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 …
Cultural Lunch – Canton, China
On Friday, August 30th, Junsong Lin, a postdoc in the Physics Division and a BLPA volunteer in the Outdoor Committee, gave us a great overview about the region of Canton, China: where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. We enjoyed this small travel to the “California …
Hike to Muir Woods National Monument
On Saturday, the 17th of August 2019, a group of 25 postdocs went to Muir Woods National Monument. Surrounded by mist, they hiked along the Panoramic trail as they made their way towards the Monument. With no cellphone signals to distract them at the site, the tall and magnificent Redwood …
Cultural Lunch – Australia
On Friday, August 9, 2019, we explored the Land Down Under with Sally Robertson, a postdoc at the Nuclear Science Division.
Postdoc Orientation – August
Welcome to Berkeley Lab! You can find slides from our August orientation here.