January 2019 – July 2022
Applications are now being accepted for the 2022 UC President’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Fellows. Selected fellows will attend the Lindau Chemistry Meeting in 2022, with allowable expenses covered by the UC Office of the President. Please direct any questions to the Career Pathways Office. https://pathways.lbl.gov/2022-uc-presidents-lindau-nobel-laureate-meeting-fellows
The July 28 UC Wildfire Symposium will include Lab expertise. Associate Lab Director Susan Hubbard will moderate a keynote session with state agency leaders, and EESA scientist Michelle Newcomer will speak to fire’s impact on the environment. Registration is open and free to Lab employees. https://uckeepresearching.org/2021-uc-resilience-symposium-series/
Today is the final day of the 2021 Berkeley Lab Postdoc Career Fair. Attendees will have one-on-one meetings with recruiters from 23 company sponsors. The three-day event will end at 4:00 p.m. today with the announcements of prize winners. https://www.accelevents.com/e/PostdocCareerFair2021/portal
Energy Secretary Granholm will host a live roundtable discussion on climate research today at 12:45 p.m. Lab senior scientist Margaret Torn is one of three national lab researchers on the expert panel. http://www.energy.gov/live
Interested in learning how promotions are handled at the Lab? This workshop will provide you with tools and guidance to help evaluate your career progression and understand the Lab’s promotion process. Two sessions are available: July 29 at 9 a.m. or August 12 at 11 a.m. https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=Mzdvc2l2amtmbmRpZm0yMnAzcm44MnV2YzEgbGJsLmdvdl80czRycmcxMmw2ZXFnNm5jbWMya3QwdmNnZ0Bn&tmsrc=lbl.gov_4s4rrg12l6eqg6ncmc2kt0vcgg%40group.calendar.google.com
The work of 66 of undergraduates and post-baccalaureates who have participated in an internship at Berkeley Lab will be featured on August 4 in an online Poster Session hosted by Workforce Development & Education. To attend, please register and activate a Fourwaves account. https://event.fourwaves.com/summerpostersession2021/pages
The 2021 New Lineages of Life (NeLLi) Symposium will be held virtually over six weeks in two-hour sessions on Thursdays, from Sept. 16 to Oct. 21. NeLLi2021 will highlight experimental innovations, computational advances, and other developments. Registration is free but required in advance. https://usermeeting.jgi.doe.gov/2021-nelli/
To celebrate Berkeley Lab’s 90th anniversary, staff are invited to create a short video wishing the Lab a happy birthday. Be creative! Songs, poems, art, and cakes are among the many possibilities. The Lab community will vote for their favorite. The winner will be announced at an August 26 event. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/the-next-90/home/birthday-video-contest
DOE and the Kavli Foundation’s Science Public Engagement Partnership is convening a virtual conference July 27-28 focused on the why, what, and how of engaging the public in basic science. The Lab’s 90th-anniversary campaign will be featured as a case study at the Poster Session on Day 2. https://scipep.org/conference/
Learn about new research of optical quantum interconnects for high-performance computing with Alp Sipahigil, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley and faculty staff scientist, at the next ESnet Quantum Networking Technical Talk on July 23 at 2 p.m. https://sites.google.com/es.net/quantumnetworktalk