Virtual Tech Talk – Facebook
Friday, March 19th, 12:00 PM, Virtual Tech Talk with Facebook’s Dr. Protonu Basu (Research Scientist and former LBL postdoc) spoke about his experience and career opportunities in Facebook.
Category: Past events
Cultural Lunch – Bay Area
On Friday, Feb 26th, 1:00 PM, we hosted a Cultural Lunch about the Bay Area led by Roel Van Beeumen and Antoine Wojdyla. Do you want to learn about fun things to do in Berkeley and beyond? Are you new to the San Francisco Bay Area? Been here for some time but want …
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, …
Cultural Lunch – Italy
On Friday, November 13, we travelled to Italy during our Cultural Lunch brown bag series with Alice Gatti from the Computational Research Division. You can watch Alice’s presentation here.
Cultural Lunch – Germany
On Friday, October 15, we travelled to Germany during our Cultural Lunch brown bag series with Lisa Claus from the Computational Research Division. You can watch Lisa’s presentation here.
Postdoc-to-Postdoc – Science Pitch
On Friday, September 18th, Maria Żurek, a postdoc in the Nuclear Science Division, let a Postdoc-to-Postdoc brown bag about best practices for an elevator pitch for specialist and general audiences. You can find the presentation slides here.
Cultural Lunch – Kerala
On Friday, August 21st, Sooraj Radhakrishnan, from the Nuclear Science Division, presented a cultural lunch about “Kerala – one of many Indias”. If you missed Sooraj’s presentation, you can watch it here.
Cultural Lunch – From Wuhan to the US in COVID era
On Friday, August 7th Kang Yao, a postdoc in the Energy Storage & Distributed Resources Division, shared with us “12.25.2019 – 6.25.2020 my story from Wuhan to the US in COVID era”. If you missed Kang’s presentation, you can watch it here.
Cultural Lunch – Trinidad and Tobago
On Friday, July 24th our Cultural Lunch brought us to Trinidad and Tobago, thanks to Jonelle Basso, a postdoc in Joined Genome Institute. If you missed Jonelle’s presentation, you can watch it here.
Cultural Lunch – Queer Culture
On Friday, June 26th we celebrated Pride and learned more about the Queer Culture. Amalie Thewarta, a postdoc in the Materials Sciences Division, talked about “Pride: a beginner’s guide to the queer and LGBTQ+ community”. If you missed the talk, you have a chance to watch it here. Happy Pride Month!