Eisen (Left); Sjölander

As reported yesterday, the White House announced 57 winners of the nation's highest award for scientists at the early stages of their careers — 2003 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. In addition to Margaret Torn, with Berkeley Lab’s Earth Sciences Division, recipients included two more Lab researchers — Michael Eisen, with the Lab’s Genomics Division and adjunct professor of molecular and cell biology at UC Berkeley, and Kimmen Sjölander, with the Physical Biosciences Division and head of UC Berkeley’s Phylogenomics Group. Go here for the story on the campus recipients. (See a feature on all three Lab scientists in next Friday’s issue of The View).

Pang to Develop ‘PDA’
For Pollution Exposure

Pang

Yanbo Pang of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division has received funding from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to develop a technology for assessing human exposure to airborne pollutants. The technology will use a sorbent-coated foam capable of absorbing volatile and semi-volatile organic gases. The foam will be incorporated into prototype multiple pollutant personal samplers for both gases and particles. These personal data assistant-sized samplers could simultaneously measure workplace and home hazards such as ozone, volatile organic compounds, and particulate matter at high sensitivity.

Voter Registration Forms
To Be Available at Lab

Two civic-minded employees from Environmental Energy Technologies will assist qualified Lab employees in registering to vote in the November general election. Marc Fischer and Lynn Price will provide voter registration forms and information in the cafeteria lobby, beginning next Wednesday, Sept. 15. They will staff a table that day during the noon hour to answer questions and distribute forms for Alameda and Contra Costa counties, then leave the forms for pick-up on subsequent days. Registration deadline is October 18.

Server Maintenance
Set for Sunday Morning

In an effort to meet dynamic cyber security threats, the Lab’s Information Technology and Services Division (ITSD) will perform maintenance on central e-mail, directory, and web servers this Sunday. ITSD will update, upgrade, and patch various central computer systems between 8 a.m. and noon. E-mail, directory, or web services may be unavailable during this maintenance window. Contact the Help Desk for questions about maintenance issues. Go here to see ITSD's central server maintenance schedule.