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Today
11 a.m.
Organic Chemistry Seminar:
Practical Catalytic Enantioselective Processes and their
Applications in
Organic Synthesis, Amir Hoveyda, Boston College
120 Latimer Hall, Pitzer Aud
Noon
Linux Users Group
Jeremy Allison
Perseverance Hall
4
p.m.
Physical Chemistry Seminar:
Using Nanoscale Amorphous Films to Study Processes in Supercooled
Liquid
Water and Aqueous Solutions
Bruce D. Kay, Pacific Northwest National Lab
120 Latimer Hall, Pitzer Aud.
4
p.m.
Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar: Protein Phosphorylation
in Cell Growth and Neuronal Axon Guidance
Signaling, Kun-Liang Guan, University of Michigan at Ann
Arbor
101 Life Sciences Addition
Tomorrow
11 a.m.
Nuclear Science Division Seminar: Seeking the Small Silent
Type, Janet Conrad, Columbia University
Building 50 Auditorium
3 p.m.
ALS/CXRO Seminars in X-Ray Science & Technology:
Soft X-ray Spectroscopy with Synchrotron Radiation: A
Powerful Tool for
Materials Research, Alex Moews, University of Saskatchewan
Conference Room 6, Room 2202
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Soup: Cajun Black Bean
Origins: Boneless Pork Chops
Adobe Cafe: Taco Salad
Fresh Grille: French Dip
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11
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Full
Menu Dinner
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JGI,
Diversa Agree to Partnership
For Large-Scale Microbial Sequencing
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The
U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and
Diversa Corporation yesterday announced a collaboration to discover
and sequence novel microbial genomes found in a diverse range of
unique habitats. Under the collaboration, Diversa will use its proprietary
technologies to extract DNA from environmental samples and make
gene libraries, while JGI will perform DNA sequencing. “The
microbial world is the next genomic frontier,” said JGI Director
Eddy Rubin of Berkeley Lab. “The human genome has been
sequenced, and now we’re ready to tackle the larger and more
complex challenge of sequencing microbial diversity.” Full
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| Satellite Data Uncertainties
Hinder Warming Detection
Using
a new analysis of satellite temperature measurements, scientists
from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have determined
that uncertainties in satellite data are a significant factor
in studies attempting to detect human effects on climate.
The implications of these uncertainties for attempts to detect
human effects on climate are explored by Livermore scientists
Benjamin Santer, Karl Taylor, James Boyle and Charles Doutriaux,
Berkeley Lab’s Michael Wehner, and researchers
from Remote Sensing Systems, the National Center for Atmospheric
Research, and the University of Birmingham in England. Full
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| Nanotubes
Featured In
Newest UC ‘Update’
Stories
about Berkeley Lab’s creation of insulated carbon nanotubes
and the recent milestones at the Joint Genome Institute are
among the items featured in the latest issue of the University
of California’s laboratory newsletter, LabUpdate.
Several stories on the latest Los Alamos contract issue are
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Substance
Abuse
In the Workplace
The
Laboratory recognizes dependency on alcohol and other
drugs as a treatable condition and offers programs and
services for employees and students with substance dependency
problems. Employees are encouraged to seek assistance,
as appropriate, from employee support programs, health
centers, and counseling or psychological services available
through the Laboratory's Employee Assistance Program.
The Laboratory strives to maintain a work site free from
the illegal use, possession, or distribution of alcohol
or controlled substances, and has legal consequences for
those who violate the policy, which can be found here.
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UC
Berkeley Updates
Procedures on SARS
In
a letter to the UC campus, Chancellor Robert Berdahl spelled
out new policies regarding Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
(SARS) and its effects on the campus community, travel abroad,
and incoming students from countries with recently documented
or suspected community transmission of SARS. Read the full text
of the letter here.
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| 'Samba'
Pioneer Talks
To Linux Users Today
Jeremy Allison, one of the original developers of the
Samba project,
will be the speaker at today's meeting of the Lab's Linux
Users Group,
starting at noon in Perseverance Hall. Samba is an open source/free
software suite that allows UNIX and Linux users to share and
print files
on Windows networks. Allison is well known throughout the
open source
community for his work on Samba and other projects.
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| Softball
Team Managers
Meet Thursday at Noon
An
organizational meeting for all team managers for the 2003
Berkeley Lab softball season will be held on Thursday at noon
in the lower cafeteria. Employees who are not on a team and
wish to join one should contact Steve Blair at 5927. |
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