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Berkeley Lab @berkeleylab.lbl.gov · Apr 8

Behind every scientific breakthrough is a network—and services—that keep data moving. That’s @esnet.bsky.social.

🎧 Hear ESnet’s @indermonga.bsky.social on how we connect researchers and labs across the nation.

Full interview ⬇️🧪
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Joint Genome Institute @jgi.doe.gov · Aug 14

Improvements to DAP-seq technology enable it to handle larger genomes and could expand opportunities for bioenergy and bioengineering applications—via multiplexed assays and data integration with single-cell gene expression maps.

Full story: jgi.doe.gov/user-science...

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DAP-seq Drives Robust Mapping of Gene Regulation | Joint Genome Institute

Multi-species assays yield an unprecedented view of plant evolution and adaptation.

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Energy Sciences Network @esnet.bsky.social · Jul 29

📣 #iperf users, update to iperf-3.19.1 now, for several fixes to security bugs (h/t Han Lee/Apple), incl a buffer overflow in the zerocopy --skip-rx-copy option, an off-by-one heap overflow in authentication, and more. See @github.com: github.com/esnet/iperf/... lnkd.in/gPJTa5ZJ

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Energy Sciences Network @esnet.bsky.social · Jul 24

Back in April, we hosted #Confab25, bringing together more than 180 scientists, networking & software engineers, and DOE leaders for "innovaction" — or putting innovation into action. Here's why you should join our mailing list for Confab26 in April 2026! www.es.net/news-and-pub...

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Berkeley Lab @berkeleylab.lbl.gov · May 15

Designing the future, atom by atom! @nersc.bsky.social's computer simulations are driving next-gen batteries, solar cells, materials science and #quantum research. Check out "Five Ways Berkeley Lab's NERSC is Revolutionizing Scientific Research" ⬇️

Five Ways Berkeley Lab's NERSC is Revolutionizing Scientific Research

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Energy Sciences Network @esnet.bsky.social · May 19

Researchers at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov (incl @esnet.bsky.social) and ORNL have developed an accelerated data pipeline called DELERIA that can stream large amounts of data at very high speeds to an #HPC facility and back for analysis in near real time:
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Building a Data Pipeline to Accelerate Discovery

Instead of running an experiment, collecting and storing data, and then carrying out complex data analysis -- a new project promises to yield results in real time.

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Energy Sciences Network @esnet.bsky.social · May 15

Enabled by ESnet and @globusorg.bsky.social: @d3dfusion.bsky.social leveraging DOE's Integrated Reseach Infrastructure (#IRI) for speed and efficiency!
www.globus.org/blog/enablin...

General Atomics: Higher Fidelity Plasma State Reconstructions and Particle Tracking Across Facilities for DIII-D

The DIII-D team have implemented two workflows which use Globus to perform higher fidelity reconstructions and enable near-real time particle tracking within the DIII-D research program.

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Energy Sciences Network @esnet.bsky.social · May 1

🎬 @berkeleylab.lbl.gov is leveraging #AI, automation, and real-time data analysis to fast-track scientific breakthroughs. 📽️ Check out how we're transforming the pace of discovery across multiple fields (👀 ESnet cameo at 1:58.)
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Accelerating Discovery with AI and Automation at Berkeley Lab

At Berkeley Lab, we’re accelerating the pace of science. Our teams and facilities are powering a new era of discovery, combining artificial intelligence, automation,…

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Berkeley Lab @berkeleylab.lbl.gov · Apr 30

We predict quantum breakthroughs ahead!

Lab senior scientist @wadejong.bsky.social explains how #quantum tech is reshaping science—from better batteries to decoding molecular dynamics. We’re building the future, one qubit at a time.

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Science Power-Up: Rewriting the Rules with Quantum

At Berkeley Lab, scientists are rewriting the rules of computing, chemistry, materials science, and more through the promise of quantum information science. Bert…

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Energy Sciences Network @esnet.bsky.social · Apr 23

We're proud to be part of @berkeleylab.lbl.gov's #quantum efforts, by supporting QUANT-NET's #quantumnetworking research. ⚛️👇:

Berkeley Lab @berkeleylab.lbl.gov · Apr 23

Our Lab is shaping the #quantum future—across qubits, sensors, and networks. Explore 7 ways our research is moving quantum from theory to real-world tech.

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Seven Ways Berkeley Lab is Pioneering the Quantum Future

Groundbreaking research spans the quantum ecosystem, from qubits to sensors to quantum computing networks

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Energy Sciences Network @esnet.bsky.social · Apr 11

"When the network works, it is invisible. But at ESnet we are not just a network, we are a partner to all the scientific enterprises": Check out this great interview with our Executive Director @indermonga.bsky.social!

Berkeley Lab @berkeleylab.lbl.gov · Apr 8

Behind every scientific breakthrough is a network—and services—that keep data moving. That’s @esnet.bsky.social.

🎧 Hear ESnet’s @indermonga.bsky.social on how we connect researchers and labs across the nation.

Full interview ⬇️🧪
newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/04/07/e...

Energy Sciences Network @esnet.bsky.social · Apr 1

"Every night, the images taken by #DESI are automatically transferred to supercomputers at @nersc.bsky.social via ESnet. The facility analyzes the data and sends them back to the researchers — a process they’re proud to advertise as 'redshifts before breakfast.'" newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/03/19/d...

DESI Opens Access to the Largest 3D Map of the Universe Yet

A new data release from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is now available for researchers to explore.

