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Today
10:30
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Center for Beam Physics
Direct Simulation of Friction & Diffusion for Au+79
Interacting
With Magnetized and Unmagnetized Electrons
David Bruhwiler, Tech-X Corp.
Bldg. 71-264
3 p.m.
ALS
Application of Photoelectron Spectroscopy to Practical
Semiconductor Interfaces
Piero Pianetta, Stanford U.
Bldg. 2-100B
4 p.m.
Physics Division
Very High Energy Particle Astronomy with the All-Sky Survey
High Resolution Air-shower Detector (Ashra)
Makoto Sasaki, U. of Tokyo
Bldg. 50B-4205
Tomorrow
7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
EHS
Ironage Shoemobile Visit
Cafeteria parking lot
9 a.m.
EHS 530
Fire Extinguisher
Bldg. 48-109
11 a.m.
Science for Non-Scientists
Viruses as Building Blocks for Functional Structures
of Nanoscale Dimension
Matt Frances
Bldg. 66-316
4 p.m.
Physics Division
Desparately Seeking WIMPs
Joe Silk, Oxford U.
Bldg. 50A-5132
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Market Carvery: TBA
Fresh Grille: TBA
Menutainment: TBA
Dinner: TBA
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6:30
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11
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5
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More
News On
Lab Competition
By
Matthew Artz
One
of the University of California’s best-heeled
rivals for the contract to manage Berkeley
Lab has dropped out of the competition before
it even began. “The Berkeley lab is so integrated
with Cal Berkeley we don’t think it’s
in our interest to compete that straight up,”
said William Madia, Executive Vice President for
Laboratory Operations at Battelle Corp, a nonprofit
that already manages four Energy Department labs.
Madia doubted that other companies and institutions
would battle UC for the Berkeley Lab, but he said
Battelle is one of several companies and institutions
considering bids for UC’s other two federal
labs—Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos—set
for open competition when UC’s management
contracts expire in 2005. Full
story.
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Rhodopseudomonas
palustris |
Genome
Project Reveals
Versatile Microbe
A
team of researchers, including some from the Joint
Genome Project, has sequenced the genome of a
highly versatile and potentially useful bacterium.
The multidisciplinary effort determined the complete
genetic sequence of Rhodopseudomonas palustris,
a bacterium that could potentially be used for
cleaning up toxic industrial waste and as a biocatalyst
for producing hydrogen as a bio-fuel. Full
story.
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Read
Latest Issue
Of ‘Our University’
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New
University of California President Robert Dynes
has issued his first edition of “Our University,”
a periodic newsletter for UC employees. Among the
items featured in this issue is the launch of “Dynes
Desk,” an e-mail account that staff can use
to forward comments and questions to the president.
Go here
to read the latest issue of “Our University.”
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‘Science
for Support
Staff’ Talk Tomorrow
In
a lecture presented in lay terms, Lab researcher
Matt Francis will discuss his work
on the designed modification and use of viruses
as building blocks for functional structures of
nanoscale dimension. Says Francis, these hybrid
biological/non-biological systems could find applications
in catalysis, delivery of drugs to specific organs,
or in the development of light collection antennae
for solar cells. The talk begins at 11 a.m. tomorrow
in Building 66-316. Light refreshments will be served.
Cafeteria Dinner
Service Will End
The
Cafeteria has announced that, due to a lack of
customers, their dinner service will be discontinued
as of this Friday. The service has operated on
a trial basis for the past few months. The cafeteria
will be closed all day on Friday for a special
function, and will close at 1:30 p.m. on Dec.
23. It re-opens on Jan. 5. Holiday party trays
and desserts are available for purchase through
the cafeteria. To place an order, call x5357.
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