Abstract: Small molecules offer a unique opportunity to target structural and regulatory elements in therapeutically relevant RNAs, but understanding functional selectivity has been a recurrent challenge in small molecule:RNA recognition. In particular, RNAs tend to be more dynamic and offer less chemical functionality than proteins, and biologically active ligands must compete with the highly abundant […]
“Atomically Precise Nanocrystal Surfaces and Interfaces for Electrocatalysis” Catalysis at surfaces and interfaces where there exists bi- or multi-component cooperation has been identified as crucial for many processes related to energy and environmental applications. In this talk, I will highlight such cooperative catalysis can be synthetically controlled at the surface and interface of atomically precise […]
Super-Resolution imaging of plasmonic Near-fields: Overcoming Emitter Mislocalizations
Lipid membranes are universal features of living systems, constituting inner and outer barriers of a biological construct and maintaining non-equilibrium states necessary for life. Evolution has produced a fascinating array of lipid structures that dictate the function of biological membranes, and organisms devote considerable energy to the synthesis and maintenance of such compositions. Our group has been studying some of the […]
Zhou Group "TBA”
Lisa Pangilinan “Effects of Solubility and Grain Size Refinement on the Hardness of Transition Metal Borides” Mit Muni “Graphene for Capacitive Energy Storage”
“Quantifying the Actin Cytoskeleton: A non-invasive image quantification tool to identify and track sub-cellular processes in real-time”
On Friday, June 4, the 2021 Organic Graduate Symposium featured research talks by eleven of this year’s UCLA chemistry graduate students. The Organic Graduate Symposium is an event that provides a forum for organic chemistry graduate students who are within one year of obtaining their Ph.D. to present their dissertation research at UCLA to their […]
Rodriguez Group "Probing amyloid structure and function through designed fibril cores”
The NSF Center for Integrated Catalysis is delighted to announce that it will be hosting a monthly webinar series. The next webinar of this series will be held on Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 at 1:00 PM. We are pleased to invite all students, postdocs, faculty, and staff.
“Ultrathin Wavy Nanowires as Highly Efficient Anode Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cell Application” Abstract: Direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs) are of tremendous interests for their higher volumetric energy density, safer storage, transport, and lower cost vs. hydrogen. However, the anode alcohol oxidation reactions are less kinetically favorable and require noble metal based electrocatalysts, which are costly […]
“Biophysical Characterization of Cancer-Derived Cells and Extracellular Vesicles” ABSTRACT: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are a class of lipid bilayer enclosed particles secreted by most mammalian cells, and are found ubiquitously in body fluids such as plasma and cerebrospinal fluid. EVs contain molecular signatures of their secreting host cells, and are involved in long-range intercellular communication and […]
