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Jennifer Doudna Colloquium Oct. 28 at 3:00 p.m. PT

The Fall ALS Colloquium continues today at 3:00 pm Pacific. Jennifer Doudna (Innovative Genomics Institute @ UC Berkeley, UCSF, HHMI) will present CRISPR: The Science and Opportunity of Genome Editing.
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Nominations Due October 28 for New UEC Members

The Advanced Light Source Users’ Executive Committee (UEC) invites nominations for new UEC members. Self-nominations are welcome. Following an election, five new UEC members will be selected for the 2022–2024 term. Read more »

APS and R&D 100 Awards Recognize Wanli Yang

Congratulations to ALS senior scientist Wanli Yang, who was recently elected a fellow of the American Physical Society and was part of a Berkeley Lab team led by Wei Tong that received a 2021 R&D 100 Award for a novel cathode material for next-generation lithium-ion batteries. Read more »

2021 Berkeley Lab Director’s Award Laureates

Congratulations to Photon Science Development Lead Howard Padmore, Mechanical Technician Monroe Thomas, Photon Science Operations Group Lead Mike Martin, and the Center for X-Ray Optics, who will be honored with Berkeley Lab Director’s Awards. Tune in to the award ceremony on November 18 at 12:00 p.m. PT. Read more »

Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications Open Nov. 1

The ALS’s commitment to recruiting a vibrant, diverse, and talented workforce is paramount to promoting a diverse lab community. To support the next generation of researchers, we have two types of fellowships to fund research at our facility. Applications for the doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships will be accepted November 1–December 1. Read more »

Wanli Yang, RIXS Senior Scientist

Wanli Yang was recently honored as an American Physical Society fellow and is a member of an R&D 100 award-winning team for the second time. He credits his love of physics with a total accident—reading a book he borrowed from a classmate in high school! Read more »

Summer 2021 Shutdown

Last week the ALS returned to user operations after its summer shutdown. A lot of work was accomplished, including several large projects in the storage ring and maintenance and updates for the accelerator and beamlines. Read more »

Updates to On-Site Access Procedures and Vaccination Requirements

Berkeley Lab requires that all on-site facility users be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they have an approved exception. Processing of access requests will take longer than usual, and we ask all users who plan to come on-site to provide their arrival date at LBNL via ALSHub at least 4-8 weeks before their arrival. Read more »

2021 User Meeting Highlights

The Advanced Light Source (ALS) held its annual user meeting August 10–13, 2021, co-chaired by Users’ Executive Committee (UEC) members Alex Frano and Hope Michelsen. A benefit of the virtual platform was the increased number of people who could attend; almost 400 attendees on six different continents joined the plenary sessions. Read more »