The deadline for nominations for the 2017 ALS User Meeting awards has been extended to July 31. Consider putting forward an individual (or team) who has made a significant contribution to the scientific and/or user support programs at the ALS. The online nomination forms are on the UEC website together with a description of each award. Read more »
Director’s Note: Roger Falcone Stepping Down as ALS Director
“After more than 10 years as ALS Director, I will be stepping down later this year to return to teaching and research on campus. Berkeley Lab will soon begin the process of searching for a new ALS Director, and my plan is to be here until new leadership is identified.” Read more »
Register Now for the 2017 ALS User Meeting: October 2–4
Registration is now open for the 2017 ALS User Meeting, which will take place October 2–4 at Berkeley Lab. The ALS Users’ Executive Committee (UEC) and meeting organizers have assembled a full program featuring news from DOE, keynote talks, and science highlights, as well as 13 focused workshops, a student poster “slam,” and the presentation of awards at the annual banquet. To register and view the draft agenda and logistical information, visit the User Meeting webpage. Read more »
ALS in the News (June 2017)
- New efficient, low-temperature catalyst for converting water and CO to hydrogen gas and CO2
- Study sheds light on how bacterial organelles assemble
- R&D effort produces magnetic devices to enable more powerful x-ray lasers
- A seaweed derivative could be just what lithium-sulfur batteries need
- Nature three-dimensionally prints coral skeletons
- Researchers find a surprise just beneath the surface in carbon dioxide experiment
- 2D material’s traits could send electronics R&D spinning in new directions
Reminder: Submit Nominations for the 2017 ALS User Meeting Awards
Nominations for the 2017 ALS User Meeting awards are due on July 14. Consider putting forward an individual (or team) who has made a significant contribution to the scientific and/or user support programs at the ALS. The online nomination forms are now on the UEC website together with a description of each award. Read more »
ALS in the News (May 2017)
- How x-rays helped to solve mystery of floating rocks
- Sequencing of green alga genome provides blueprint to advance clean energy, bioproducts
- Artificial photosynthesis moves on from water splitting to CO2 reduction [Francesca Toma]
- Stanford scientists use nanotechnology to boost the performance of a key industrial catalyst
- Insight into enzyme’s 3D structure could cut biofuel costs
- Pioneering SESAME light source officially opened
- Jeff Neaton selected as Energy Sciences Associate Laboratory Director
- New Geophysics Department Head: Jonathan Ajo-Franklin
- MSD hosts workshop on ‘New Scientific Directions with Ultrafast Electrons’
- Designing cyclic oligomers: Greater than the sum of their parts
- MSD’s Rob Ritchie elected as Fellow of the Royal Society
- Trash into treasure: Sandia could help biofuel pay for itself with goods made from waste
- An explorer in the world of science [Shuyun Zhou]
- MRS Spring 2017 Gold Medal awarded to Qiyang Lu [for work done in part at ALS]
New Open Access Requirements
To comply with DOE’s Public Access Plan, Berkeley Lab must ensure that open-access versions of publications co-authored by Lab employees are included in DOE’s open-access system. If you co-author work with a Lab scientist, please note that the scientist may ask you for an open-access version of the manuscript. We request that you cooperate with our scientists in a timely fashion and provide manuscripts to satisfy this DOE requirement when asked. Read more »
2017 ALS User Meeting Award Nominations Due July 14
Nominations for the 2017 ALS User Meeting awards will open soon and are due on July 14. Consider preparing a nomination for a deserving colleague or group of individuals for one of the three awards. In addition to the award plaque, there will be a cash prize associated with each award. Read more »
ALS Doctoral Fellowship Applications Due June 30
ALS Doctoral Fellowships allow early-career researchers to spend a year in residence at Berkeley Lab working at the frontier of synchrotron radiation research and helping advance state-of-the-art techniques and applications. Starting in 2017, a new fellowship track has been created to leverage the complementary capabilities of the ALS and Molecular Foundry. Applications are due June 30. Read more »
ALS in the News (April 2017)
- Four Small Businesses to Collaborate with Berkeley Lab Through Small Business Vouchers
- New SLAC Theory Institute Aims to Speed Research on Exotic Materials at Light Sources
- How X-Rays Pushed Topological Matter Research Over the Top
- Researchers Gain Insight into Protein Critical to Zika Virus Reproduction
- How Berkelium Stands Out in a Heavy Metal Crowd
- Gray Tin Exhibits Novel Topological Electronic Properties in 3D
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