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Welcome to the Beckman Institute at Caltech. On this website you will find information about our organization, programs and activities, and exciting developments in research. If you are interested in obtaining further details, or in exploring possibilities for new ventures within or supported by the Beckman Institute, or in using any of the Institute’s facilities, we strongly encourage you to take advantage of the contact information provided on the various pages here. Suggestions for improving the utility and accessibility of this website are also welcome.

The Beckman Institute is a multi-disciplinary research center
for research in the chemical and biological sciences.
The Institute was dedicated in 1989 with funds from the
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation.

California Institute of Technology
1200 E. California Blvd.
Pasadena, California 91125
(626) 395-6811

announcements

  • New Director for X-ray Crystallography

    6/3/13: Michael Takase arrived today to take up his new position as Director of the BI's X-ray Crystallography Facility. [More]

  • New Visibility Program

    1/24/13: The Beckman Institute is instituting a new series to provide the Caltech community greater awareness of opportunities. Next in the series will be March 22, 2013. [More]

  • New Pilot Program Projects

    10/1/12: Three new projects in the Pilot Program have been established, in the fields of optogenetics, mammalian cell engineering, and nanoprobes of brain activity. [More]

  • New Bacterial Nano-Weapon Discovered

    2/27/12: Grant Jensen and his team, using instrumentation in the Beckman Resource Center for Transmission Electron Microscopy (BRCem), have found that certain bacteria inject proteins into other cells by means of "spring-loaded poison daggers." [More]

  • David Tirrell Becomes BI Director

    1/30/12: David Tirrell, the Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Caltech, has been appointed director of the Beckman Institute, succeeding biologist Barbara Wold. [More]

  • Dr. Michael W. Day, 1951-2012

    1/30/12: Mike Day, the Director of the BI X-ray Crystallography Facility, died on January 27, 2012. [More]

  • Celebrating the Legacy of Arnold O. Beckman

    11/10/11: A special symposium was held at Caltech, as part of the 2011 Western regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, honoring Arnold Beckman's contributions to the field. Noted biotechnologist Leroy Hood and long-time Beckman associate Gerald Gallwas were featured speakers. [More]

  • Advanced Method for Imaging Living Organisms

    7/25/11: A novel method for imaging living organisms and tissues, providing excellent resolution, depth and speed without damaging the samples, has been developed in the BI Biological Imaging Center, led by Scott Fraser. [More]