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Today
8 a.m. - Noon and 1 - 4 p.m.
Site Access
Red Parking Permit Exchange
65A Trailer
Noon
Dance Club
Intermediate Rumba
Bldg. 51 Lobby
12:15 p.m.
Yoga Club
Class with Chris Hoskins
Bldg. 70-191
Tomorrow
7 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
EHS
RedWing Shoemobile
Bldg. 51 Parking Lot
8 a.m. - Noon and 1 - 4 p.m.
Site Access
Red Parking Permit Exchange
65A Trailer
9:30 a.m.
Scientific Support Group
The Physics and Applications of Short-Pulse Electron Beams
Bryan Reed, Livermore Lab
Bldg. 6-2202
Noon
Employee Activities Assoc.
Luncheon for Runaround Coordinator Steve Derenzo
Perseverance Hall
4 p.m.
Physics
Dark Matters
Joe Silk, Oxford U.
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The cafeteria will be conducting its inventory this week, so the menu will be planned on a daily basis and not listed here in advance.
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Biochip Could Replace
Cosmetic Animal Testing
By Robert Sanders
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With the cosmetics industry facing a European ban on animal testing in 2009, a newly developed biochip could provide the rapid analysis needed to insure that the chemicals in cosmetics are nontoxic to humans. The biochip is a suspension of more than a thousand human cell cultures in a three-dimensional gel on a standard microscope slide. Each cell culture is capable of assessing the toxicity of a different chemical, say UC Berkeley researchers, including Douglas Clark, with Berkeley Lab’s Environmental Energy Technologies Division. Full story.
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Front row (l-r): Hongjie Xu (SINAP) and Steve Gourlay (AFRD); Second row (l-r): T. Xu (IHEP), Zhentang Zhao (SINAP), J. Byrd (AFRD), Xiaofeng Fu (Ministry of Science and Technology, China) and Derun Li (AFRD) |
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AFRD Signs MOUs
With China Groups
The directors of the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) visited Berkeley Lab late last month to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Director Steve Chu and Accelerator and Fusion Research Division Director Steve Gourlay. The MOU seeks to strengthen and formalize the existing collaboration between the Lab and SINAP on basic science and technology research, including accelerator R&D and free electron laser research. Earlier this year, AFRD signed an addendum to an existing MOU with the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), in Beijing, which outlines research on damping rings for the International Linear Collider and superconducting magnets. An addendum was also signed with the Harbin Institute of Technology in China to collaborate on design and construction of superconducting magnets at Fermilab and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (United Kingdom).
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Drivers, Bikers Warned:
Watch Speed for Safety
A recent bike-pedestrian accident near the main Berkeley Lab entrance has heightened concern for safety. In addition, Berkeley Lab officials have witnessed automobile drivers and bicycle riders frequently exceeding the speed limits on site, putting both their safety and that of pedestrians and fellow commuters in jeopardy. To insure a safe environment for all, the University of California police will be using radar to track speeds and issuing tickets to violators. Consistent with Berkeley Lab policy, repeat offenders may lose their parking permits and privilege to drive or ride on site. Pedestrians should also be careful when crossing roads, especially when it is dark. Read about Director Steve Chu's bicycle safety priorities here. The complete text of the Laboratory's policy on moving traffic violations and use of official vehicles may be found in RPM 1.04 and 1.05.
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Three Days Remain
For Permit Exchange
Staff who have not yet exchanged their red General Parking passes for the new yellow ones must do so by Friday. They will no longer be accepted at Lab gates starting Jan. 1. To make the exchange, bring your ID badge and old permit to the site access office in the 65A trailer between 8 a.m. and noon or 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call x4855.
Shut Down Computers
Over Holiday Break
Hackers target computers more frequently over the holidays than at any other time. The Computer Protection Program (CPP) asks that employees shut down or unplug their computers from the network over the break to avoid cyber attacks. Those who need their systems to remain online should ensure the latest security patches are in place.
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Emergency: Call x7911
Cell Phones: Call 911
Non-emergency Incident Reporting: Call x6999
SECON level 3
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