January 2019 – July 2022
UC offers a “no lapse in pay” option that ensures that eligible employees retiring on July 1 will receive their first retirement benefit payment on Aug. 1. Employees interested in this option must submit all required documentation by May 13 and meet eligibility requirements. https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/2022/02/retiring-on-july-1-check-out-the-no-lapse-in-pay-option.html
UC Berkeley’s Be Well at Work program will host a presentation on March 3 at 12:10 p.m. that will inspire creative thinking on engaging older adults with a neurodegenerative illness like dementia in joyful and meaningful experiences that enhance the quality of life. https://healthyandwell.lbl.gov/home#h.62ztbfkuuzlw
On Feb 25, the Lab hosted Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Doris Matsui, UC President Michael Drake, and Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger. Lab leaders and researchers shared ways the ALS propels research in the fields of clean energy, microelectronics, human health, and more. https://wakelet.com/wake/Vf29oiMqtEPxvUa0CnkYG
If you’ve already entered your booster information at clinic.lbl, you can stop reading. For everyone else, today is the deadline to upload your COVID booster card if you are medically eligible for a booster. Follow these steps to upload your COVID card. https://ehs.lbl.gov/2022/02/28/deadline-today-to-upload-proof-of-covid-booster/
Watch this brief highlights video of Friday’s VIP tour of the ALS, meet and greet with early career researchers, and press conference on the America Competes Act. https://youtu.be/Zs6DWlrDqsk
The Advanced Quantum Testbed (AQT) team has designed an electronics control system for superconducting qubits—QubiC for short—that is customizable and modular and is inspired by particle accelerator R&D at the ATAP division. QubiC’s hardware and software have been open-sourced for collaboration. https://crd.lbl.gov/news-and-publications/news/2022/open-sourced-control-hardware-for-quantum-computers
Seats are available for managers interested in the SAFE program. This program provides an opportunity for managers to practice responding to real-life scenarios to ensure safe and effective management of Lab activities. Learn more about the prerequisites and register for an upcoming live workshop. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/safe/program-details
Join the gLoBaL ERG on March 3 at 4 p.m. for a webinar with Vincent Gonguet, head of climate action at the social network company Meta (formerly known as Facebook.) Learn how Meta is addressing misinformation with the help of scientists and leveraging its global reach to tackle climate change. https://global.lbl.gov/events/tackling-climate-change-at-meta
Lab and Heidelberg University researchers are using soft X-ray tomography, a microscopic imaging technique that can generate detailed, three-dimensional scans, to show how cells respond to infection and possible treatments. The method allows the study of infections without risk of contamination. https://www.google.com/url?q=https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2022/02/25/safely-studying-infectedcells/&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1646149108763759&usg=AOvVaw2y_J-5c3vIUlZZMkW-cjT1
A collaboration between Berkeley Lab’s Physics Division and the Applied Mathematics and Computational Research Division has yielded a new approach to quantum error mitigation – “noise estimation circuits” – that could help make quantum computing’s theoretical potential a reality. https://cs.lbl.gov/news-media/news/2022/cutting-through-the-noise-berkeley-lab-error-mitigation-approach-helps-quantum-computers-level-up/