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September 2021 Message from the UEC

Johanna Nelson Weker, UEC chair, celebrates a successful User Meeting. She encourages the user community to get involved by submitting feedback or even joining the UEC. Keep an eye out for the call for new member nominations. Read more »

U.S. Energy Secretary Granholm Visits Berkeley Lab

In a visit to Berkeley Lab on August 20, Secretary Granholm and Congresswoman Barbara Lee met doctoral fellow Mikayla Barry at ALS Beamline 9.3.1. They also heard about extreme ultraviolet lithography and how protein crystallography enabled critical COVID research and Jennifer Doudna’s work on CRISPR. Read more »

September 1 Proposal Deadline and COVID updates

The ALS is committed to supporting the science of our users, and we’re looking forward to welcoming back more on-site users this fall while continuing to support remote experiments. Please review the requirements for access to the ALS and remember to submit your proposals for the next cycle by 11:59 p.m. Pacific on September 1. Read more »

September 1 Deadline for General User Proposals

The User Office is accepting new General User Proposals (GUPs) from scientists who wish to conduct research at the ALS in the 2022-1 (January–July) cycle. The deadline for submissions is September 1, 2021. Applicants are reminded that they may request joint access to the Molecular Foundry, a nanoscience user facility at Berkeley Lab, to support their ALS activities. Read more »

Na Hyun Jo, Materials Sciences Postdoc

Na Hyun Jo has only been at Berkeley Lab for five months, but she’s already helping to organize the Energy Sciences Area Science Hour. Find out more about her research and what inspired her to become a scientist. Read more »

Survey on Remote Access

The ALS and the Users’ Executive Committee would like to better understand the impact this past year’s restrictions had on the user community as well as seek suggestions on possible improvements that would facilitate future beamtime. We request your input on this remote access survey by July 30. Read more »

Alpha N’Diaye, Research Scientist

Alpha N’Diaye first came to Berkeley Lab as a postdoc, but his interest in Berkeley was piqued far earlier. Find out what inspired teenage Alpha, and what keeps him here to this day. Read more »

Register for the 2021 User Meeting (August 10–13)

This year’s User Meeting features, for the first time, a Nobel panel (and Q&A) with Ada Yonath and Stanley Whittingham. Bookmark workshops and tutorials that interest you so that the organizers know how many participants to expect. Remember: the student poster competition and general poster session are first come, first served! Read more »

Angelic Lucero, Accelerator Operator Specialist

Working at the ALS started out as a summer job in college for Angelic Lucero—and then she never left. She gives us a glimpse into all the details our operators need to monitor and talks about efforts to help new people at the Lab access resources. Read more »