Dear colleagues, Please join me on Monday, Oct. 14 at 3 p.m. in the Building 50 Auditorium for the presentation of the annual Director’s Awards. A reception open to the Lab community will follow on the cafeteria patio. The ceremony will also be live-streamed, and there are viewing parties at Potter Street in the Gray Auditorium, at JGI in room 149 A, and at Emery Station East. This year we honor … [Read more...]
Three Questions for Jose Sierra
Meet Jose Sierra, who provides IT support for the Joint Genome Institute and has worked at the Lab for six years. Among the things he enjoys most about working at the Lab are being able to contribute and participate in motivational talks to high school and college students, and promoting STEM careers to minority students. As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, Sierra answers three questions for … [Read more...]
Three Questions For Patricia Valdespino Castillo
Meet Patricia Valdespino Castillo, a postdoc who’s been at the Lab for three-and-a-half years, working in both the Biosciences and Earth and Environmental Sciences Areas. Working at the intersection of omics and chemical imaging, she studies the structure, function, and responses of environmental microbial systems. As part of the Berkeley Synchrotron Infrared Structural Biology (BSISB) user … [Read more...]
Message From Deputy COO: Update about LBNL Power Outage Concern
Dear colleagues, Berkeley Lab will be open for business as usual on Monday, as Alameda and Contra Costa counties continue on alert only at this time for a Pacific Gas & Electric public safety power shutoff (PSPS). PG&E has put parts of other northern California counties on a public safety power shutoff watch for the next few days as the weather is forecast to be warm with dry offshore … [Read more...]
Message From COO on Potential PG&E Shutdown on Sept. 23 and 24
Dear Colleagues, Pacific Gas & Electric has sent a preliminary notice to customers, including Berkeley Lab, that it might shut down electricity on Monday or Tuesday in parts of Contra Costa and Alameda counties due to dry windy conditions that meet the company's thresholds for a precautionary public safety power shutdown. This action is intended to minimize the risk of wildfires. The … [Read more...]