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Wondering what happens after an internship at a DOE national laboratory? We’ve got answers. Check out our recording from Secretary Granholm’s remarks to the Office of Science’s Post-Internship Panel July 13, moderated by DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory Director Dr. Doon

DOE and Office of Science celebrate nearly 1,000 undergraduate student, graduate student, and faculty award recipients. Hear remarks from Secretary Granholm, Representative Sean Casten, and panel discussion with select awardees discussing their upcoming research opportunities.

Did you miss the K-12’s excellent STEM Career Talk series? Don’t worry – you can still find them online! To watch more, please follow this link.

SAGE-S (Science Accelerating Girls’ Engagement in STEM) is a one week long summer camp for public high school students. The program allows scientists, engineers, and staff to share what everyday life in a STEM profession is like. This year, join virtually across five laboratories from Aug. 2 – 7th. Click here for more information.

Early career scientists will learn from national leaders in diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM in this free and public Zoom webinar on Aug. 23. (2:00 – 2:00 EDT, 11 – 12 PDT).  It will begin with short presentations by the speakers, followed by a guided Q&A session. This webinar is organized by the DOE’s […]

The Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA) Center at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has developed and tested an innovative optical system to precisely measure and control the position and pointing angle of high-power laser beams with unprecedented accuracy – without interrupting or disturbing the beams. SULI mentor and Director of […]

As we work towards a more sustainable future, new materials are being developed to reduce waste production, increase energy efficiency and expand technological advancement. Tune in via K-12’s ZOOM on 7/23 at 10 AM.

Join K-12’s staff in the latest session of their ‘STEM Career Talk Series’ about the emerging field of Data Science. Hear directly from those working in the field to create policy around energy and entertainment. Learn how current college students are navigating majors in Data Science and what it means to be a Data Scientist. […]

Internships can be a gateway to a long and fruitful career in STEM. In this recorded ZOOM session from K12’s summer series, hear from workforce development experts, like WD&E director Colette Flood, and current scientists on how to make connections and great impressions that can lead to future opportunities.

EESA has developed an interactive storymap to describe how their researchers are developing methods to analyze how wildfires impact water quality, and producing robust computer models that can reliably predict wildfires and their effects on the landscape across multiple time and space scales, from hillslopes to entire forests, and from hours to centuries. The work […]

Applications for Workforce Development & Education fall 2021 internship programs are available for review. Mentors can select potential candidates for their labs. Programs start on August 23 and run for 15 weeks. (Fully virtual, non-onsite work). Interested? Read more in our Applicant Review Guide.

On June 20, 2021 (1 – 6 PM EST), selected university graduate programs will virtually connect with some of the nation’s most talented students who are participating in national laboratory research through DOE’s Community College Internships and Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships. This event is administered by ORISE, sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE), Office […]

Data science has become the new category in research science. Our speakers will share how they use data science in their fields and what you need to know as a young researcher. Tune in via K12’s ZOOM on 7/16 at 10 AM.

Discover how the art of DJing in Hip Hop culture and STEM intertwine in collaboration with MacArthur Fellow physicist, Dr. Carl Haber, Bay Area artist Jahi, and Berkeley Lab’s own DJ Miles Green. The Live Science Series is hosted by the K-12 STEM Education and Outreach team at Berkeley Lab. Each episode in the series […]

During the weeks of June 14th-25th 2021, students accepted in the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) program and other fusion/plasma undergraduate intenship programs throughout the US, will participate in an intensive course on plasma physics and fusion energy sciences, taught by world renowned scientists from various national and international institutions.

In his ongoing webinar series, Gregory Scharfstein interviews HR Division Partner LaTonja Wright talks about her pathway to a career at Berkeley Lab.

The National Laboratory Summer Seminar Series 2021 event is just around the corner! This is the first of the season for this summer series. This event will feature Dr. Karen Skubal and will highlight Department of Energy Office of Science research. The Office of Science is the lead federal agency supporting scientific research for energy […]

Berkeley Lab’s next supercomputer will be an HPE Cray system named “Perlmutter” in honor of Saul Perlmutter, an astrophysicist at Berkeley Lab who shared the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to research showing that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. Perlmutter is a SULI mentor.

A group of scientists who study the interactions between plants and microbes have released a new study detailing the dynamic relationships between soil-dwelling protists and developing plants, demonstrating that soil protists respond to plant signals much like bacteria do. SULI mentor Javier A. Ceja Navarro contributed to this study.

ETA scientist and WD&E mentor Ronnen Levinson has helped the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) draft a pilot credit for the installation of cool exterior walls in new homes, schools, and commercial buildings to mitigate urban heat islands.

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) will capture and study the light from tens of millions of galaxies and other distant objects in the universe. David Schlegel, along with other SULI mentors, are contributing to this project.

A paper on nanocrystals was recently published in Science.  Jacob Waelder, a former SULI intern, now at the University of Washington, and his mentor Peter Ercius contributed research to the study.

Ravi Prasher, the associate lab director for ETA, shares his thoughts about the Area’s mission and priorities on the Next 90.

An experiment to capture unprecedented 3D images of the trajectories of charged particles has been demonstrated using cosmic rays as they strike and travel through a cryostat filled with a ton of liquid argon. The results confirm the capabilities of a novel detector technology for particle physics developed by researchers, including SULI mentor Dan Dwyer, […]

The K-12 Team is hosting a Family STEM Fest on Saturday May 22 to celebrate the past and imagine the future with Berkeley Lab families. For more information, please visit https://k12education.lbl.gov/family-stem-fest

Biofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to fossil fuels. This episode peeks into how scientists Aindrila Mukhopadhyay and Steve Singer are harnessing the versatile bacterium Pseudomonas putida to break down biomass and help bring about a more sustainable, biobased economy. These two scientists have served as SULI mentors and conduct research […]

EESA scientists Michelle Newcomer, a SULI mentor, and Erica Woodburn presented on April 27 during a session of the California Fire Science Seminar Series. They discussed their studies of water and watershed resilience to wildfires in California. To watch this presentation online, follow this link.

