January 2019 – July 2022
The planners of the June 19 IGB dedication knew they wanted something more creative than the standard red-ribbon cutting that typically accompanies events like this. They turned to the Lab’s creative director Cait Youngquist — along with some future scientists — for help. And they delivered.
With the snip of a DNA-shaped ribbon, the Integrative Genomics Building was officially dedicated at a special event on June 19. The DOE’s Sharlene Weatherwax and Marcus Jones gave remarks, and Senator Dianne Feinstein and Congresswoman Barbara Lee spoke via video. Move-in is planned for the fall.
A capacity crowd is expected at the Bldg. 50 auditorium for today’s town hall with UC President Janet Napolitano and Lab Director Mike Witherell. Employees are invited to participate in the live-stream of the event from 1:15 to 2 p.m. Send questions to communications@lbl.gov. https://stratcomm-elements.lbl.gov/2019/06/20/town-hall-with-uc-president-janet-napolitano-today/
ImageXD, a three-day conference to discuss common problems in image processing, will be held at UC Berkeley in September. The conference will approach the intrinsic computer vision and image processing problems as one community. Hackathons and roundtable discussions will address common issues. https://bids.berkeley.edu/events/imagexd-2019
Check out this time-lapse view of the Integrative Genomics Building construction from March 2017 to May 2019. The IGB dedication ceremony takes place today and will be live streamed (streaming.lbl.gov) starting at 1 p.m. today.
UC President Janet Napolitano will visit the Lab on Thursday, June 20, to learn about current research efforts and speak with employees. Her visit will include a town hall beginning at 1:15 p.m which will be live-streamed due to seating limitations. https://stratcomm-elements.lbl.gov/?p=175&preview=true
The Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) will be dedicated on Wednesday, June 19, in a ceremony on the hill. Attendance at the dedication event is by invitation only, but the event will be live-streamed starting at 1 p.m. https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r/eventedit?hl=en&text=IGB+Dedication+-+Live+Streamed&dates=20190619T130000/20190619T140000&location=https://streaming.lbl.gov/&ctz=America/Los_Angeles&details=The+Integrative+Genomics+Building+(IGB),+which+will+house+the+Joint+Genome+Institute+and+KBase,+will+be+dedicated+on+Wednesday,+June+19,+in+a+ceremony+on+the+hill.+Attendance+at+the+dedication+event+is+by+invitation+only,+but+the+event+will+be+live+streamed+starting+at+1+p.m.%0A%0AScheduled+speakers+include+Lab+Director+Mike+Witherell;+Sharlene+Weatherwax,+Associate+Director+of+Science+for+Biological+and+Environmental+Research,+Dept.+of+Energy;+Marc+Jones,+Director+of+the+Office+of+Field+Safety,+Security,+and+Infrastructure,+Office+of+Science,+Dept.+of+Energy;+Sean+Simpson,+Chief+Scientific+Officer+and+co-founder+LanzaTech;+and+Nigel+Mouncey,+Facility+Director,+Joint+Genome+Institute.%0A%0AThe+event+will+be+live+streamed+at+https://streaming.lbl.gov/&sf=true
Limited spaces remain for all levels of experience with GPUs, or Graphics Processing Units. The sessions will show how to best leverage GPUs in science, and to highlight case-studies of simulation, modeling, and data-analysis being done with GPUs. Registration is free. https://www.nersc.gov/users/training/gpus-for-science/
New dates through October have been added for exclusive employee tours of the Advanced Light Source. Advanced sign-up is required. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/alstours/home
Jacklyn Gates, Group Leader of the Heavy Element Group, will explain how six new elements were added to the periodic table in the last seven years, and the techniques scientists use to construct and deduce the physical and chemical properties of new elements in a talk Thursday evening. http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/pubaff.html?event_ID=125997&date=2019-06-13