Halloween Meet&Greet
Our November Meet&Greet was full of spooky networking fueled by tons of Halloween candy and ice-cream. We had special guests this month, a group of postdocs from UC Berkeley!
LINC Seminar about Quantum Computing
On Wednesday October 23rd, Dr. Jeffrey Welser, a Vice President in IBM Research, presented a seminar: The Future of Computing: Bits + Neurons + Qbits. The seminar covered new challenges and opportunities for innovation at every level from materials to devices to systems of quantum computing and AI. More than …
Hike to Mt. Tamalpais State Park
A group of 16 postdocs went to Mt Tamalpais State Park on Saturday, October 19th, 2019, to embark on a long hike. They hiked along the Matt Davis Trail for a total of about 8 miles with an elevation change of 2400 ft. Foggy conditions gave the whole hike a …
Postdoc to Postdoc: Creating Personal Webpage
On Friday, October 4th, Ludovico Bianchi from the Computational Research Division lead a brown bag: yournamehere.com; A Busy Scientist’s Guide to Creating a Personal Webpage. The talk provided an outline of the steps needed to create a personal webpage from a scientist’s perspective, starting from a brief introduction on key concepts of web development aimed to shed …
Postdoc Orientation – October’19
Welcome to Berkeley Lab! You can find slides from our October orientation here.
Great Cultural Game
On Friday, September 20, we celebrated the National Postdoc Appreciation Week with the trivia game about all the countries we visited during our Cultural Lunches and the international potluck with our favourite national dishes or snacks.
Hike to Big Basin Redwoods State Park
A group of 12 postdocs went to Big Basin Redwoods State Park on Saturday, September 28th, 2019, to embark on a long hike. They hiked along the Berry Creek Falls loop for a total of about 11 miles. In addition to the beautiful Redwood forest, they also got to view …
Venkitesh Ayyar – Computing Sciences
Mariah Parker, Fadji Maina, and Sneha Jani Words Venkitesh Lives By:“Never say never” Venkitesh’s journey to Berkeley Lab Venkitesh Ayyar grew up in the Indian city of Mumbai. He obtained a Master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and then came to the US to study Theoretical Particle …
Hiking in Angel Island State Park
A group of 24 postdocs went to Angel Island State Park on Saturday September 7th, 2019. Driving to Tiburon, they took a ferry to reach Angel Island. Hiking up to the summit of the Livermore mountain, they got some beautiful views of San Francisco, the Bay and Golden Gate Bridge. …
Meet the 2019 SLAM Finalists
Mariah Parker Biosciences Sara Calhoun Sara Calhoun graduated from UC San Francisco before joining the Joint Genome Institute as a postdoc. Sara’s research project integrates datasets using different approaches (genomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics) for characterizing novel strains of algae that are potential biofuel feedstocks. Other than being a scientist, Sara …