4th of July Barbecue
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
Category: Past events
Kayaking @ Russian river
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 …
Hike – Tomales Point Trail
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.
Zymergen Site Visit
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 …
Postdoc Orientation – June 2019
Welcome to our June new postdocs at Berkeley Lab! Download presentation.
Meet&Greet and Molecular Foundry Tour
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.
Bay to Breakers
A team of five postdocs wore costumes to race in Bay-to-Breakers, and then enjoy a victory brunch afterwards!
Networking event at Buck Institut
We went to Buck Institute – Novato Ca for a full-day event organized by the Bay Area Postdoc Association (bayareapostdoc.org). We started with a networking session in the morning, followed by lunch and a seminar from Lauren Celano of Propel Career Services. Her talk titled “How to be Competitive for …
Ukraine – Cultural Lunch
Dmytro Oliinychenko from the Nuclear Science Division told us about his home country: Ukraine. We learned about geography, food, and sports; all accompanied by homemade borscht!