LBNL BioSci#BioBSE's Héctor Garcia Martin, PhD will be the speaker at November 19th's Caminos de la Cienca at the César E. Chávez Branch of the Oakland Public Library. If you are local to the Bay Area - please join us for this family-friendly event - completamente en Español!
#BioBSE's Division Director Blake Simmons was recently interviewed by Grape and Wine magazine about how a new collaboration with BEAM Circular and Schmidt Sciences can transform how California address agricultural waste. While most ag waste is currently burned or composted, in the future it could be transformed into sustainable fuels instead.
Looking for a postdoc position?
We have three openings on #TeamBioSci at Berkeley Lab:
Mass Spectrometry Postdoctoral Fellow - Ambient Infrared Laser Ablation in #BioMBIB - Position # 102799
Computational Postdoctoral Fellow - Optimization and Learning for Cryo-Electron Microscopy in #BioMBIB - Position # 102780
Biologist Postdoctoral Fellow in #BioBSE in the Joint BioEnergy Institute’s Deconstruction Division - Position # 102552
Learn more and apply here:
"I’ve been making mistakes forever and learning from them. Each one of them helped me learn and grow. They have provided learning opportunities that allowed me to pivot and figure out what I love even more."
Harshini Mukundan - #BioBSE's Interim Department Head for BioEngineering & BioMedical Sciences
Learn more: https://elements.lbl.gov/news/career-journeys-harshini-mukundan/
Attention Job Seekers: We have several open positions on #TeamBioSci at @berkeleylab
Filamentous Fungi Research Scientist in #BioEGSB - Position # 102409
Laboratory Ecosystem Research Scientist in #BioEGSB - Position # 102408
Postdoctoral Fellow (Health Sciences) in #BioBSE - Position # 101639
Biologist Postdoctoral Fellow in #BioMBIB - Position # 102365
Computational Postdoctoral Fellow (Optimization and Learning for Imaging) in #BioMBIB - Position # 101196
Check out this Q&A with #BioBSE's Héctor Garcia Martin, to learn how using #AI and #automation can make sustainable products available more quickly by greatly accelerating the research and development pipeline (bottom arrow in the illustration). The current approach is more time-consuming, highly iterative and labor-intensive (top arrow).
https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2024/05/30/making-sustainable-products-faster-with-ai-and-automation/
“I want to make everything from a single sugar."
- Jay Keasling, #BioBSE Senior Faculty Scientist, on engineering yeast to make the adjuvant QS-21, an important additive in vaccines that stimulates the immune system
Learn more:
https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2024/05/13/using-biology-to-make-vaccine-adjuvants-more-available/
Meet #BioBSE fermentation engineer, safety liaison, crafter, and triathlete Laura Fernandez. In her work at the ABPDU, Fernandez blends her creativity and engineering chops to hone fermentation recipes for startups, scaling up their experimental bioprocesses. #BehindTheBreakthroughs #STEMinist #WomenInStem @berkeleylab
Read Laura's story: https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2024/05/08/laura-fernandez-fermentation-maven/
Congratulations to #BioBSE's Abby Dernburg for being elected into the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in meiosis research.
@berkeleylab
https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2024/05/07/dernburg-elected-into-nas/
“We are working to understand how specific genes in plants relate to the quality of the biomass we get downstream, which we can then turn into biofuels and bioproducts.”
Blake Simmons, Division Director of #BioBSE, on how having a full sugarcane genome available can help researchers develop sustainable fuels and products
https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2024/03/29/cracking-sugarcanes-genetic-code/
