July 20 is the deadline to register for our Annual User Meeting in Berkeley (hybrid options available)! Join us to hear keynotes from Brandon Wood (Meta) & John Hartwig (UC Berkeley). Register: https://usermeeting2026.foundry.lbl.gov/ cc @berkeleylab.lbl.gov #nanoscience #MFAUM26 #Foundryat20

Our 2026 User Meeting (Aug 20–21) afternoon sessions: bio-inspired critical materials recovery, core-level spectroscopy (PICKLES), superconducting qubit materials & an AI agents workshop with hands-on DFT tutorial 🤖🧲 Register: usermeeting2026.foundry.lbl.gov #nanoscience #MFAUM26

Our 2026 User Meeting (Aug 20–21) morning sessions cover critical metals, soft matter, photonic quantum tech & an MBXAS workshop — hands-on X-ray spectroscopy simulation developed at the Foundry! 🔬⚛️ Register: usermeeting2026.foundry.lbl.gov #nanoscience #MFAUM26

We're excited to have Fuzhong Zhang from Wash U in St. Louis for our next seminar! Dr. Zhang will discuss how synthetic biology can be harnessed to create high-performance protein-based materials. Tues., Jun 23 at 11:00 AM PT. zoom link: https://bit.ly/4ummTPt

#FoundryFriday The World Cup kicks off this week — and nature's been making soccer balls for billions of years. Bacterial protein shells use the same geometry, and our users can now build them outside living cells in under an hour. ⚽🔬 #Foundryat20 #nanoscience #WorldCup2026 https://bit.ly/49YgmTI

Join us for a seminar with William Borders of NIST! His talk "CMOS-Integrated Novel Device Technologies for Next-Gen Computing" explores hardware that could power the next generation of AI, using novel devices like stochastic magnetic tunnel junctions. Tues., Jun 16 at 11:00 AM PT. Link in bio.

We're hosting Dr. Jie Xu @argonnenationallab/ @uchicago for a joint seminar with the Advanced Light Source on her self-driving laboratory, Polybot an AI-guided platform that autonomously designs, synthesizes, and characterizes advanced polymers.Tues., Jun 9 at 11:00 AM PT

Our 2026 User Meeting (Aug 20–21) afternoon sessions: bio-inspired critical materials recovery, core-level spectroscopy (PICKLES), superconducting qubit materials & an AI agents workshop with hands-on DFT tutorial 🤖🧲 Register: usermeeting2026.foundry.lbl.gov #nanoscience #MFAUM26

Our 2026 User Meeting (Aug 20–21) morning sessions cover critical metals, soft matter, photonic quantum tech & an MBXAS workshop — hands-on X-ray spectroscopy simulation developed at the Foundry! 🔬⚛️ Register: usermeeting2026.foundry.lbl.gov #nanoscience #MFAUM26

Can we fabricate at the atomic scale & make it practical? Find out at our next seminar with Tito Busani from UNM, whose lab pushes the boundaries of nanolithography using GaN nanowire probes to achieve sub-7 nm resolution patterning for photonics and quantum technologies. Tues., Jun 2 at 11:00 AM PT

Can we build the ultimate water electrolyzer? Find out at our next seminar with Shannon Boettcher from UC Berkeley, whose lab designs materials and devices for clean hydrogen production, CO₂ capture, and electrochemical energy conversion. Tues., May 26 at 11:00 AM PT #CO2capture In person or Zoom.

✨ #FoundryFriday — on the eve of the International Day of Light, explore 20 years of luminescent nanoparticle science at the Molecular Foundry. From single-protein imaging to avalanching nanoparticles. 🌟 #Foundryat20 #nanoscience 🔗 https://bit.ly/42q5Bp0

Can a 2D material power quantum technologies? Dr. Sanjay Behura (SDSU) joins us to explore spin defects in hexagonal boron nitride for quantum sensing & communication. Tues. May 19th 11 AM PT In person & Zoom. #nanoscience #BerkeleyLab https://bit.ly/4euhcut

⏰ Abstract deadline: May 15! Molecular Foundry users — submit your abstract for a contributed talk at our Annual User Meeting. Each symposium includes at least 2 contributed talks, and unselected abstracts are invited to the poster session: https://bit.ly/4nqRaut #nanoscience

