Thank you to all who helped make this year’s 6th Summer Physics Camp for Young Women a big success! The camp, which is led by Anna Llobet of Los Alamos National Laboratory, has been running since 2016 and was held this year from June 6-17, 2022. The Summer Physics Camp for Young Women offers a
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Rex P. Hjelm, a New Mexico Consortium scientist, recently was invited to speak at the National Science Foundation Workshop on Scientific Need of Combined Neutrons and X-rays. This workshop was held in San Jose, California, 1-4 June 2022. Hjelm spoke as a subject matter expert on compact neutron and x-ray sources. He gave a presentation and
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Specifica, a privately held antibody engineering company focused on innovative in vitro antibody libraries and discovery tools, has reached an agreement with the global healthcare company Sanofi. In this agreement, Specifica’s Generation 3 Antibody Discovery Platform will be transferred to Sanofi. This will enable the integration of Specifica’s Gen 3 platform into Sanofi’s antibody discovery programs.
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Coming up in July: Aurorasaurus Hosts Group Discussions Aurorasaurus regularly hosts deep-dive virtual Journal Clubs in which they examine classic aurora articles and translate scientific language. The goal of these discussions is to help make aurora science more accessible to citizen scientists. This year Aurorasaurus plans to host reading of two articles. The first will
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Dr Sandra Biedron, a Research Professor at the University of New Mexico and New Mexico Consortium (NMC) scientist, recently was highlighted in an article in The Innovation Platform titled, The power of research infrastructures – discovery and the human facet. This article discusses Dr. Biedron, her background and research interests, as well as particle accelerators,
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SciVista Partners with the NMC to bring Virtual Reality to NM Universities In 2021, SciVista began a partnership with the New Mexico Consortium (NMC) in order to bring Virtual Reality into the major New Mexico universities where students, professors, researchers, and faculty could capitalize on all the benefits that SummitVR™ and Virtual Reality can provide
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Winner of Supercomputing Challenge Environmental Modeling Award The New Mexico Consortium is proud to announce this year’s winner of the Supercomputing Challenge Environmental Modeling Award. This award was created 15 years ago by David Janecky, a Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist (now retired), Supercomputing Challenge mentor, finalist judge, instructor, and technical reader. LANL has been
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International Conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming The 28th International Conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming (DNA28) will be held on August 8-12, 2022 at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM. Research in DNA computing and molecular programming draws together mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry, biology, and nanotechnology to address the
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Growing Exponentially: Supercomputing Challenge April 26, 2022. Supercomputing Challenge students across the state have completed their computational projects on topics such as Alzheimer’s disease, datacasting, fire science, and environmental issues. This year the Supercomputing Challenge celebrated their 32nd annual Expo on April 25th and 26th which featured student final presentations, judging and an award ceremony held
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NMC Funds Oppenheimer Scholarship Awarded to High School Senior Deshawn Sanchez The New Mexico Consortium (NMC) is a proud supporter of the J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee (JROMC) scholarships. The JROMC is dedicated to preserving the legacy of Robert Oppenheimer, the first director of Los Alamos National Laboratory and one of the most influential scientists
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