Professor Elizabeth Villa (University of California, San Diego), known for her pioneering research in cryogenic electron tomography (cryoET), visited UCLA on October 20 to give the Fall 2025 Chemistry & […]

The UCLA Graduate Biochemistry Student Association (gBSA) hosted its annual Trivia Night and Costume Contest on October 24, 2025, bringing together graduate students from across the biosciences for an evening […]

Over 200 faculty, students, researchers, and staff attended the department’s second Ice Cream Social on Friday, September 12, 2025, in the Court of Sciences outside Young Hall. The Paradise Fine […]

A celebration was recently held at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) in honor of Professor Heather Maynard, Dr. Myung Ki Hong Endowed Chair in Polymer Science, and associate director of […]

On June 14, the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry hosted this year’s commencement ceremony to celebrate the graduating class of 2025. At the ceremony, 37 of our students received […]

The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is pleased to announce that Distinguished Professor Richard Kaner (UCLA) has been chosen as the 2026 Seaborg Medalist. The Seaborg Medal, established in 1987, […]

Alumnus Dr. Thomas Scott Griffin was finally hooded at the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry commencement ceremony on June 14, 2025—more than five decades after earning his Ph.D. in […]

This year’s annual Organic Graduate Symposium, held in the Yoo Conference Hall and Collaboratory on June 13, 2025, featured brilliant talks by 11 chemistry graduate students. The annual Organic Graduate […]