Happy New Year from #TeamBioSci!

We are so excited to start using the 2025 NanoArt calendar from our colleagues at the Molecular Foundry and we highly recommend that you download one too!

https://foundry.lbl.gov/2024/12/18/nano-new-year-download-the-foundrys-2025-nanoart-calendar/

We're so excited to see that three #TeamBioSci research efforts have made Berkeley Lab's year-end list of Big Science Stories!

https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/12/18/berkeley-labs-big-science-stories-of-2024/

Links to the individual stories:
It’s Hearty, It’s Meaty, It’s Mold
https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2024/03/14/is-mold-the-future-of-food/

Sweet Success: Researchers Crack Sugarcane’s Complex Genetic Code
https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2024/03/29/cracking-sugarcanes-genetic-code/

Scientists Discover First Nitrogen-Fixing Organelle:
https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2024/04/18/scientists-discover-nitrogen-fixing-organelle/

@berkeleylab

#TeamBioSci + OpsDir is just $4K away from our goal in the @berkeleylab Winter Food Bank Challenge! With just one week left, now is the time to check donating off of your to-do list. You can help by volunteering at a local food bank (and logging your hours in the service tracker) or by donating:

Alameda County Community Food Bank: https://donate.accfb.org/vfd/BerkLabBSA

Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano: https://give.foodbankccs.org/team/622085

Thank you!

#TeamBioSci researchers with #BioEGSB and @jgi leveraged metabolomics capabiliies at @berkeleylab to help collaborators at Wake Forsest better understand the role viruses that infect phytoplankton play in the marine food web.

https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2024/11/25/when-marine-algae-get-sick-how-viruses-shape-microbe-interactions/

Our newest building, #BioEpic, will be opening very soon! We so look forward to the #TeamScience opportunities that will happen in this shared space between #TeamBioSci and our colleagues from Berkeley Lab Earth and Environmental Sciences Area (EESA)

https://bioepic.lbl.gov/

The Berkeley Lab Winter Food Bank Challenge is currently underway! #TeamBioSci + OpsDir raised $52,623 last year - can we top that this year? You can help by volunteering at a local food bank (and logging your hours in the service tracker) or by donating:

Alameda County Community Food Bank: https://donate.accfb.org/vfd/BerkLabBSA

Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano: https://give.foodbankccs.org/team/622085

Did you know that #TeamBioSci organizations enable a lot of research for other organizations? The Joint Genome Institute's Community Science Program, DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase), and National Microbiome Data Collaborative recently enabled a paper led by Colorado State University about Cataloging the Microbiome of U.S. Rivers.

Learn More:

https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2024/11/25/cataloging-the-microbiome-of-u-s-rivers/

@jgi @berkeleylab

¡Mañana! 11/19/24 - 5:30PM

"Congelando el calor: cómo las nuevas tecnologías están derrotando el calor"

Este evento será completamente en español

Héctor Garcia Martin, PhD, #TeamBioSci científico, compartirá cómo su laboratorio utiliza tecnologías avanzadas para hacer que las nuevas soluciones sean más predecibles, confiables y efectivas. Su objetivo es aumentar el uso de recursos renovables y construir una economía más sostenible.

https://events.berkeley.edu/SciatCal/event/273016-science-at-cal-en-espaol-congelando-el-calor-cmo-las-

@berkeleylab

Each year, the Berkeley Lab Director’s Achievement Award program recognizes outstanding contributions by employees to all aspects of Lab activities. Several #TeamBioSci personnel are among the 2024 honorees.

@berkeleylab
Learn more: https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2024/10/21/biosciences-area-directors-award-recipients-2024/