A new office, Career Pathways, has been set up to assist in the development of early-career scientists. Meg Rodriguez, who currently manages the Postdoc program, will lead the Pathways team. The office has several goals in the first phase: foster a connection between the Lab and scientists and engineers in the early phases of their careers develop an alumni network to grow the Lab's … [Read more...]
Potential PG&E Power Shut Down Information
Dear Colleagues, The weather forecast this weekend calls for strong offshore winds Saturday night through Monday morning, which means the danger for wildfires remains high through the weekend. As of Thursday afternoon at 5 p.m., we have NOT received notification from PG&E that the Lab will lose power, but due to these weather conditions, we must prepare for another public safety power shutoff … [Read more...]
IGB Neighbors Moving In Beginning Nov. 5
A plan that has been on the drawing board for over a decade has become a reality. On Tuesday, Nov. 5, the first 55 employees from the Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek join the Lab’s main site on the hill by moving into the recently completed Integrative Genomics Building, or IGB. The rest of the JGI and KBase staff will move in waves, with all scheduled to be in the IGB by the end of the … [Read more...]
