Several other patents are pending. Only the main library is bigger. An atrium running down the middle of the Beckman Institute is a block long. About 1,000 researchers work at Beckman full or part time. They include faculty, postdocs, graduate students and undergrads.
Researchers often work late into the night.
And nobody has tenure at Beckman. If a professor's work is subpar, or if he's a loner who doesn't like to collaborate, he will have to return to his U. of I. department. Our goal is to be the best in the world in multidisciplinary research,'' Jonas said. How the brain works, ranging from molecules in the brain to complex networks of brain cells. Molecular and electronic nanostructures.