Pottery Workshop
On Saturday April 30th, a small group of postdocs from LBNL attended a pottery workshop at UC Berkeley campus. They learned how to create beautiful mugs and bowls. It was a success!
Category: Social activities
Bouldering
On Saturday March 5th, some postdocs from LBNL met at the Pacific Pipe Gym in Oakland for a bouldering session. It was a rocking good time! If interested in these activities please join us on our next event.
Lunar New Year Picnic
Happy year of the tiger! To celebrate the Lunar New Year, postdocs had a picnic at Live Oak Park in Berkeley. It was a cheerful day with Lunar New Year treats, games, food and drink. All had a great time. If interested, please join us on our next activities.
Cultural Lunch
Alex Pattison a postdoc from the Molecular Foundry gave a wonderful presentation about the history of Bonfire Night and the UK in general. Alex touched on various topics from cuisine, to literature to architecture. If you missed his amazing talk, please find the video here. If you wish to give a 30 minute talk about a …
Cultural Lunch – Straight outta Chennai to “fine” Singapore!
On Friday, August 27th, we travelled to India and Singapore during our Cultural Lunch brown bag series with BLPA Board Member Rajiv Ramanujam Prabhakar from the Chemical Science Division to fascinating landscapes, mind-blowing food, magnificent historic monuments and also interesting stories! You can watch Rajiv’s presentation here. Do you want …
BLPA’s 5th Anniversary BBQ
BLPA is 5 years old! We celebrated BLPA’s first lustrum with a family friendly gathering and BBQ at Live Oak Park in Berkeley. Thanks for everyone who joined us to celebrate 5th year anniversary of our association together. It was absolutely amazing to meet our fellow postdocs and friends in-person …
Cultural Lunch – A New Yorker’s Guide to Bagels
On Friday, April 23rd, Elle Barnes at JGI told us all about the history of bagels in NYC, the culture surrounding them, and where to get the most authentic bagels in Berkeley (approved by her family of Brooklynites)! You can watch Elle’s presentation here.
Cultural Lunch – Kentucky
On Friday, March 26th, we travelled to Kentucky, USA during our Cultural Lunch brown bag series with Joseph Stevens from JBEI. You can watch Joe’s presentation here.
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, …