January 2019 – July 2022
This noon webinar is part of a monthly series on developing healthy behaviors, including exercise and nutrition, as well as advice on management of diabetes, cholesterol, and blood pressure. The presentation is open to all employees. https://www.healthnet.com/portal/member/content/iwc/mysites/uc/wellness_webinars.action
EESA’s Yves Guglielmi joined an international team of researchers in replicating the impact of fluid injection on fault slip both in a natural fault in the deep subsurface and on core samples in the research laboratory. Their work is described in a new paper in the journal Science Advances. https://eesa.lbl.gov/eesa-experts-participate-in-first-high-resolution-field-measurements-of-induced-seismicity-and-fault-slip/
The Lab’s Energy Management and Information Systems group uses data from performance monitoring and optimization tools to help building owners improve efficiency and save money. The group works with industry, Lab colleagues, and other national labs to evaluate and improve these technologies. https://buildings.lbl.gov/emis/building-energy-information-systems
The health of humans is shaped in part by a body’s gut microbiome. Genome sequences are critical for characterizing microbes and understanding their roles, but only 50 percent of species in the gut microbiome have been sequenced, in part because many species have not yet been cultivated for study. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2019/03/14/uncovering-uncultivated-microbes-in-the-human-gut/
Lee Bernstein, nuclear physicist and Nuclear Data Group Leader at Berkeley Lab, shares his favorite element: actinium. He is working with other researchers on a new process to produce a form of actinium that, when coupled with other compounds, can fight cancer in a highly targeted way.
Berkeley Lab researchers have developed a platform that uses living cells as “scaffolds” for building self-assembled composite materials. The technology could open the door to self-healing materials and other advanced applications in bioelectronics, biosensing, and smart materials. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2019/03/14/engineering-living-materials/
The Lab’s funding surpassed $1 billion for the first time, as of FY18. This reflects the trust our sponsors have placed in us as stewards of this national asset. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zRa2KiijOhImVwS3AVzAZ_Ri_Lj_FGEj/view
March 14 — the birthday of Albert Einstein. And you have an excuse to celebrate Pi.
Ilan Gur, executive director of Cyclotron Road, has been named to the 2019 #Grist50 list, an annual list of inspiring innovators working on the planet’s biggest problems. Cyclotron Road is a tech fellowship partnership between Berkeley Lab and independent nonprofit Activation Energy. https://grist.org/grist-50/2019/#ilan-gur
The Administration sent its FY 2020 President’s Budget Request to Congress on Monday. This is the first stage of a months-long and complex budget process. https://stratcomm-elements.lbl.gov/2019/03/13/92/