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Energy Sciences Network @esnet.bsky.social · Mar 28

ICYMI -- you can still sign up for the EJFAT user meeting April 10 at Confab25! confab25.es.net/program/brea...

Berkeley Lab @berkeleylab.lbl.gov · Mar 25

Engineers from our Lab's @esnet.bsky.social and Jefferson Lab streamed raw #physics data from coast to coast into the Perlmutter #Supercomputer in real time, at 100 Gbps, with no need for buffering or temporal storage.

Details: newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/10/23/s...

Science in Motion: ESnet and Jefferson Lab Achieve Coast-to-Coast Feed of Real-Time Data

YouTube video by Berkeley Lab

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Berkeley Lab @berkeleylab.lbl.gov · Mar 20

🔭 #DarkEnergy may be even stranger than we thought. As one researcher put it to @space.com, “What a time to be alive and to be a cosmologist!” @desisurvey.bsky.social 🧪

Dark energy is even stranger than we thought, new 3D map of the universe suggests. 'What a time to be alive!' (video)

"The universe never ceases to amaze and surprise us."

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Energy Sciences Network @esnet.bsky.social · Mar 7

@berkeleylab.lbl.gov TY!

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Energy Sciences Network @esnet.bsky.social · Mar 7

#Confab25, @esnet.bsky.social's largest user meeting, will gather domain scientists, network engineers, DOE & NatLab VIPs, ESnet + user-facility staff to co-design the future of integrated science. Register now to strategize & network w/ this cross-cutting group: confab25.es.net/register

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Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab @biosci.lbl.gov · Mar 6

Congratulations to Yumary Vasquez on her amazing talk at yesterday's #NationalLabSLAM! We are so proud to have you on #TeamBioSci!

If you missed it, you can catch all the exciting presentations here: nlresearchslam.org

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Just Another Weather Nerd @cyclogenesis.bsky.social · Feb 18

I want to thank @esnet.bsky.social again for the loaner twin Starlink system we used in Tasmania. This ended up being essential as we either had no internet or 0.1mb/s internet. @mgroverwx.bsky.social and I were much appreciative!

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Energy Sciences Network @esnet.bsky.social · Feb 19

Last week ESnet's Orchestration & Core Data team joined EU network automation colleagues from SURF & GÉANT at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov for a code sprint on the Workflow Orchestrator collaboration — hopefully first of many! They closed 22 feature enhancement/bugs est. at 45 points. 👏 💪

Energy Sciences Network @esnet.bsky.social · Feb 13

👏Congrats to ESnet Acting Group Lead Dylan Jacob, who at #SC26 will serve as first African American Chair of #SCinet! Read about how Dylan & others are making history for #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM! sc25.supercomputing.org/2025/02/sc25...

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Energy Sciences Network @esnet.bsky.social · Feb 6

Thank you @networkworld.bsky.social / mariakorolov.bsky.social for incl @indermonga.bsky.social, who leads both Quantum Application Network Testbed for Novel Entanglement Technology (QUANT-NET) & ESnet, in your terrific story! cc @ciscocommunity.bsky.social

Berkeley Lab @berkeleylab.lbl.gov · Feb 5

"The growth in quantum networking resembles the Internet's early days." - @indermonga.bsky.social, head of DOE/Berkeley Lab QUANT-NET

Read @networkworld.bsky.social's look at US/EU progress toward solving the field's technical challenges ⬇️

www.networkworld.com/article/3816...

Quantum networking advances on Earth and in space

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Energy Sciences Network @esnet.bsky.social · Feb 5

Learn how ESnet & Jefferson Lab are real-time streaming raw data from major scientific instruments into HPC facilities across the country using the EJFAT prototype: 11am PT Friday 2/7. Zoom link: www.es.net/science-enga...

CI Engineering Lunch & Learn Series

Overview Designing, building, and maintaining advanced cyberinfrastructure to support scientific use cases can be challenging.

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Berkeley Lab Computing Sciences @cs.lbl.gov · Feb 3

Congrats Damian Rouson! Last month, @berkeleylab.lbl.gov’s Intellectual Property Office honored him as 2024 Developer of the Year for leading the development of new software tools for testing and correctness checking and a library that supports Fortran/C/C++ language interoperability bit.ly/IPO_dr

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Three men are standing side by side, smiling for a photo in front of a colorful, science-themed mural. The man on the left is wearing a plaid blazer and glasses, the man in the center is in a brown blazer and casual trousers, and the man on the right is in a blue plaid blazer and khaki pants. The setting appears to be a professional or academic event.

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Energy Sciences Network @esnet.bsky.social · Feb 4

Attn all #quantuminformationscience and #quantum technology researchers: The submission deadline for @optica.bsky.social's Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition has been extended to Feb. 11!
www.optica.org/events/topic...

Optica Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition | Optica

Optica is the leading society in optics and photonics. Quality information and inspiring interactions through publications, meetings, and membership.

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Energy Sciences Network @esnet.bsky.social · Jan 29

Begone, field science that depends on sneaker net! OK, maybe not yet. But if the @esnet.bsky.social and @eesaberkeleylab.bsky.social Greenfield Wireless team have their way, the self-driving field lab may not be that far from becoming reality. #teamscience

Can You Read Me Now? New Private Cellular Tower Prototype Helps Field Researchers Connect Remote Sensors

The ESnet/EESA Greenfield Wireless team has successfully field-tested an affordable, flexible private cellular system that can dramatically simplify data collection and transfer for sensors in remote ...

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