January 2019 – July 2022
As part of Military Appreciation Month, energy.gov features Lab employee Michael Johnson. After completion of the Naval Nuclear Power School, Johnson was assigned to duty as a nuclear reactor operator. He later made his way to the Lab as the research coordinator for the 88” cyclotron. https://www.energy.gov/articles/military-appreciation-month-berkeley-lab-s-michael-johnson
Why is mercury is Ankita Kothari’s favorite element? Discovered in 1500 B.C., mercury was used to heal people, but is now a known deadly toxin. As part of her research, Ankita is exploring bacteria with a genetic resistance to mercury, which could help reduce mercury poisoning in fish and humans. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI-Arr7EQWs
Contact IPO’s Russell Carrington (x6439) by May 15 if interested in DOE’s Energy I-Corps, a six-week program to identify product-market fit and develop a business model for Lab-developed technology and software. Selected teams receive up to $75k for time and travel. Cohort 10 runs this fall. https://ipo.lbl.gov/for-researchers/resources-for-entrepreneurial-researchers/
Ellen Tauscher, former Congresswoman representing California’s 10th District and former UC Regent, passed away on Monday. She visited Berkeley Lab most recently last summer (left). https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/30/ellen-tauscher-dead-at-67-1293104
The SCGSR program provides funds for graduate students to conduct part of their thesis research at a host DOE laboratory in collaboration with a DOE scientist. Berkeley Lab will host 10 of these students. https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-s-science-graduate-student-research-program-selects-70-students-pursue-research-doe
László Palkovics, Hungarian Minister for Innovation and Technology (center), listens to Csaba Tóth, Operations Coordinator of the Bella Center describe the BELLA lab during a tour of the Lab Thursday. http://bella.lbl.gov/
Brian Anderson, Director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), visited April 2 and 3 and met with Lab Director Mike Witherell and the leadership of ETA, CS, and EESA to discuss collaborative research projects. https://www.netl.doe.gov/
The dome of the Mayall Telescope opened to the night sky Monday and starlight poured through the assembly of six large lenses. The first focused images with these precision lenses marked an important “first light” milestone for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, or DESI. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2019/04/03/dark-energy-instruments-lenses-see-night-sky-first-time/
Accelerator research is a 2019 priority topic for the UC Laboratory Fees Research Program. To encourage the development and submission of proposals establishing collaborations between UC and national lab researchers, a workshop will be held April 19 at the Livermore Valley Open Campus. https://www.ucop.edu/research-initiatives/programs/lab-fees/workshops.html