January 2019 – July 2022
Ronnen talks about cool infrastructure as potential solution to city heat. Tip for Soundcloud listeners: Tune in at minute 6:45 for his remarks. https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/hot-enough-for-you-cooling-the-worsening-urban-heat-island/
The KBase team, which will move into the Integrative Genomics Building in September, works with collaborators to combine diverse data sets and analyses to predict biological functions. KBase User Engagement Lead Elisha Wood-Charlson shares her insights on KBase’s accomplishments and its mission. https://stratcomm-elements.lbl.gov/2019/06/14/3-questions-4-kbases-elisha-wood-charlson/
Berkeley Lab’s Cyclotron Road will serve as a model for replicating successful entrepreneurial fellowship programs across the nation. Ilan Gur, who joined Berkeley Lab to launch Cyclotron Road in 2014, is joining Activate to lead that effort. https://eta.lbl.gov/news/article/changes-cyclotron-road
The Lab’s new Integrative Genomics Building, which will be dedicated Wednesday, is not the first Lab research facility to sit on that location. The Bevatron, a particle accelerator that operated from 1954 to 1993, was the first. Herbert Steiner was there from the beginning. https://stratcomm-elements.lbl.gov/2019/06/13/three-questions-for-herbert-steiner-about-the-bevatron/
The European Molecular Biology Organization has elected Biosciences senior faculty scientist Eva Nogales as an associate member. Nogales, who is also an HHMI investigator and professor at UC Berkeley, is one of 56 new members and associate members EMBO will welcome at the annual meeting in October. https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2019/06/11/eva-nogales-elected-to-european-molecular-biology-organization/
Mary Ann Piette, Division Director for Building Technology & Urban Systems, has been elected to the board of directors and research advisory board of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. The ACEEE’s focus is energy efficiency to help the economic, security, and environmental future. https://aceee.org/about/board-directors
Lauren, a cancer survivor, is a postdoc in the Biosciences Area. Her research at the intersection of biology and informatics aims to help agriculture and to understand how microbes live and act in a community. https://postdoc.lbl.gov/2019/06/03/lauren-lui-biosciences/
Are you among the Lab employees retiring this June? To honor your years of service, you are invited to join the Retiree Honor Roll. Deadline for submissions is June 14. Know someone that is retiring but has already left the Lab? Have them email Lyn Hunter at lhunter@lbl.gov https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-8vysnpHzgLMhnHSFOzSR837er_niX_op17jgcTrv3HXprA/viewform?usp=sf_link
Lab employee Mike Johnson put his Medical Emergency Response Team training to good use when he assisted a fellow employee who was choking on a vitamin. Learn what happened, and how you can prepare to offer first aid. https://ehs.lbl.gov/2019/06/03/emergency-training-in-action-saves-choking-employee/