We had the honor to introduce Saul Perlmutter today, respected colleague and Nobel Prize laureate. He gave a us a series of advice and sincere feelings about science nowadays. A few of his thoughts : To learn science is like to learn how to sail a boat On science setbacks …
We were delighted to welcome Michel Foure, former division director at the lab and interview coach. The auditorium was full of young scientists ready to make their next step ! The pictures of the event are here.
First Bowling night among LBNL postdocs at the Albany Bowl. The postdoc got a chance to show their mastery of the conservation of momentum laws. The contenders were heavily defeated by Jana, with the quite remarkable score of 179. Well done !
We are looking for a few post-docs who might like to present about their career and/or research efforts to the Fall 2016 cohort of Workforce Development & Education undergraduate research interns at Berkeley Lab. The interns are either community college or 4-year university students, and some are recent university graduates …
On August 14th, 2016, it was field trip for postdocs at Berkeley Lab, climbing up an extra mile to reach Tilden Park. They started at the Little Farm, for biology, then headed up to Wildcat Peak, for astronomical observations. Then they walked to inspiration point, to solve a few theoretical …
Lydia Terborg (EETD), Mauro Del Ben (CRD) and Sanshiro Mizuno (Nuclear Sciences) successfully completed the San Francisco Marathon held on July 31st. The fundraiser helped collect over $500 that will be donated to the Berkeley Lab Foundation to help the Berkeley Lab Postdoc Association. Online donations to the association (they …
The San Francisco marathon will be up on Sunday, July 31, for the 39th time. A lot of people participate, many of which use the opportunity to run for a good cause. Just like Lydia Terborg who is a postdoc with the ESDR at the Lab. Lydia will go for …
Bay Area Scientists in Schools (BASIS) is one of the largest science outreach organizations in Berkeley, with over 500 scientist volunteers. BASIS volunteers teach fun, hands-on science lessons in local elementary classrooms. Most volunteers adopt tried-and-tested lessons; others choose to develop their own. It’s a great opportunity for researchers to make …
In order to celebrate the end of the first half of the civil year, we are organizing a picnic on the JCAP lawn (bldg 33), next Thursday June 30th, 2016 12pm-1pm, weather permitting. Please bring your own food (eventually pick it up at the cafeteria). There will be some fresh …
We were delighted to welcome LBNL director Mike Witherell, who kindly accept to kick-off BLPA’s Series X seminar, were outstanding scientists undergo a full X-Ray analysis of their career and share their advice on how to be a successful and relevant scientist. During his talk, he emphasized the importance of …
