Farewell for Oddone
Set; All Are Invited

Oddone

Berkeley Lab employees are invited to say "goodbye" and "good luck" to Pier Oddone, the Laboratory's long-time Deputy Director, who is leaving to become the fifth Director of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Illinois. A celebration of his contributions has been scheduled for next Thursday, March 24, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Cafeteria. Refreshments and music will accompany a brief program, which will include remarks from the honored guest. Go here to read an earlier story about his new appointment.

Robert Cheng, left, and Krebs in EETD's low NOx burner lab.

Martha Krebs, former associate director for planning and development at the Lab, as well as the former head of the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Research, spent last Thursday here, meeting scientists and researchers in the Environmental Energy Technologies Division (EETD). Krebs is now the director designate for the California Energy Commission's Energy Research and Development Division, where she heads up the Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) program. Among the sites visited by Krebs were EETD's electrochromic windows test facility and the low NOx burner lab.

Lecture Series Explores
Underground Science

The proposed Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory is a project initiated by the National Science Foundation that would allow scientists from multiple disciplines to conduct experiments in this unique environment. To further explore the possibility of physics and earth sciences work at these sites, Berkeley Lab researchers have launched a lecture series this spring. The third in this series takes place tomorrow at 11 a.m. in 127 Dwinelle Hall on campus. Chang Kee Jung from SUNY Stony Brook will discuss "Introduction to Henderson DUSEL: Unearthing the Secret of the Universe Underground." Go here to view a webcast of the talk (click on DUSEL seminar). For more information, contact Joe Wang.

JGI Hosts DNA
Day for Kids

The Joint Genome Institute (JGI) will join forces with Glenbrook Middle School for a daylong instructional program on DNA at the Willow Creek Center in Concord on Monday. Nearly 70 seventh graders will participate in numerous hands-on activities, such as extracting DNA from fruit, building DNA models, and making a transgenic mouse. Berkeley Lab volunteers include Elaine Gong, Veena Afzal, and Ingrid Plajzer-Frick, all from the Genomics Division. However, more help is needed, say organizers. To participate, contact David Gilbert.

Fugitt, right, and his wife at the 2004 HILAC reunion.

Photo ID Correction
For Fugitt Obituary

The photo that ran with the announcement of former HILAC engineer Jock Fugitt's death in Monday's edition of "Today at Berkeley Lab" was mislabeled by the Lab's image archive database, from which the photo was obtained. Fugitt was not the person in the photo. Above is a photo of Fuggitt, with his wife, taken at a 2004 HILAC reunion luncheon.