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ALS Computing Group Shapes the Future of Accelerator UI/UX

This February, SLAC hosted the first Particle Accelerator UX Workshop, uniting developers and designers to standardize UI/UX best practices. The ALS Computing Group led with various other lab participants creating a website to guide labs. Launch is planned for November 2025. Read more »

Berkeley Lab and the ALS Retire COVID-19 Protocols

With the conclusion of Cal/OSHA COVID protocol requirements on February 3, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab has retired its COVID protocols. The ALS will continue to provide hand sanitizer and masks upon request, and encourage you to stay home when you are sick. For more details, read the Lab’s message. Read more »

2025 ALS-United New Year’s Message

Interim ALS Director, Andreas Scholl and Interim ALS-U Project Director Dimitri Argyriou usher in 2025 with a message for you on the ALS-U project and the priorities for the new year. Watch their conversation or access the full transcript. Read more »

CU*IP ALS Tours

The American Physical Society holds an annual Conference for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics (CU*IP). This year’s Northern California edition was hosted at UC Berkeley with support from Berkeley Lab and LLNL. After the end of the conference on Sunday, January 26, about 60 participants visited the Lab and got to see NERSC and the ALS. Tour guides for the ALS were Hendrik Ohldag and Ina Reichel, who were also on the local organizing committee of the conference.

New UEC Members for 2025

Welcome to new 2025 members Joshua Del Mundo, Wei He, Matt Landsman, Lowell Miyagi, and Brandy Toner. Special thanks to the outgoing members, Inna Vishik, Connor Bischak, Sharon Bone, Devin Grabner, Yu He, and Grant Shoffner for their service. Read more »

Call for 2021 to 2024 Publications

Our next Department of Energy quadrennial review is coming up soon. Please help ensure our records include all publications resulting from work done, in whole or in part, at the Advanced Light Source (ALS), especially those published in 2021 to 2024. Read more »

March 5, 2025, Deadline for General User Proposals—Updated Proposal Writing Guidelines!

The User Office is accepting new General User Proposals (GUPs) from scientists who wish to conduct research at the ALS in the 2025-2 (August–December) cycle. The deadline for submissions is March 5, 2025. Please review the updated proposal guidelines, with thanks to feedback from proposal submitters and reviewers. Additional beamtime cycles will be run before the ALS-U dark time, and we will share more information as it becomes available. Read more »

Updated Chemical Safety Policy 2025

A new lab-wide chemical safety policy requires that all chemicals be reviewed and approved before they arrive at LBNL. As a user of the ALS, you must provide a complete list of chemicals you want to send or bring to the ALS and wait until you receive approval before you proceed. Chemicals that arrive without approval may be returned to the sender. For details on what is considered a chemical under this policy and instructions for obtaining approval, please see the ALS chemical safety webpage. Read more »