Shuttle Bus Study
Is Underway

The Facilities Division is conducting a study of the Lab's shuttle bus service and invites employees, visitors and students to offer their feedback in a brief online survey. Regular shuttle system users, occasional riders, as well as past and potential riders are encouraged to complete the survey. The survey can be accessed until Friday, Sept. 3. Transportation administrators have been working with a consulting firm to evaluate the current routing and schedules to see if changes should be made. Go here to access the survey. For more information, contact Bill Llewellyn or Tammy Brown.

Crane Helps Lab
Reach New Heights

Fighting Fire With Fire
To Slow HIV

Arkin

UC Berkeley researcher Leor Weinberger (a Lab guest) and his colleague were contemplating the failure of conventional therapies to get to grips with HIV. "The vast majority of scientists don't believe it's possible to eliminate the virus or to develop a protective vaccine," he says. So he got to thinking of an entirely different approach: rather than destroying the virus, try instead to live with it. The result of his research is the design for a genetically modified virus that he hopes will be every bit as pervasive as HIV. "I'm apprehensive," admits Adam Arkin, a Berkeley Lab physical bioscientist and leader of the research team. "We are 99.99 percent certain nothing bad will happen, but you don't want to use a treatment like this until your understanding is good enough." Full story.

Chilean Dance Display
At Cafeteria Friday

Ojeda

The Latino and Native American Association (LANA) is sponsoring a Chilean folk-dance performance this Friday, from 12:30 to 1 p.m., on the outdoor stage adjacent to the cafeteria. Among the dancers in the group — known as "Araucaria: Dances of Chile" — is the Lab's own Karem Ojeda, who works in the cafeteria. The 14-member, 15-year-old group performs traditional dances from the north, central, and south regions of the country, including Easter Island. The event is free and open to all.