There are plenty of fun activities on tap at the Lawrence Hall of Science this summer. Kids can participate in the Design Quest exhibit, designing and building prototypes of inventions, check out a 3-D flick on the great white shark, take in a planetarium show, or pick up a kit to make solor-powered robots, cars, water heaters, or fans (sale priced in the gift shop or online). More>
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Summer Fun at the Lawrence Hall of Science
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013Laser Conference on Campus Features Nobelist Eric Cornell
Monday, June 10th, 2013
This week’s 21st International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy, whose organizers include Dmitry Budker of Nuclear Science and Roger Falcone of the Advanced Light Source, presents a free public lecture by renowned physicist Eric Cornell, Tuesday at 7 p.m. in UC Berkeley’s Pimentel Hall. The talk’s title reflects Cornell’s wide-ranging interests: “Lazy vs Sloppy: the Epic Story of Energy, Entropy, Temperature, the Ultimate Fate of the Universe, and the Role of Divine Intervention.” Cornell shared the 2001 Nobel Prize for using laser cooling to create a Bose-Einstein condensate and is well known for arguing against conflating science and religion.
Botanical Garden Hosts Summer Concert Series
Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
The UC Botanical Garden is once again hosting its Redwood Grove Summer Concert Series, which take place in the Mather Redwood Grove amphitheater during the early evening hours. The series features a diverse line-up of folk, pop, rock, blues, jazz, world music, and hard-to-define artists. Concertgoers are invited to bring a picnic dinner. Ticket include admission to the garden before 4:30 p.m. More>
Fluorescent Probes Developed to Image Copper in the Brain
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
Berkeley Lab chemist Christopher Chang and his research group at UC Berkeley have developed a series of fluorescent probes for molecular imaging of copper in the brain. Metal copper has chemical properties that make it essential to a healthy brain. “As a consequence of its high demand for oxygen and oxidative metabolism, the brain has among the highest levels of copper, as well as iron and zinc in the body,” says Chang. More>
Open SESAME: Lab and Middle East Light Source Collaborate
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
Citing the “good scientific overlap with research on the campus and at Berkeley Lab” and the opportunity to advance scientific collaboration among many Middle Eastern countries, Jonathan Wurtele of the Accelerator and Fusion Research Division, a professor of physics at UC Berkeley, initiated an agreement for collaboration among Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley scientists and colleagues at the Synchrotron light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) in Jordan, which plans to open in 2015. A memo of understanding between UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and SESAME’s director general Khaled Toukan was completed May 19. More>
Botanical Garden Hosts ‘Green Stuff’ Summer Kids Camp
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Lab employees looking for a fun and educational science day camp for their kids this summer are invited to register for the Botanical Garden’s “Green Stuff” program. The camp is for ages five to 10 and weeklong sessions run from June 17 to August 2. More>
PBD’s Doug Clark Named Dean of UC Berkeley College of Chemistry
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
Doug Clark of the Lab’s Physical Biosciences Division has been named the dean of UC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry. Clark is a pioneering researcher in the field of biochemical engineering, with particular emphasis on enzyme technology, biomaterials, extremophiles and all areas of biofuels research. Clark will begin his new responsibilities, pending formal approval of his appointment from the UC Regents, on July 1. He will succeed Richard Mathies — also with the Physical Biosciences Division — who has served as dean for five years. More>
Foundry’s Ritankar Das (only 18!) is Campus’s Top Graduating Senior
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
With a double major in bioengineering and chemical biology, and a minor in creative writing, UC Berkeley student Ritankar Das has been named the campus’s University Medalist, recognizing him as the top graduating senior. And he’s only 18. And he did it in only three years. He works with Lab materials scientist Frank Ogletree in the Molecular Foundry. More>
Applications Now Open for Philomathia Energy and Climate Research Fellowships
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013The Philomathia Center plays a key role in advancing UC Berkeley’s innovative research programs in energy and climate research. Among the center’s programs is a fellows program that brings leading post-doctoral researchers to UC Berkeley. Fellows are selected from a range of disciplines to pursue research that “transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries and pioneer new approaches.” Fellows have a two-year appointment and will receive a $25,000 stipend. The deadline for applications is May 24. More>
Lab Spin-Off Among Winners of UC Berkeley Start-Up Competition
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
A software technique developed by Valeri Korneev of the Earth Sciences Division provided the basis for a startup, Seismos, which recently won the Energy and Cleantech track of UC Berkeley’s Start-Up competition. Seismos is a technology-enabled services company that detects and interprets changes in underground oil and gas reservoirs in real-time with unparalleled sensitivity. More>
