Access to World Class Scientific Resources

Access to World-Class Scientific Resources

Molecular Foundrt
Berkeley Lab Faculty Staff Scientist Kristin Persson is director of the Molecular Foundry, one
of the world's premier nanoscience research institutions.

Science innovation takes significant risk, capital, and time. Cyclotron Road enables entrepreneurial scientists and engineers to translate their innovations into impact, leveraging Berkeley Lab’s world-class research facilities and tools. These include:

Molecular Foundry

The Molecular Foundry is a Department of Energy (DOE)-funded nanoscience research facility that provides users from around the world with access to cutting-edge expertise and instrumentation in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment.
foundry.lbl.gov

 

 

Advanced Light Source

The Advanced Light Source is a DOE Office of Science User Facility with a mission to advance science for the benefit of society by providing our world-class synchrotron light source capabilities and expertise to a broad scientific community.
als.lbl.gov

Joint Bioenergy Institute

The Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) is a DOE Bioenergy Research Center dedicated to developing advanced biofuels—liquid fuels derived from the solar energy stored in plant biomass that can replace gasoline, diesel and jet fuels.
www.jbei.org

Advanced Biofuels Process Demonstration Unit

The Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit was established by the DOE to help ramp up the bioeconomy. The goal is to enable early stage advanced biofuels, biomaterials, and biochemicals product and process technologies to successfully scale from the lab to commercial relevance.
abpdu.lbl.gov

JCAP (Joint Center Artificial Photosynthesis) - Kurt van Allsburg is checking an air-sensitive reaction mixture for crystals inside a controlled-atmosphere glove box while Erin Creel is transferring ferrocene into a vial in the glovebox. Chu Hall, Berkeley Lab -
Kurt van Allsburg checks an air-sensitive reaction mixture for crystals inside a controlled-atmosphere glove box while Erin Creel is transferring ferrocene into a vial in the glovebox at the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis.

Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis

The Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis was established in 2010 as a DOE Energy Innovation Hub that aims to find new and effective ways to produce fuels using only sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. It is the nation's largest research program dedicated to the advancement of solar-fuels generation science and technology.
solarfuelshub.org

Joint Genome Institute

The Joint Genome Institute is a DOE Office of Science User Facility with a mission to advance genomics in support of the DOE missions related to clean energy generation and environmental characterization and cleanup.
jgi.doe.gov

National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center

As one of the largest facilities in the world devoted to providing computational resources and expertise for basic scientific research, the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center is a world leader in accelerating scientific discovery through computation.
www.nersc.gov

FLEXLAB®

FLEXLAB is the most flexible, comprehensive and advanced building and grid technologies test facility in the world and is unleashing the full potential of improved energy performance.
flexlab.lbl.gov

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The Department of Energy's FLEXLAB® is the most flexible, comprehensive and advanced building and grid technologies test facility in the world, and is unleashing the full potential of improved energy performance.

FLEXLAB lets users test energy-efficient building systems individually or as an integrated system, under real-world conditions. FLEXLAB testbeds can monitor and assess heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, windows, building envelope, control systems and plug loads — in any combination.

Find out more at FLEXLAB.lbl.gov