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9 a.m.
EHS 61
Ergonomic Evaluators Training
51-201
2 p.m.
EHS 123
Adult Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation
48-109
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Origins: Pasta, Pepperoni, Mushroom
and Sundried Tomato Casserole
Fresh Grille: BBQ Chicken Breast Sandwich
with Fries
Menutainment: Yankee Pot Roast
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NERSC
Hours Available Under New DOE Program
Proposals
are now being accepted for a new Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Science program to support innovative, large-scale
computational science projects, Secretary of Energy Spencer
Abraham has announced. The program, entitled Innovative and
Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE),
will award 4.5 million supercomputer processor hours and 100
trillion bytes of data storage space at the National Energy
Research Scientific Computing (NERSC) Center at Berkeley Lab.
The NERSC Center is the Office of Science’s flagship
facility for unclassified supercomputing. The program seeks
computationally intensive large-scale research projects that
can make high-impact scientific advances through the use of
a substantial allocation of computer time and data storage
at the NERSC Center. Full
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Mina
Bissell Guns
For Breast Cancer
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Bissell
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Mina
Bissell was promoted to distinguished scientist
at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory last year
and returned to full-time research after 16 years
directing the lab's Life Sciences Division. Last
year she also was elected a fellow of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2002, Bissell received
an Innovator Award from the U.S. Department of Defense's
Breast Cancer Research Program. The award came with
a $3 million grant. Associate editor Lynn Graebner
of Silicon Valley Biz Ink talked with Bissell
about her research, once considered unorthodox,
and her vision for how to treat this deadly disease.
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Redwoods
Go High Tech:
Sensors Study State Tree
By
Sarah Yang
Fear
of heights is not an option for graduate students
working with Todd Dawson, professor of integrative
biology at UC Berkeley. For years, Dawson's research
on the moisture that giant redwoods absorb from
fog has involved the installation of 30 pounds of
gear onto trees that stand 300 feet tall in the
redwood groves of Santa Cruz and Sonoma counties.
But now, this daunting task is being made orders
of magnitude easier as Dawson teams up with David
Culler, professor of computer science on campus
and a researcher at Berkeley Lab, in an innovative
project that employs a network of miniature wireless
sensors (photo) designed to measure critical variables,
such as light, temperature and humidity, within
a redwood grove. Full
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UC
Enhances Security
For Benefits Access
The
University of California has added enhanced security
features to its interactive benefits tools. For
the web-based "Your Benefits On-Line,"
employees will now be required to enter a one-time
sign-in authorization through the use of a Personal
Identification Number (PIN). Employees can also
establish a "username" in addition to
their social security number for access. An authorization
sign-in system has also been added to the touch-tone
phone service "bencom.fone." To learn
about the new features, go here.
The benefits information website is at http://atyourservice.ucop.edu.
Questions can be addressed to the Lab benefits office
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Summer
Blood Drive At Lab This Week
The
American Red Cross will be on site this week to
conduct the summer blood drive at Berkeley Lab.
Employees who wish to donate blood are encouraged
to make an appointment online here
for either Wednesday between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. or
Thursday between 7:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The sponsor
code for registration is "LBL." Collections
will be made at 70A-3377. For questions, call Charlotte
Bochra at 4268. |
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East
Avenue Access
To LLNL Controlled
Berkeley
Lab employees traveling to Lawrence Livermore National
Lab should be aware that controlled access to Livermore's
East Avenue corridor, which is a road between Vasco
and Greenville roads and between Sandia Lab and
LLNL, is now in effect. Access to the area is limited
to those with an official Sandia, LLNL, contractor,
Department of Energy or NNSA badge, or those on
an authorized access list. Quick pick-up of access
permits will be available at any of the vehicular
lanes (kiosks) by those with pre-scheduled appointments
with lab staff. The corridor now has staffed security
kiosks at both ends of the street and a larger "super
kiosk" on the west end that will be used to
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