The Berkeley Lab Postdoc Association is an organization run by and for about 1000 postdocs and early career scientists working at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. We organize many activities to strengthen our ties to the Lab, to each other and to the (Berkeley) Bay Area. Our goal is to facilitate social interactions, scientific exchanges, seminars and general orientation.
 
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BLPA GOAT

After working together as a community and pooling our Bucketlist Points, the BLPA has officially been given the opportunity to name a Berkeley Lab Goat! The postdoc community suggested a lot of great names, and the vote was among the best 10. Everybody had the chance to vote. The result was a close …

Meeting with Carol Burns

BLPA Board members had a chance to meet Berkeley Lab Deputy Director for Research Carol Burns during our biannual meeting on December 7th, 2021. We discussed our association’s mission, and future projects. We would like to thank Carol Burns for supporting Berkeley Lab postdoc community and helping young scientists to …

Meeting with Horst Simon

On Monday June 21st, BLPA Board Members had our annual meeting with Berkeley Lab Deputy Director Horst Simon. We discussed our association’s mission, and future projects for our postdoc community. Thank you Horst again for supporting LBNL postdoc community and everything you have done for our association. We greatly appreciate …

Cultural Lunch – Holiday Traditions

During our cultural lunch on Friday, December 11, we share holiday traditions that are celebrated around the world. Elle Barnes from USA, Jonelle Basso from Trinidad and Tobago, Junsong Lin from China, Oisin Creaner from Ireland, Pramod Bhuvankar from India and Zara Bagdasarian from Georgia shared their traditional meals, activities, …