This year’s theme is “Bringing Energy Communities Together for Innovation” and includes a talk by the Lab’s Peter Fiske.
BERC Hosts Annual Energy Summit Feb. 21-22
Register for April 1 Switchgrass Microbiome Symposium
Discussion topics include new methods, scale dependence, trophic interactions, and modeling.
What’s Your Favorite Element? Gauthier Deblonde Answers
Happy National Periodic Table Day! The Lab’s Heavy Element Chemistry Program is one of the few groups in the world doing basic research on the lanthanides and actinides, and postdoctoral fellow Gauthier Deblonde especially loves element 97, berkelium.
VP of The Dow Chemical Company Visits Berkeley Lab, Meets With Senior Leadership
André Argenton, Vice President of Core R&D for The Dow Chemical Company, visited Berkeley Lab Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 with other Dow senior leaders to explore opportunities for collaboration and learn about Lab research.
Lev Vaidman to Give Talk on ‘Past of a Quantum Particle’ on Wednesday
Lev Vaidman, a professor at Tel Aviv University will discuss “Past of a Quantum Particle” on Wednesday, Feb. 6, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the Building 50 Auditorium.
Finding Key Lab Resources in the Elements Platform
With the launch of the Elements platform, the way the Lab delivers news is a bit different, but access to key resources, like the Lab events calendar, cafeteria menu, and A-Z index, has not changed…they’re just in different places.
IT Division Offers Free Training Courses
The Berkeley Lab IT Division is offering interactive workshops and training on Python, Pandas, and GIS fundamentals with QGIS. Space is limited. There is no charge for this training which will be held on the UC Berkeley campus.
Get Ready for the 2019 Lab Research SLAM
Learn how to prepare a research SLAM talk on Thursday, Feb. 7 with Dr. Patti Meyer, former UCSF Ph.D. career counselor, and 2018 Research SLAM winners Sinead Griffin and Shayam Dwaraknath. Intent to participate is now open to anyone who received their Ph.D. from Jan. 2012 to Dec. 2018.
February Resources for Entrepreneurial Researchers
Learn how to create a competitive SBIR grant application, along with additional workshops that provide opportunities to meet investors, co-founders and entrepreneurs. See the Intellectual Property Office’s resource page for details and to receive updates on future entrepreneurial opportunities.
ALS Winter Colloquium Series Begins Jan. 30
The ALS Winter Colloquium series begins Wednesday, Jan. 30, with a talk by Alex Stibor on Quantum Information Science. The talk begins at 3 p.m. in Building 6, room 2202. Go to the ALS website for the full schedule.