Directions for INPA Journal Club Speakers

To LBNL by Car To LBNL by BART To LBNL from Berkeley by Shuttle
To INPA Conference Room Journal Club Contacts Guidelines for Talks

 

To LBNL by Car:

Route I-80 to LBNL

  • Leave the freeway at the University Avenue exit
  • Take University Ave. east to Oxford Street (over a mile).
  • Turn left on Oxford St.
  • Drive two blocks to Hearst Avenue and turn right.
  • Continue on Hearst along the edge of campus, across Gayley Road, and up the hill. Stop at the entrance to LBNL and give the guard your name. He/she will give you a parking pass.


Highway 24 to LBNL

  • Take the exit to 51st Street/ Martin Luther King, Jr.,Way. Stay in left lane which will take you on Martin Luther King, Jr., Way.
  • Continue on MLK Way over a mile.
  • Turn right on University Avenue. Drive east to Oxford Street (about 3 blocks).
  • Turn left on Oxford St.
  • Drive two blocks to Hearst Avenue and turn right.
  • Continue on Hearst along the edge of campus, across Gayley Road, and up the hill. Stop at the entrance to LBNL and give the guard your name. He/she will give you a parking pass.


To LBNL by BART:

BART to LBNL

  • Get off BART at the main Berkeley station
  • Take the escalator to the main entrance at Center Street and Shattuck Avenue.
  • Cross Center Street to the bus stop next to the Wells Fargo Bank building.
  • Stand near the sign with a picture of a bus and the words "Berkeley Lab." Lab shuttle buses stop there every 15 minutes. Board the bus with the BLUE ROUTE sign in front and on the side (see below).
  • Be prepared to show your Lab ID or a pass* authorizing your entrance to Berkeley Lab.


To LBNL from Berkeley by Shuttle Bus:

Lab Shuttle: LBNL Shuttle route and schedule

*The shuttle bus drivers require Laboratory ID from boarding passengers. If you do not have an LBNL picture ID, please contact Anytra Henderson or Tami Blackwell to get a bus pass or letter to give to the driver.

Note that there are two bus routes, the blue route brings riders from downtown Berkeley to Bldg. 50 and the orange route brings riders from Bldg. 50 to downtown Berkeley. See link above for bus stops and times.

Make sure to wave when you see the bus coming, or it may not stop.

Getting to the Conference Room from the Shuttle Bus:

Once you have taken the shuttle to its destination (Bldg. 65 bus stop), building 50 is right across the road from the stop. Just walk up the long flight of stairs and into the building and take the elevator at the end of the hall to the 5th floor. Turn right as you exit the elevator and walk to the end of the hall. Turn right again and walk to the end of that hall. The last room on the right is 50-5026, the INPA conference room.

Journal Club Contacts:

To find Gersende Prior, turn right just before the conference room and walk through the breezeway to room 5210.
To find Rollin Thomas, turn left just before the conference room and go to room 5014B (inside 5014).
To get to the INPA administrative office, turn left just before the conference room and go to room 5006. You will find Anytra Henderson (510-486-4384) in the outer office and Cathy Thompson (510-486-5074) in the inner office.
 

Guidelines for Talks:

Talks start at noon and last for 50 minutes; there are then 10 minutes for questions. The audience is usually about 30 astrophysicists, though a few students, (non-astro)physicists, and nonphysicists attend. You can assume that audience members have a basic knowledge of physics and astronomy (about half have training in particle or nuclear physics and about half have training in astrophysics or astronomy), but you should include a basic introduction to your subject and especially jargon specific to your field. Our members have wide-ranging interests. In addition to talks from just about every branch of physics and astronomy, we have had lectures on such diverse subjects as climate research, the brain, the sociology of science, and even the physics of movie animation.



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For more information please contact:

Cathy Thompson
Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1 Cyclotron Road, Bldg. 50R5008
Berkeley, CA 94720-8158

Phone: (510) 486-5074
FAX: (510) 486-6738
E-mail:cathompson@lbl.gov

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