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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
On Friday, August 9, 2019, we explored the Land Down Under with Sally Robertson, a postdoc at the Nuclear Science Division.
Welcome to Berkeley Lab! You can find slides from our August orientation here.
On 3rd August 2019, a group of Berkeley Lab postdocs embarked on a bike ride to the Golden Gate bridge. Using the BART to cross the bay with their bikes, they biked along the beautiful San Francisco coast, crossing the Golden Gate Bridge to reach Sausalito. They took the ferry …
Fadji Maina and Ro-Ya Liu Words Leticia Lives By:“If you don’t try, you will never know” Leticia’s journey to Berkeley Lab Leticia grew up in Pamplona, a small town in the North of Spain where she obtained her B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Navarra in 2011. She did …
A group of 15 postdocs went on a hike to Alamere Falls on Saturday, July 20. On route to the Palomarin Trailhead, we were treated to beautiful views of the Bay and the mighty Pacific Ocean. After a hike of about 4 miles from the trailhead coast, we were rewarded …
We would like to share with you the outreach opportunity during the City of Oakland’s Summer Town Camp. As part of the Lab’s K-12 STEM Education program, the Lab will provide hands-on science activities for children from Kindergarten through 8th grade. With 17 separate locations, Summer Town Camp is a …
