Berkeley Lab Postdoc Association

News and Upcoming Events

Online Game Night

On Wednesday, January 20th we invite you to our online game night starting at 7:30 pm. Sign up in this spreadsheet. We have a game room for Among Us and Codenames this week.

Movie Night

Get your popcorn ready, and join our movie night with Teleparty to watch Dolemite Is My Name on Friday, January 22nd, 8 PM. Sign up here.

Postdoc Labmate Program

Have you just started at the Lab? We would like to give you the opportunity to find support and connect with others. Wanna be a labmate for our new postdocs? Sign up to our program!

Language Tandem

Would you like to practice your language skills via Zoom? Join our Language Tandem. Sign up here.

COVID-19

Due to the COVID-19 precautions, we have to cancel all planned in-person BLPA events. Join the Online activities we’ve prepared for our community.

Past events

Cultural lunch – Holiday Traditions

During our cultural lunch on Friday, December 11, we share holiday traditions that are celebrated around the world. Elle Barnes from USA, Jonelle Basso from...

Cultural Lunch – Italy

On Friday, November 13, we travelled to Italy during our Cultural Lunch brown bag series with Alice Gatti from the Computational Research Division. You can...

Cultural Lunch – Germany

On Friday, October 15, we travelled to Germany during our Cultural Lunch brown bag series with Lisa Claus from the Computational Research Division. You can...

Postdoc-to-Postdoc – Science Pitch

On Friday, September 18th, Maria Żurek, a postdoc in the Nuclear Science Division, let a Postdoc-to-Postdoc brown bag about best practices for an elevator pitch...

Cultural Lunch – Kerala

On Friday, August 21st, Sooraj Radhakrishnan, from the Nuclear Science Division, presented a cultural lunch about "Kerala - one of many Indias". If you missed...

Cultural Lunch – From Wuhan to the US in COVID era

On Friday, August 7th Kang Yao, a postdoc in the Energy Storage & Distributed Resources Division, shared with us “12.25.2019 - 6.25.2020 my story from Wuhan...

Cultural Lunch – Trinidad and Tobago

On Friday, July 24th our Cultural Lunch brought us to Trinidad and Tobago, thanks to Jonelle Basso, a postdoc in Joined Genome Institute. If you...

Cultural Lunch – Queer Culture

On Friday, June 26th our Cultural Lunch celebrated the Queer Culture. Amalie Thewarta, a postdoc in the Materials Sciences Division, talked about "Pride: a beginner's guide...

BLPA Board

BLPA is made up of volunteers – and we are always looking to grow! Are you interested? Do you want to know about the inner workings of BLPA and contribute to the postdoc community, building a larger network? Please contact us (postdoc (at) lbl.gov) or sign up to check out one of our many committees!