January 2019 – July 2022
It’s time for the Lab’s Breakthrough Bracket Challenge! Help determine the #1 Berkeley Lab Breakthrough of all time by voting for your favorite on Twitter. Each matchup has a 72 hour voting period. Twitter login required. Scroll down the thread to vote. https://twitter.com/BerkeleyLab/status/1425869689691983873
Still working on your birthday wish for the Lab? Good news. The deadline for submissions has been extended to 5 p.m. PT on August 18. Songs, poems, art, and cakes are among the many possibilities. Learn more and send your short video to lbnl-happy90@lbl.gov. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/the-next-90/home/birthday-video-contest
Our Basics2Breakthroughs video series focuses on early career scientists discussing basic science and where they see that research going in the future. Research scientist Sean Lubner is studying materials that can help better store renewable energy to power large-scale systems. https://vimeo.com/525301404
Tess Smidt is a physicist and computer scientist at the Lab developing machine learning algorithms that can model complex geometries, from atomic arrangements to building designs. Listen to her discuss the future of this research in the next Basics2Breakthroughs video. https://vimeo.com/580934463/cab90a318c
Berkeley Lab founder Ernest Lawrence was born 120 years ago on August 8. His invention of the cyclotron earned him a Nobel prize, but he was also the inventor of the modern way of doing science. Check out this previous photo feature on his life and legacy. https://berkeleylab.exposure.co/eo-lawrence-birthday?source=share-berkeleylab
It’s time for the Lab’s Breakthrough Bracket Challenge Final 4! Help determine the #1 Berkeley Lab Breakthrough of all time by voting for your favorite on Twitter. Each Final Four matchup has a 72 hour voting period. Twitter login required. Scroll down the thread to vote. https://twitter.com/BerkeleyLab/status/1424759219807473664
Birthday wishes are coming in! Want to participate in the Lab birthday wish video contest but need help with the video? Sign up for a time slot with a professional videographer on August 10 or 12 in Parking Lot F on Cyclotron Road outside Blackberry Gate. Or send your wishes to lbnl-happy90@lbl.gov. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rC2AwEJbGK-y3nNlor6ZR6ksAsgLY_DdgQRBYLBH6ng/edit?usp=sharing
Our Basics2Breakthroughs video series focuses on early career scientists discussing basic science and where they see that research going in the future. Lab scientist Jennifer Pore speaks to how research in superheavy elements and isotopes can help us better understand the universe. https://vimeo.com/498534215
To celebrate the Lab’s 90th anniversary, staff are invited to create a short video wishing the Lab a happy birthday. Sign up for a video shoot or send your video to lbnl-happy90@lbl.gov by August 13. The Lab community will vote for their favorite, and the winner will be announced on August 26. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/the-next-90/home/birthday-video-contest
The Projects and Infrastructure Modernization Division (PIMD) is one of the Lab’s newest divisions, tasked with building and/or renewing the Lab’s infrastructure to meet mission needs. Division Director Todd Hancock shares PIMD’s goals and plans for the future in this conversation. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/the-next-90/experience-the-present/projects-infrastructure-modernization