January 2019 – July 2022
Meet Thomas Schenkel, the interim director of the Accelerator Technology and Applied Physics Division, and Eric Esarey, Carl Schroeder, and Cameron Geddes of the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator Center (BELLA). https://atap.lbl.gov/atap-news-february-2019/#directorscorner
The Foundry’s winter seminar series concludes with a talk by Lauren Greenlee from the University of Arkansas, who will discuss “Phosphorus From Wastewater: A Systems Approach to Electrochemical Nutrient Recovery” in the Building 66 Auditorium at 11 a.m. on March 12. http://foundry.lbl.gov/events/#/events/seminar-20190312.html
Lab scientists have uncovered an unexpected phenomenon in material interface chemistry that could help to control how metals corrode. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2019/03/06/plumbing-the-depths-of-interfaces/
The Joint Genome Institute hosts its Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting and the NeLLi: New Lineages of Life Symposium April 2-5. Poster abstracts are still being accepted. Submission information is provided in the registration confirmation email. https://usermeeting.jgi.doe.gov/
The Nuclear Science Division, Advanced Light Source, and Government and Community Relations Office are seeking volunteers for the 2019 Nuclear Science Day for Scouts on Saturday, March 30. All volunteers will receive a T-shirt, and full-day volunteers will have lunch provided. https://stratcomm-elements.lbl.gov/2019/03/06/volunteers-sought-for-march-30-nuclear-science-day-for-scouts/
Karen Evans, DOE Assistant Secretary for the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, visited the Lab on March 5. She met with Lab leadership and received an overview of the Lab’s computing sciences and cybersecurity research. https://stratcomm-elements.lbl.gov/2019/03/05/doe-assistant-secretary-karen-evans-visits-lab/
The Deep Learning for Science School, to be held July 15-19, 2019 at Berkeley Lab, will bring together researchers and engineers from the DOE Office of Science community for lectures and tutorials on state-of-the-art deep learning methods and best practices for running deep learning on HPC systems. https://dl4sci-school.lbl.gov/home
On Tuesday, Feb. 26, Lab Director Mike Witherell joined NAS President Marcia McNutt for a wide-ranging conversation of her career and experiences, as part of the Director’s Distinguished Women in Science speaker series. https://youtu.be/fKv1nnNv2sg
Researchers from Berkeley Lab have built an interactive, web-based data visualization tool to observe how organisms transform their environments through the increase and decrease of metabolites — enabling scientists to quickly see patterns in microbial food webs. https://cs.lbl.gov/news-media/news/2019/seeing-the-web-of-microbes/
The Schmidt Science Fellows, supported by Eric and Wendy Schmidt, visited on March 1 to learn more about the Cyclotron Road program and tour the Molecular Foundry (pictured with Sinéad M. Griffin). The program gives fellows the chance to gain exposure to science, industry, and policy leaders. https://schmidtsciencefellows.org/