Welcome to the JGI student program!

Before your first day you will be receiving an email from Berkeley Lab Human Resources with login information for your Berkeley Lab Identity Account and other pertinent information.  

Your Berkeley Lab Identity allows you to log into institutional web-based services including Gmail, Business Systems and our institutional wiki. 

Other accounts that will be set up for you:

• NERSC/UNIX:  Login information will be sent via email

• JGI Single Sign-on (Caliban) Account:  Login information will be sent via email.  Password reset: https://signon.jgi.doe.gov/signon

• JIRA:  Login information will be sent via email.

Below are a few tasks for you to complete your first week.

Feel free to contact Marlyn Hui with any questions.

• Download Cisco VPN.

1. Open https://software.lbl.gov/

2. Click on “IT Supported Software” 

3. Download “Cisco VPN”    

4. More info on VPN here

• Download Zoom Video Conferencing ( Zoom Tips and Tricks)

• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Once you have activated your Berkeley Lab Identity, please enable your Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). You will need the MFA to access Berkeley Lab web-based enterprise applications such as Lab email, training, and other sites requiring Berkeley Lab login credentials. As a new user, for seven days you will be able to log into your Berkeley Lab Identity using just your name and password. During that seven day period you should follow the link that you will see on a log-in reminder (https://identity.lbl.gov/mfa) to set up an MFA token generator. MFA tokens are generated by using  the Google Authenticator App (which can be downloaded on a Smartphone) 

Please visit the IT page here to learn more about the MFA process or visit this link to learn additional info. For any questions about MFA, please contact the IT Help Desk via email at help@lbl.gov or call 510-486-4357.

• Ergonomic evaluation Information

Once you have completed training EHS59 in your training profile please email our ergonomist, (Beatriz Rett, rett@lbl.gov). The ergonomist will then schedule a meeting with you to go over the set up and provide suggestions. 

See example below:

 (Note: You will be responsible for returning any peripherals provided to you.)

• LETS Time Reporting System

If you have questions regarding the LETS time reporting system please reach out to Marlyn Hui.  Phone: (510) 206-2972.