{"id":20891,"date":"2026-01-07T16:22:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/?page_id=20891"},"modified":"2026-05-04T09:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:20:40","slug":"scholars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-research\/beckman-scholars\/scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Beckman Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Beckman Scholars Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-research\/beckman-scholars\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >About<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-research\/beckman-scholars\/activities\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Activities<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-research\/beckman-scholars\/mentors\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Mentors<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-research\/beckman-scholars\/scholar-information\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Scholars<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-research\/beckman-scholars\/contact\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Contact<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-research\/beckman-scholars\/apply\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Apply Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-beckman-scholars\">Beckman Scholars<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Butler welcomes its first Beckman Scholars in 2026:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"acc-flex-container\">\n\t<div class=\"acc-title-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t<button id='block_acf-block-69f89d27d7be7-acc-row' class='acc-row' type='button' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='block_acf-block-69f89d27d7be7_acc-content-panel'>\n\t\t\t<div id='block_acf-block-69f89d27d7be7-acc-title' class='acc-title'>\n\t\t\t\tAlexa Simpson &#8217;27, Biology\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" id='block_acf-block-69f89d27d7be7-acc-img' class='acc-icon' src='https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/plugins\/butler-acf-blocks-new\/assets\/images\/nav_main_icon_open.png' \/>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div role=\"region\" aria-hidden='true'\n\t\tid='block_acf-block-69f89d27d7be7-acc-content-panel' class='acc-panel' aria-labelledby=\"block_acf-block-69f89d27d7be7-acc-row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/04090234\/alexa-simpson-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Alexa Simpson.\" class=\"wp-image-21579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/04090234\/alexa-simpson-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/04090234\/alexa-simpson.jpg 418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Mentor: Dr. Chris Stobart<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alexa is a junior Biology major and English minor, with plans of getting a PhD in Cell, Molecular, and Cancer Biology. As a Beckman Scholar, she will be investigating the effects of temperature on two different viruses, human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) and mouse hepatitis virus (MHV), a type of coronavirus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Specifically, she will look at different temperatures that mimic different parts of the body during a viral infection: the respiratory tract, core body temperature, and a febrile response. To test the efficiency of the viruses across these temperatures, she will look at two virus-induced cell changes: nuclear syncytia ring-like formation and endosomal aggregation using immunofluorescence microscopy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to her role as a Beckman Scholar, Alexa has done research with Dr. Stobart and Dr. Tietje, focusing on natural plants and their associated anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and anti-oncolytic properties. She has worked closely with Marcia Moore, director of the Butler Herbarium, on a variety of projects, but notably a renovation of the Butler Tree Walk and website redesign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her free time, Alexa enjoys reading, writing, crocheting, and hanging out with her cats.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t( function( $ ) {\n\t\t\tlet panel = document.getElementById('block_acf-block-69f89d27d7be7-acc-content-panel');\n\n\t\t\t\/*\n\t\t\t * Need to set a value for maxHeight to initialize the accordion properly.\n\t\t\t * If we don't include this conditional, the accordion doesn't nicely transition to open\/close on the first click.\n\t\t\t *\/\n\t\t\tif ( 1 == 0 ) {\n\t\t\t\tpanel.style.maxHeight = 0 == 1 ? 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As a Beckman Scholar, Liesl plans to research how adolescent social isolation affects alcohol consumption patterns in adult mice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While working in Dr. Berry\u2019s research lab, she has previously found that male adolescent mice that were socially isolated consumed more alcohol when tested as an adult using the intermittent access paradigm to alcohol; the same pattern was not present in female mice. As an extension of this work, she plans to examine the influence of sex (e.g., testosterone) and stress (e.g., corticosterone) on the observed sex difference by using blood plasma sampling and immunohistochemistry techniques. 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