groups and degree of substitution on the timing and placement of CaCO 3 crystals.

Using high-resolution vat photopolymerization technologies, students will explore additive processing of biopolymers and bioceramics to create tissue scaffolds with tailored porosity to encourage cellular growth.

Working with doctors at the Carilion Clinic, scholars will investigate how 3D printing of biomimicking polymers can be used in surgical training. These efforts will involve chemical synthesis, functionalization of gelatin, characterization of the constructs using various spectroscopic and imaging methods, and evaluation in mammalian cells. Beckman Scholars will work with an interdisciplinary team of bioengineers and immunologists to engineer an army of millions of engineered self-propelling bacteria as intelligent "cargo" i.

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Search Submit search. The Beckman Scholars Program is a limited-submission, invitation-only program. Institutional award, limited-submission by invitation only. Government laboratories, such as NIH or federally funded national laboratories, are not eligible institutions. Overview of the Beckman Scholars Program.

They also show the capability to compete successfully on a national level for scientific research funds in peer-reviewed government and private foundation supported programs over previous years. Details of the Beckman Scholars application process for Trinity students will be announced early in the Spring semester. Share This Page facebook twitter forward. Search Submit Search Query.