January 2019 – July 2022
Join your colleagues today at noon for the 44th annual (virtual) Runaround. If you can’t join then, participate for 30 minutes in any physical activity before Oct. 29, snap a selfie, and upload it to the registration form. Read more details and get moving! https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/43rdvirtuallbnlrunaround/home
Join the Latin American & Native American (LANA) Employee Resource Group and DJ Miles Green today at 5:30 p.m. for an evening of Latinx music mixes to wrap up Latin American Heritage Month. https://berkeleylab-erg.lbl.gov/latin-american-and-native-american/latin-american-heritage-month#h.ttaf2cisf2uz
The Lab’s Emergency Management Department will hold a quarterly personnel accountability drill on Thursday, Oct. 14 for those who have badged into the Lab’s hill site that day. Respond promptly if alerted. Those not signed up for LabAlert should do so as this is the height of wildfire season. https://site-security.lbl.gov/2021/10/11/personnel-accountability-drill-october-14-only-for-those-at-lab-hill-site/
Join the Berkeley Lab Postdoc Association’s monthly virtual game night on Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Sign up for your favorite room to play Codenames or Gartic Phone. All the games are simple to play, with no prior experience required. Friends and family are welcome. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13vmkDcEcGKqzMTgG9TE4201BgDM2pjIFOJlrcta6hEk/edit#gid=0
Twelve SLAM finalists from Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore, Sandia, and SLAC labs will take the virtual stage in the inaugural Bay Area Research SLAM on Thursday, Oct. 28, at 3 p.m. Each finalist will have three minutes to present their research topic to a non-specialist audience. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/bay-area-research-slam/home/slam-finalists
The Molecular Foundry is celebrating National Nano Day on Oct. 9! Join the fun by voting for your favorite NanoArt. The winning art will be printed and displayed in the Building 67 lobby. Voting is open through Friday, Oct. 15. https://bit.ly/VoteNanoArt21
Hear from Daniela Leitner, head of the Lab’s Manufacturing Engineering & CAD Department, in the next Project Management Office seminar on Oct. 29 at noon. Daniela will give an overview of her department and review manufacturing engineering and QA processes for scientific projects. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/lbnl-pmo-seminars/home
Register for the second webinar in the Samples in KBase series to learn how to import and manage sampling metadata. On Oct. 13 at 10 a.m., join subject matter experts to walk through the use of templates to upload samples and how to validate, verify, and manage data across samples. https://lbnl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqd-2srDsiHd3ZURTkbVIxbIU2-xz4quGk
On Oct. 11, Rob Knegjens of QuTech will present work on NetSquid, the NETwork Simulator for QUantum Information using discrete events. NetSquid is a software tool for accurately simulating many aspects of quantum networks and modular quantum computing systems. https://sites.google.com/es.net/quantumnetworktalk/home
Show your support for the Lab’s top-three SLAM winners by downloading the new SLAM zoom backgrounds. Cheer on Lydia, Ryan, and Rajib, who will represent the Lab in the Bay Area Research SLAM on Thursday, Oct. 28 at 3 p.m. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15QDk6x3sRMczElzarbRtiLbMSa92zRHg?usp=sharing