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Today
10
a.m. - 3 p.m.
Vacuum Equipment and Thin-Film Equipment Exhibit and Technical
Workshop
Perseverance Hall
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Zeiss Technology Product Demonstration
84-202
11 a.m.
Organic Chemistry Seminar
De Novo Carbohydrate Synthesis
Professor George O'Doherty, West Virginia U.
120 Latimer Hall, Pitzer Aud.
4 p.m.
Life Sciences Seminar
The Role of Hydration in Protein Structure, Folding and Function
Teresa Head-Gordon, UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab
Bldg. 66 Auditorium
Physical Chemistry Seminar
Nanocrystals and Nanocrystal Assemblies: Building with Artificial
Atoms
Dr. Christopher B. Murray, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
120 Latimer Hall, Pitzer Aud.
Tomorrow
Noon
Yoga Class with Chris Hoskins
70A-3377
3 p.m.
ALS/CXRO Seminar
Two-dimensional photoelectron angular distribution from
Cu 3d orbitals: Atomic orbital analysis and atomic stereophotography
Fumihiko Matsui, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
(NAIST), Ikoma, Nara, Japan
6-2202
4 p.m.
Chemical Engineering Colloquium
Nanoscience and Catalysis: The Effects of Local Composition
and Structure on Catalyst Activity and Selectivity
Professor Alexis Bell, UC Berkeley
120 Latimer Hall, Pitzer Aud.
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Market Carvery: Beef Stew with Two
Sides
Fresh Grille: Grilled Chicken Salad
Melt with Garlic Fries
Menutainment: Fiesta Taco Salad
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6:30
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11
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Full
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Mountain
Lion Sighted;
Be Alert When on Hill
A
mountain lion was reported last Wednesday at about
8 p.m. walking behind Building 51 in the vicinity
of buildings 63, 64 and 55. Mountain lions are
infrequently seen on the Berkeley Lab site. When
this occurs, Lab Security posts the sightings
on the "mountain lion" web page here. This
page lists the most recent sighting and also provides
some helpful hints on what to do if you should
encounter one of these animals.
Windows
XP Users
Beware of Latest Scam
Windows
XP users: you may receive a message that begins
with: “Window Update has determined
that you are running a beta version of Windows
XP Service Pack 1 (SP1). To help improve the stability
of your computer, Microsoft recommends…” The
message contains an attachment named "Winxp_sp1.exe," which
if downloaded (as the message urges users to
do) will cause your system to be infected with
a Trojan horse program, TROJ_XOMBE.A. So if you
receive this message, just delete it. Do not
forward
it to anyone else.
UC’s LabUPDATE Notes
Regents’ Contract Action
The
latest issue of the University of California’s
periodic newsletter of national laboratory matters,
LabUPDATE, reports on the UC Regents’ action
last week to prepare for possible contract competition
at Berkeley, Livermore and Los Alamos. President
Robert Dynes also notes that industrial partnering
will be pursued for certain business operations
at both Livermore and Los Alamos. Read the January
issue here.
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Lab’s
Synthetic Biology
Program in Science Story
A
Science magazine story on “a new
breed of bioengineers (that) aims to create microbes
from off-the-shelf parts” includes reference
to Berkeley Lab’s pioneering Synthetic Biology
Department. In the Jan. 9 issue, the article,
“Microbes Made to Order,” also features
a comment from the Physical Biosciences Division’s
Jay Keasling. Read writer Dan
Ferber’s story (via pdf file) here.
Lesko,
Other Scientists
Push for Homestake Plan
By Bob Mercer
PIERRE,
SD -- State legislators, students and everyday
citizens will get a glimpse today of the sheer
brain power that could be attracted to South Dakota's
Homestake Underground Laboratory. Some of the
world’s top physicists, including Berkeley
Lab Nuclear Scientist Kevin Lesko,
will spend this afternoon in Pierre for a public
discussion about the Homestake project and the
work they intend to conduct there, exploring the
origins of our universe and searching for answers
into how life began. Full
story.
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