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Two researchers wearing lab coats and safety glasses look at experimental equipment bathed in green light. Scientist in protective gear adjusts scientific instrumentation. Three researchers in lab coats and hairnets working on a complex machine with wires and equipment, wearing protective orange-tinted glasses. A person adjusts a setting at a console with multiple panels of knobs, switches, and screens. Two researchers examine a cylindrical component mounted in a testing rig on a workbench in a lab filled with equipment and tools. Cameron Geddes speaking behind podium Three researchers align precision optics to prepare the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA) Petawatt laser for laser-plasma accelerator experiments. The Advanced Light Source dome as seen from an aerial drone at sunset looking towards the San Francisco Bay and Golden Gate Bridge. Bruno La Fontaine, Director of the Center for X-ray Optics (CXRO), speaks on how the CXRO supports the microchip industry. A researcher posed next to a scientific beamline. A man in a blue shirt stands smiling next to a metallic instrument with many separate components connected by tubes and wires. Dimitri Argyriou posed in front of the Advanced Light Source