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Latest News

May 23, 2013

A study published in the journal Nano Today by Professor Yi Tang and colleagues has been featured by the National Cancer Institute.

May 22, 2013

Professor Gerard Wong and colleagues discovered that highly resilient bacteria communities known as biofilms organize in a rich-get-richer pattern similar to many economies.

May 21, 2013

With 79 new graduate students, the Fall 2013 graduate student cohort is among the largest incoming classes in the history of the department.

May 20, 2013

A full-length feature article by Dr. Eric Scerri has just appeared in the June issue of Scientific American magazine.

May 17, 2013

A groundbreaking membrane material developed by Professor Richard Kaner and his colleagues has received an international award for innovation at one of the water industry’s largest global conferences. 

May 16, 2013

The Organization for Cultural Diversity in Chemistry (OCDC) is a graduate student-led group that creates a close-knit community among graduate students and faculty and promotes cultural diversity in the sciences. 

May 15, 2013

The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Molecular Biology Institute held the 2013 MBI Postdoctoral Awards Ceremony and Reception on May 8, 2013.  The event was hosted by Prof. Miguel Garcia-Garibay.

May 14, 2013

Professor Sabeeha Merchant was part of a team of 70 scientists from the U.S., China, Australia and Japan who have sequenced and annotated the genome of the "sacred lotus," believed to have a powerful genetic system that repairs genetic defects.

May 10, 2013

Professor Miguel Garcia-Garibay has been selected by the UCLA Academic Senate Committee on Diversity and Equal Opportunity as the faculty recipient of the 2013 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award.

May 9, 2013

Fresh off of his performance at the Nebraska Science Festival 2013, Biochemistry graduate student Jeffrey Vinokur was covered by Ariana Ricarte of the UCLA Daily Bruin.

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10:30am
Cram Conference Room - 3440 Molecular Sciences Bldg
4:00pm
Court of Sciences (In front of Young Hall)
12:00pm
Symposium: CNSI | Medal Award Dinner: Covel Commons
4:00pm
Location: To Be Announced
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