People of Berkeley Lab – Page 5

February 24, 2022August 20, 2022

Postdoc to Postdoc Seminar: How to Start, Fund, & Brand Your Research Group

Do you aspire to start your own research group either in a national lab or academia someday? Tune in at noon on Friday, Feb. 25, to hear from four accomplished Lab postdoc alumni, Sinéad Griffin (Molecular Foundry), Gregory Su (ALS), Akanksha Menon (Georgia Tech), and Vincenzo Gulizzi (Palermo). https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/eventedit/Z2xjN2Y4a24wYWh2cWRsNWRtZ3YycWYyMWMgbGJsLmdvdl9tcmsxZ2NrOG1rYnM4cGQ2b3YyNWZpMmk5a0Bn?tab=oc

February 22, 2022August 20, 2022

CSA’s Sherry Li Part of Team Honored by SIAM for Best Paper

Sherry Li, a senior scientist and group lead in the Applied Math and Computational Research Division, is a co-author on a paper being honored with the 2022 SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing Best Paper Prize. Read more in this Q&A with the authors, and watch their talk on Feb. 25, 8:30 a.m. https://crd.lbl.gov/news-and-publications/news/2022/amcrds-sherry-li-part-of-team-honored-by-siam-for-best-paper/

February 16, 2022August 20, 2022

What’s in a Name for a New Fungal Strain?

Humans may not be the only organisms hitching a ride by spacecraft. P. torokii, a new fungal strain that can attach to surfaces, has been discovered in a spacecraft assembly facility and named after a long-time Berkeley Lab microbiologist Tamas Torok. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2022/02/15/whats-in-a-name-for-a-new-fungal-strain/

February 16, 2022August 20, 2022

A Community Conversation: Managing California’s Water Resources

The Dimond Improvement Association will be hosting a panel discussion on Thursday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. Tune in to hear from Earth and Environmental Science’s Erica Siirila-Woodburn as she discusses “Managing California’s Water Resources in a Low-to-No-Snow Future.” Register to learn more. https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oSjPrpmORlCPCmFdj9BF9w

February 15, 2022August 20, 2022

Basics2Breakthroughs Video: Sustainably Sourcing Lithium

The latest Basics2Breakthroughs video features research scientist Michael Whittaker, who develops tools and methods to view mineral resources in new ways, zooming in to the level of atoms to inspire ideas that will help transition towards sustainable extraction of critical elements like lithium. https://vimeo.com/675027496/7feafc3960

February 15, 2022August 20, 2022

Replay: Black History Month Speaker Series

Watch the replay of the Feb. 9 Black History Month Speaker Series kickoff event featuring Damian Rouson, a staff scientist in Computing Sciences. And don’t forget to attend the second speaker series event on Thursday, Feb. 17, featuring Deborah Smith. https://berkeleylab-erg.lbl.gov/african-american-erg/black-history-month#h.v3q28ipfnexh

February 15, 2022August 20, 2022

JGI Podcast: Filling in the Plant Tree of Life

In this episode of the JGI Genome Insider podcast, hear about a project to deepen our understanding of plants— especially branches on the plant tree of life that have been mostly ignored – involving 120 scientists and 35 target plant genomes. https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2-episode-10-filling-in-the-plant-tree-of-life/

February 10, 2022August 20, 2022

Visible Spectrum: Yin Yin, Operations

Visible Spectrum is a series to spotlight talented and dedicated women employees across the Lab. Meet Yin Yin, a Facilities structural engineer who provides structural engineering design and plan reviews and frequently troubleshoots and resolves structural issues for the Lab. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/weareberkeleylab/supporting-science/yin-yin

February 10, 2022August 20, 2022

Reiner Kruecken to Lead Lab’s Nuclear Sciences Division

Reiner Kruecken, a nuclear physicist and current Deputy Director for Research at TRIUMF, Canada’s particle accelerator center, has been selected to serve as the next Division Director of the Nuclear Science Division. His appointment will be effective in early May. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2022/02/10/reiner-kruecken-to-lead-berkeley-labs-nuclear-sciences-division/

February 9, 2022August 20, 2022

Podcast: More Microchips, Moore Problems

Today’s microchips are awesomely tiny. The next challenges include making them more energy-efficient. Hear more about the future of microelectronics from the Lab’s Sinéad Griffin and Ramamoorthy Ramesh in the latest A Day in the Half-Life podcast from Strategic Communications. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1434640/10028704