Camping! That sounds scary for postdocs who are used to four solid walls separating themselves and their lab from the dangerous outside world! Still, 14 brave postdocs (not all depicted in the figure below) set off on a Saturday morning on July 13th to go to Clear Lake, to endure …
On the fourth of July, BLPA organized the traditional barbecue in a park South Berkeley. We spent the afternoon grilling meat and vegetables and enjoying this sunny afternoon. Link to all photos
Fadji Maina, Sneha Jani, and Ro-Ya Liu Dear Arnoud, the BLPA team is forever grateful and thankful for your great contributions to our community! Words Arnoud Lives By: “Failure is the best teacher” Arnoud’s journey to Berkeley Lab Arnoud Everhardt was born in The Netherlands and did all his …
On Saturday June 29th, a group of 16 brave postdocs went down to conquer the streams of the Russian River – in ‘enemy’ territory, children were ‘armed’ with water guns and sprayed every single postdoc into ‘wetland’. After the four hour downstream fun, everyone took a swim and relaxed from …
A group of postdocs hiked to the tip of Tomales Point, in Point Reyes National Seashore. The wildflowers were in full bloom, and there were multiple herds of Tule elk spotted roaming the park.
On May 14th, the Lab-Industry Network Connection (LINC) organized the first company site visit to directly experience their working culture. A group of 20 postdocs from LBNL had the honor to visit the Zymergen headquarters. Our host Silas Carleton, senior recruiter at Zymergen, welcomed us and kicked off the visit …
Welcome to our June new postdocs at Berkeley Lab! Download presentation.
Fadji Maina, Sneha Jani, Ro-Ya Liu Words Lauren Lives By: “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.” ~ Albert Einstein Lauren’s journey to Berkeley Lab Born in Yuba City (California), Lauren grew up in Sacramento …
Our May Meet&Greet took place in the Molecular Foundry. First, we had a VIP tour at the facility highlighting the research which is conducted there. Then we join the Nanosocial event for some dip-in break with hummus and guacamole.
A team of five postdocs wore costumes to race in Bay-to-Breakers, and then enjoy a victory brunch afterwards!
