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 !
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 …
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 …
The first postdoc orientation drew about 30 postdocs and was a success ! The corresponding presentation is available here. If you want to volunteer for educational visits or internships, visit : education.lbl.gov/volunteer
The mount diablo hike happened under great hospices, some 20 courageous lab adventurers did some field work between the clouds! It all started on Sunday, May 22nd at 9 am. Mt Diablo is beautiful and has great views of all around the Bay and the valley, so it was good …
The first Postdoc Orientation will be held on Wednesday, May 25th, 2016, at 12:30 pm in the Auditorium of building 66. There will be presentations from us—the Berkeley Lab Postdoc Association—and from Workforce Development, as well as information about the library services. The orientation is open to all postdocs, grad …
Thank you all for coming to the first BLPA Pub Night! You made it a great success. Link to all photos!