Berkeley Lab has launched the Carbon Negative Initiative, which will identify the most promising directions for future NET research. Deepika Awasthi and Hang Deng, WD&E mentors, will speak at this webinar on April 30 at noon.

A new infant-warming device developed at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley offers a promising solution that does not require electricity and is low-cost. Ashok Gadgil, one of the researchers who developed the technology, has served as a SULI and BLUR mentor.

A Berkeley Lab-led international team of researchers has discovered a way to use ion beams to create long strings of “color center” qubits in diamond. Arun Persaud, a SULI and BLUR mentor, led the study.

An interdisciplinary LBNL team, including SULI mentors Brett Helms, Jay Keasling, and Kristin Persson, have visualized a new type of recycling plant that will allow plastics to be recycled indefinitely and cost-effectively.

Ting Xu, a Senior Scientist at MSD and a VFP mentor, has designed an enzyme-activated compostable plastic which could revolutionize recycling.

LBNL scientists, including SULI mentors Ahmet Kusoglu and Adam Weber, lead a study into the potential uses of hydrogen fuel cells for long-haul trucks. Additionally, the Million Mile Fuel Cell Truck Consortium (M2FCT) aims to imagine a hydrogen refueling infrastructure.

Wanli Yang, a SULI mentor and senior scientist at the ALS, led a new study on carbonate cycling. His teams results, recently published in Joule, indicate a promising potential in new types of lithium batteries.

Frances Hellman, senior faculty scientist in Berkeley Lab’s Materials Sciences Division and a CCI mentor, has helped with the Molecular Foundry’s research into magnetic skyrmions.

The Molecular Foundry’s Peter Ercius and Andreas Schmid have co-published a paper in Nature marking the first-ever determination of the 3D atomic structure of an amorphous solid – in this case, a material called metallic glass. Understanding the atomic structure of metallic glasses could help engineers design even better versions of these materials, for an […]

Lab Education Director Colette Flood has been selected as one of Berkeley Lab’s Women @ The Lab 2020. 15 honorees are selected by the Women Scientists & Engineers Council for their meritorious professional contributions, leadership, mentorship, and outreach. This year, W@TL received 98 nominations for 68 nominees, a significantly greater number than in previous years. […]

Application Period Open for WD&E’s Fall Internship Programs Applications for Workforce Development & Education’s fall internships are now open. These 15 week internships include programs such as SULI, CCI, and BLUR. Fall 2021 internships will begin August 23 and will conclude on December 3. The application deadline is May 27, 2021. Click for more information […]

How do crystals form? According to Peter Ercius, a scientist at the Molecular Foundry and  his team, gold atoms appear to act like Lego blocks. Their work was recently published in Science.

What if the creation of renewable fuels was no longer dependent on plants? What if microbes could be harnessed to make fuels and other products? Julie Chao talks about the ABPDU’s work, lead by SULI mentor Eric Sundstrom, to create a new type of fuel.

How do we share science solutions with the world? Hear how entrepreneurial researchers start businesses and bring inventions to the market. A panel of researchers will consider these issues. Hosted by LBNL Next, this talk will be on March 25.

Aliyah Kovner interviews Paul Adams, Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging Division and a SULI mentor. He spoke about the origins of the software Phenix and how structural biologists leapt into action to combat the pandemic

Researchers in the Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology (EGSB) and Biological Systems and Engineering (BSE) Divisions at Berkeley Lab employed a large-scale functional genomics approach to systematically characterize Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, a beneficial bacterium prevalent in the human gut. Additional Biosciences Area contributors to this work include project scientist and SULI mentor Valentine Trotter in EGSB.

Glenn Robert’s article focused on Haruko Wainwright’s work developing modeling and mapping tools that have helped the Japan Atomic Energy Agency’s restoration planning efforts for the affected region around the Fukushima nuclear power plant complex.

This year, Berkeley Lab is celebrating Bring a Kid to Work Day at home. The K-12 team is hosting a Family Science Fest on Saturday, May 22 to celebrate the past and imagine the future with Berkeley Lab families. All of their planned events will be virtual, and any necessary materials for activities can be […]

In the latest episode of Berkeley Lab’s new podcast series A Day In The Half Life, BIDS Faculty Director Saul Perlmutter, a professor in UC Berkeley’s department of Physics, SULI mentor, and a 2011 Nobel Laureate — and the co-discoverer of dark energy — talks with LBNL Science Writer Aliyah Kovner and Claire Poppet.

The Coalition of Education and Outreach is pleased to offer a forum to discuss the impacts of COVID-19 upon the experience of students in the sciences on March 17, from 12:00 – 1:30 PM. Five students from different STEM disciplines will discuss how COVID-19 has impacted their learning, research, and academic support/advising.  Moderated by a […]

What does the future of food look like? How can we improve nutritional value, drought resistance, or accessibility? A panel of researchers will consider these issues. This talk will be on March 11. Hosted by LBNL Next, it will feature Vayu Maini Rekdal, a JBEI/UC Berkeley Postdoctoral Researcher.

Glenn Roberts highlights how COSMIC, an incredible instrument for cutting edge x-ray microscopy at ALS, has already yielded scientific dividends. Peter Denes, one of our SULI mentors, is mentioned.

Daniela Ushizima, a staff scientist in the Computational Research Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is among 25 female scientists honored by 3M Latin America for innovative research. Ushizima was one of six winners representing Brazil. She served as a SULI mentor in 2013 and 2019.