Our 2026 User Meeting (Aug 20–21) afternoon sessions: bio-inspired critical materials recovery, core-level spectroscopy (PICKLES), superconducting qubit materials & an AI agents workshop with hands-on DFT tutorial 🤖🧲 Register: usermeeting2026.foundry.lbl.gov #nanoscience #MFAUM26

#FoundryFriday In 2012, Natron Energy founder Colin Wessells came to the Molecular Foundry with fundamental questions about his Prussian blue battery chemistry. Now his company has 250 employees and a gigawatt-scale factory. Check out the full Q&A with Colin: https://bit.ly/4d4xgkg #Foundryat20

What if your microscope couldn't zoom in far enough? Dr. Steffi Woo (ORNL) uses electrons instead of light to reveal hidden nanoscale behavior in 2D semiconductors. Join us Mon., May 11 at 1 PM PT, In person or Zoom https://bit.ly/4uos7dW#nanoscience #2Dmaterials #electronmicroscopy #BerkeleyLab

Our 2026 User Meeting (Aug 20–21) morning sessions cover critical metals, soft matter, photonic quantum tech & an MBXAS workshop — hands-on X-ray spectroscopy simulation developed at the Foundry! 🔬⚛️ Register: usermeeting2026.foundry.lbl.gov #nanoscience #MFAUM26

#FoundryFriday Meet Arian Gashi — machinist, problem-solver, and the backbone of our machine shop at the Molecular Foundry. From community college music to national lab nanoscience. 🔧 #Foundryat20 #nanoscience https://bit.ly/49jasvS

Registration is open for our 2026 Annual User Meeting! 📅 August 20–21, DoubleTree Berkeley Marina, Berkeley CA. Join our nanoscience community for two days of science & collaboration. usermeeting2026.foundry.lbl.gov #nanoscience @berkeleylab.lbl.gov

What controls reaction kinetics at the catalyst-electrolyte interface? Dr. Yu Huang (UCLA) joins us 4/28 to explore how surface structure, interfacial water, and cation presence shape electrocatalytic performance. Tues, April 28 | 11 AM PT | In person + Zoom. Link in bio! https://bit.ly/4e2s8zg

🌎 #FoundryFriday + Earth Day! We invented PDK — a plastic that recycles down to its original molecules indefinitely, reducing dependence on petrochemicals & enabling domestic supply chains. 🔗: https://bit.ly/4cuc9J1 #Foundryat20 #EarthDay #nanoscience @berkeleylab.lbl.gov

Happy #EarthDay! 🌍 Foundry alum Daniel Sun turned a nanoscience discovery — a MOF that captures gold from e-waste — into Sunchem, recovering 99.9%+ pure gold from circuit boards. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4vLByWf #Foundryat20 #EarthDay #nanoscience @berkeleylab.lbl.gov

Spring Seminar Series starts Tues, April 21! 🔬 Dr. Sreekanth Pannala (SABIC) on bridging atomic-scale science and real-world materials performance with physics-informed AI & autonomous experimentation. 11 am PT, Berkeley Lab + Zoom. All welcome! #nanoscience #BerkeleyLab https://bit.ly/3QkH0iE

Our Spring 2026 Seminar Series starts April 21! 🔬 Nine weeks of cutting-edge nanoscience talks — hybrid Tuesdays at 11am PT. Join us in person at Berkeley Lab or on Zoom. Full schedule: https://bit.ly/3QcGVHW

#FoundryFriday 🔬 Celebrating World Quantum Day with a glow-up story: A "defect" — tiny nanobubbles in an ultrathin semiconductor — turned out to be the most tunable single-photon source ever demonstrated. Full story: https://bit.ly/3Q84szH #Foundryat20 #WorldQuantumDay #Nanoscience

Congratulations to Yashwanth Balaji for winning the Scientific Discovery category of the #NationalLabSLAM! All of us at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov are super proud of you!! #NLSLAM26

We’re here watching the #NationalLabSLAm here at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov! The next category is Scientific Discovery and Yashwanth Balaji is about to speak! We’re rooting for you Yash! #NLSLAM26

We are getting set up with our watch party to support Yashwanth Balaji at the #NationalLabSLAM today! Go Yash! @berkeleylab.lbl.gov #NLSLAM26

Behind every breakthrough is a scientist learning, experimenting, and communicating discovery. The Molecular Foundry is excited to see our researcher Yashwanth Balaji share quantum materials research with new audiences at the #NationalLabSLAM today! @berkeleylab.lbl.gov #NLSLAM26