January 2019 – July 2022
The biopolymer has far-reaching potential from medical therapeutics to replacing synthetic plastics. Armed with a deep understanding of how the enzyme makes acholetin, scientists now have a target for preventing bacterial contamination and the means to produce acholetin for a variety of purposes. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2022/04/14/bacterial-polymer-enzyme/
Cast your vote and help name the new falcon who has joined the UC Berkeley Campanile family. While all the finalist names are great, one pays tribute to Melvin Calvin (1911-1997), a Berkeley professor and leading scientist at the Lab who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1961. #VoteCalvin https://t.co/nnafBrvHR5
The Advanced Quantum Testbed at Berkeley Lab has grown into a state-of-the-art collaborative research laboratory funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Advanced Scientific Computing Research program. Read the AQT’s 2021 progress report. https://aqt.lbl.gov/aqt-releases-2021-progress-report/
The Quantum Systems Accelerator (QSA) mentored high school students in the 2021 JSTI summer program for quantum computing. Learn how one of the students continued advancing and earning science awards, thanks to the opportunity to work with a QSA mentor. https://archive.quantumsystemsaccelerator.org/inspiring-high-schoolers/
Three early-career researchers at the University of New Mexico, a Quantum Systems Accelerator (QSA) partner institution, share their experiences and opinions about Quantum information Science in light of World Quantum Day. https://archive.quantumsystemsaccelerator.org/meet-qsas-early-career-researchers-unm/
Join a panel of Lab subject matter experts to get up to speed on critical Lab topics such as safety, parking, transportation, gate and building access, food services, and emergency preparedness at a town hall today, April 13 at 3 p.m. https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NXN2dGE5Y210cGZjaDFoYWs1dXMybWE0ZmYgbGJsLmdvdl80czRycmcxMmw2ZXFnNm5jbWMya3QwdmNnZ0Bn&tmsrc=lbl.gov_4s4rrg12l6eqg6ncmc2kt0vcgg%40group.calendar.google.com
The Lab’s new Quantum Information Systems webpage captures the Lab’s contributions to quantum research in a way that is accessible to the research community, funders, partners, and the public. Read about it for World Quantum Day. https://quantum.lbl.gov/
On World Quantum Day, the Advanced Quantum Testbed celebrates its collaborative research partnership with industry partner Zurich Instruments. https://aqt.lbl.gov/aqt-zurich-instruments-partnership
The Lab’s Strategic Communications department is hosting a series of virtual coffee hours so Lab employees can learn what Strategic Communications does and how it can assist fellow Lab employees. Science writers Julie Chao and Aliyah Kovner will discuss Science Outreach. Questions are encouraged. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/commscoffeehour/home/new-coffee-hour-series
The work of 16 Lab interns will be featured on April 27 from 10 a.m. to noon in an online poster session highlighting their work. The session is hosted by the Lab’s Workforce Development & Education. https://event.fourwaves.com/springpostersession2022/pages