January 2019 – July 2022
In last week’s inaugural Bay Area Research SLAM, first place and the People’s Choice Award went to Berkeley Lab’s Lydia Rachbauer, Biosciences. Second place went to Sarah Sandholtz of Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Third place went to Berkeley Lab’s Ryan Kingsbury, Energy Technologies. http://bayarearesearchslam.org/
Teaching Scholars Lisa Claus and Rebecca Carney, who have completed over 100 hours of service dedicated to various K-12 programs and Career Pathways Office professional development activities, will be honored during the Teaching Scholars Recognition Event on Nov. 2. Read on for event details. https://k12education.lbl.gov/volunteer/teaching-scholars#h.va1v9vmoozla
Are we seeing double? How spooky! Stijn Wielandt in Climate and Ecosystems works to build virtual identical twins using sensors and supercomputers to tackle big problems like climate change. https://slam.lbl.gov/2021-slam/2021-slam-finalists/stijn-wielandt
Considering a research scientist position as your next career move and wondering what comes next? Join an informal panel discussion on Oct. 29 with Antoine Wojdyla (ALS), Doru Popovici (CRD), and Deepanwita Banerjee (JBEI) on their experiences in their respective divisions. https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/eventedit/djJ2cWNsM3NtZnRycDNkdTR1OW9sOHM5ZzggbGJsLmdvdl9tcmsxZ2NrOG1rYnM4cGQ2b3YyNWZpMmk5a0Bn?tab=oc
In this episode of the Genome Insider podcast, hear two interns from the JGI-UC Merced Internship Program describe their deep dives into genomics, computational tools, and big data. Genome Insider is one of two podcasts produced by the Joint Genome Institute. https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2-episode-8-uc-merced-intern-dispatches/
The Advanced Quantum Testbed partnered with the K-12 STEM Education and Outreach program for a career talk featuring Ravi Naik. Naik shared his background, from studying physics early in his teenage years to discovering quantum information science and the evolution of his current role at AQT. https://aqt.lbl.gov/k-12-career-talk-a-day-in-the-life-of-an-aqt-scientist/
Every Friday in Elements we will feature one of the 12 early-career scientists who competed in the 2021 Research SLAM. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No! It’s SUPERcomputers! Lisa Claus in Computational Research creates new mathematical models to solve SUPER problems with SUPER-sized data sets! https://slam.lbl.gov/2021-slam/2021-slam-finalists/lisa-claus
Maurice Garcia-Sciveres and Adrian Lee of the Physics Division are co-PIs of a UC Berkeley-based satellite office of the International Center for Quantum-field Measurement Systems for Studies of the Universe and Particles, a research center recently launched by the Japanese particle physics lab KEK. https://www.kek.jp/en/press-en/202110081335/
In this latest Basics 2 Breakthroughs video, research scientist and Deputy Director of Host Engineering at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) Thomas Eng discusses using CRISPR’s gene-editing tool to create a more sustainable plastic. https://youtu.be/KIkC3WjnIEM
Staff scientist Benjamin Nachman has received the 2022 Henry Primakoff Award “for innovative contributions to the search for new physics in collider data incorporating original machine learning algorithms, and for the effective communication of these new techniques to the broader physics community.” https://aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Nachman&first_nm=Benjamin&year=2022