Beckman Institute Open House scheduled for March 31, April 1

By

Jenna Kurtzweil

Published on

Feb. 21, 2023

Sunlight spills into a spacious living room. The floors are hardwood, the bare walls a modest beige. In the corner hulks a DNA molecule roughly the size and shape of a floor-to-ceiling, multicolored jungle gym.

Outfitted with virtual reality goggles and handheld sensors, visitors to the Beckman Institute’s upcoming open house can clamber inside the molecule, twirl it like a top, or squish it down to softball-size and hurl it against the wall.

Outfitted with virtual reality goggles and handheld sensors, visitors to the Beckman Institute…