Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab

Congratulations to the Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU) Chang Dou, PhD who received the AIChE - American Institute of Chemical Engineers' 2025 Shining Star Award! Dou was recognized for his long-term volunteerism in the AIChE community. He will be honored at AIChE’s Annual Meeting this November in Boston. https://lnkd.in/gqaVv4-u Berkeley Lab

From manual & time-intensive to automated: Phenix software is transforming how we look at the structure of molecules. Developed at Berkeley Lab, it's now used by 70+ commercial licensees globally, including leading pharma & biotech companies. Learn more about this IPO success story: https://lnkd.in/gg-2Siuk

Congratulations to Joint Genome Institute director Nigel Mouncey, who was elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science! He was honored for his distinguished contributions to the field of genomics and leadership in development of advanced integrative genome science capabilities. https://lnkd.in/gFjDt5wc Berkeley Lab

Job searching this weekend? We have an opening for a Senior Laboratory Research Operations Associate in our Emeryville, CA laboratory. This is a key operational role with the Joint BioEnergy Institute, Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU), and the Agile BioFoundry. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gHmpqcYG Berkeley Lab

The Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program is now open for applications! This program provides awards to U.S. graduate students to conduct part of their PhD research at a DOE national laboratory or facility. It prepares graduate students for scientific and technical careers critically important to the mission of DOE’s Office of Science. Join us for our second application assistance workshop, focused on Q&A, Application and Proposal Guidance, on April 10, 2:00-4:30 PM ET. Register today: https://lnkd.in/euZQTawc

Thermo Fisher Scientific and the Chan Zuckerberg Institute for Advanced Biological Imaging announced an agreement to further develop continuous laser phase plate technology for enhanced contrast and higher resolution electron microscopy invented by a team including the Biosciences Area’s Holger Mueller and Robert Glaeser. https://lnkd.in/gvEUyKXs Berkeley Lab Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

We just heard that the Advanced Light Source annual user meeting will be held August 11–13, 2025 in Berkeley, CA. If you are an ALS user, don't miss this event filled with invited speakers, hands-on workshops, tutorials, and an exhibitor hall. https://lnkd.in/df-t3TQ

Congratulations to #MBIB Senior Scientist Vittal Yachandra on being honored with an honorary doctorate by Uppsala University for his contributions to the development of X-ray spectroscopy and serial femtosecond crystallography. https://lnkd.in/gU5ehcF8

New Resource Alert! The Joint Genome Institute recently launched the Secondary Metabolism Collaboratory (SMC) - an interactive public database for the research community. With more than 13 million BGCs in the catalog at the time of publication, it is the largest repository of BGC sequence data from over 1.3 million publicly available bacterial and archaeal genome and contig sources. https://lnkd.in/g7y6XAiH Berkeley Lab

Applications for doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships at the ALS are open until April 4. These are a fantastic opportunity to spend a year at Berkeley Lab diving into your research, but don't just take our word for it! Hear from miller shatsala of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (Kenya), who is one of the doctoral fellows at the ALS this year: "I’ve had an incredible research experience at the ALS, working with outstanding hosts—Chenhui Zhu at 7.3.3 and Nobumichi Tamura at 12.3.2. I’ve learned so much about beamline operations, proposal submissions, data collection, and advanced analysis techniques. Additionally, my time at ALS introduced me to the Molecular Foundry, where I’ve built strong connections with Carolin Sutter-Fella’s group on the inorganic floor. ALS truly offers amazing opportunities!" https://lnkd.in/gcf_dC9F cc: Lightsources.org