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Dr. Nako Nakatsuka
2018 Student Processional Marshal
Jun 15, 2018
Alumna Nako Nakatsuka (PhD ’17) was chosen to serve as one of two student processional marshals for the Doctoral Hooding Ceremony.
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2018 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences
Jun 14, 2018
UCLA chemistry and biochemistry assistant professors Hosea Nelson and Jose Rodriguez (BS '07, PhD '12) have been selected as 2018 Pew Scholars.
Professor Ellen Sletten
2018-19 UCLA Hellman Fellow
Jun 14, 2018
Professor Ellen Sletten is one of thirteen UCLA junior faculty members selected to receive the prestigious UCLA Hellman Fellows award.
 
Professor Xiangfeng Duan
Duan group collaboration featured in Nature
Jun 14, 2018
The team, co-led by Professor Xiangfeng Duan, reported on their development of a new process for assembling seminconductor devices.
 
UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship
Congratulations to this year’s Dissertation Year Fellowship recipients
Jun 13, 2018
Fourteen chemistry & biochemistry graduate student researchers receive the 2018-2019 UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF).
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Upcoming 2018-19 Distinguished Lecture Series
Jun 13, 2018
Four dynamic speakers are scheduled for our 2018-19 Distinguished Lecture Series: George Whitesides, David Schuster, Joanna Aizenberg, & Zhenan Bao.
Professor Mostafa El-Sayed
2018 Daniel Kivelson Lecture
Jun 8, 2018
On June 4th, leading nanoscience researcher Professor Mostafa El-Sayed (Georgia Institute of Technology) gave the 2018 Daniel Kivelson Lecture. 
John "Jack" D. Roberts
2018 John D. Roberts Lecture in JDR’s 100th year!
Jun 7, 2018
On Thursday, October 18, 2018, Professors George Whitesides (Harvard) and David Schuster (NYU) will present the 2018 John D Roberts Lecture at UCLA.
Zeeshan Parvez
2018 Tillman Scholar
Jun 7, 2018
First-year graduate student and US Marine Corps veteran Zeeshan Parvez (Spokoyny group) has been named a Tillman Scholar for the class of 2018.
Professor Juli Feigon
Scientists produce clearest-ever images of inner workings of enzyme telomerase
Jun 7, 2018
The groundbreaking research, led by Professor Juli Feigon, was recently published in the prestigious journal Cell.
 
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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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