Meet T. Josek, who joined the Beckman Institute as a microscopist in June 2022. The following profile of alumni Tanya Josek was published by the Beckman Institute. T. graduated with a Master of Science in Entomology and studied in the Alleyne Lab.

Describe your role at the Beckman Institute.

I am a microscopist in the Microscopy Suite. One of my main responsibilities is to train individuals who want to use different pieces of equipment we have down here, like the environmental scanning electron microscope, or ESEM. I am also one of the individuals who is in charge of our outreach program, Bugscope, where we have K-12 classrooms send in insects and virtually view them on our ESEM.

What is something that people might not know about your position?

No two workdays are ever the same for me. Throughout the week, I have new users with different types of research who need me to train them, users who need me teach them different ways to use the microscopes, or different type of problems to solve or fix with the equipment. Even when I have multiple Bugscope sessions, there are always new classrooms, new students, and new things to discover while looking at the insects classes send in.

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