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Latest News

Professor Yi Tang
Tang group collaboration featured in Nature
Jul 13, 2018
Professor Yi Tang is co-leader of the UCLA team of engineers and scientists to discover a new and potentially highly effective type of weed killer.
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Biochemistry Summer Seminar Series begins July 20, 2018
Jul 13, 2018
Hosted by the Graduate Biochemistry Student Association (gBSA), series features alumni career talks & research talks by postdocs & PhD students.
Ken Houk with attendees
CCHF C-H Functionalization Virtual Symposium 10
Jul 11, 2018
The Houk group hosted the CCHF Virtual Symposium 10 sponsored by the Center for Selective C-H Functionalization (CHF) on July 10, 2018.
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NIH/NIGMS Maximizing Investigators' Research Award
Jul 9, 2018
Professors Hosea Nelson & Jose Rodriguez have been awarded a highly prestigious Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) R35 Grant from the NIH/NIGMS
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UCLA Hosts ICTAC Conference
Jul 9, 2018
More than 80 scientists from around the world attended the International Congress on Theoretical Aspects of Catalysis (ICTAC) at UCLA June 24-28, 2018. 
Professor Sarah Tolbert
UCLA-led center receives $9.75 million to improve rechargeable batteries
Jul 6, 2018
Professor Sarah Tolbert will serve as Director of the SCALAR center which will seek to increase battery capacity, stability and safety.
Dr. Harlan Amstutz
Graduation 2018
Jul 6, 2018

Photos from the 2018 Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Commencement Ceremony and a video of Dr Harlan Amstutz's commencement address are now available.

Professor Kendall Houk
Two international chemistry conferences honor Professor Ken Houk
Jul 3, 2018
In May and June 2018, symposia in Shenzhen, China, and Vancouver, Canada, honored Ken Houk, the UCLA Saul Winstein Research Professor in Organic Chemistry. 
Professor Jorge Torres
ASBMB Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award
Jun 29, 2018

Professor Jorge Torres has won the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award.

Professor Neil Garg
ASBMB Award for Exemplary Contributions to Education
Jun 29, 2018

Professor Neil Garg has won the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Award for Exemplary Contributions to Education.

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Events

Oct 18
The 2018 John D. Roberts Lecture
4:00pm
California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)
George Whitesides
Harvard University
Nov 10
2018 Seaborg Symposium & Medal Award Dinner
12:00pm
Symposium: California NanoSystems Inst./Medal Award Dinner: Luskin Center
Professor Robert Glaeser (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) & Nobel Laureate Professor Richard Henderson (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)
Jan 23
WINTER 2019 DISTINGUISHED LECTURE - Professor Joanna Aizenberg
4:00pm
California NanoSystems Institute Auditorium
Professor Joanna Aizenberg
Harvard University
Apr 17
SPRING 2019 DISTINGUISHED LECTURE - Professor Zhenan Bao
4:00pm
California NanoSystems Institute Auditorium
Professor Zhenan Bao
K.K. Lee Professor of Chemical Engineering
Nov 23
2019 Seaborg Symposium and Medal Award Dinner
12:30pm
Symposium: California NanoSystems Inst./Medal Award Dinner: TBA
Professor Paul Alivisatos
University of California, Berkeley
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