Cultural Lunch – Ireland
In January we travel to Ireland during our Cultural Lunch. Thanks to Oisin Creaner, a postdoc in NERSC, we learned about fascinating Irish history. Check Oisin’s presentation here.
Category: Past events
Hike to Donner Canyon Falls in Diablo State Park
A group of 21 postdocs and guests went to Mt. Diablo State park on Saturday, Dec. 14th, 2019 to hike along Donner Creek. They hiked a total of 7 miles to the waterfalls and back, enjoying perfect weather and lunch on a scenic outcrop overlooking one of the falls.
Hike to Windy Hill Open Space Preserve
A group of 21 postdocs went to the Windy Hill Open Space Preserve on Saturday, Nov. 16th, 2019 to embark on the Windy Hill Loop. They hiked along the Spring Ridge Trail – Hamms Gulch Trail – Lost Trail – Anniversary Trail – Spring Ridge Trail for a total of …
Postdoc Orientation – November
Our monthly orientation for new LBNL postdocs took place on Tuesday, November 5. The orientation slides are available here
Halloween Meet&Greet
Our November Meet&Greet was full of spooky networking fueled by tons of Halloween candy and ice-cream. We had special guests this month, a group of postdocs from UC Berkeley!
LINC Seminar about Quantum Computing
On Wednesday October 23rd, Dr. Jeffrey Welser, a Vice President in IBM Research, presented a seminar: The Future of Computing: Bits + Neurons + Qbits. The seminar covered new challenges and opportunities for innovation at every level from materials to devices to systems of quantum computing and AI. More than …
Hike to Mt. Tamalpais State Park
A group of 16 postdocs went to Mt Tamalpais State Park on Saturday, October 19th, 2019, to embark on a long hike. They hiked along the Matt Davis Trail for a total of about 8 miles with an elevation change of 2400 ft. Foggy conditions gave the whole hike a …
Postdoc to Postdoc: Creating Personal Webpage
On Friday, October 4th, Ludovico Bianchi from the Computational Research Division lead a brown bag: yournamehere.com; A Busy Scientist’s Guide to Creating a Personal Webpage. The talk provided an outline of the steps needed to create a personal webpage from a scientist’s perspective, starting from a brief introduction on key concepts of web development aimed to shed …
Postdoc Orientation – October’19
Welcome to Berkeley Lab! You can find slides from our October orientation here.
Great Cultural Game
On Friday, September 20, we celebrated the National Postdoc Appreciation Week with the trivia game about all the countries we visited during our Cultural Lunches and the international potluck with our favourite national dishes or snacks.