gBSA Trivia Night and Costume Contest
3 weeks ago
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The UCLA graduate Biochemistry Student Association (gBSA) held a Trivia Night and Costume Contest on October 27, 2023. The UCLA Graduate Biochemistry Student Association (gBSA) is a student-run organization whose goal is […]

2023-2024 Audree V. Fowler Fellows in Protein Science
3 weeks ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Graduate
- Student
Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology (BMSB) graduate students Alexandra Turmon (Backus lab) and Cindy Wang (S. Clarke and C. Clarke labs) have been selected as 2023-2024 Fowler Fellows. Each Fellow […]

Futures 100 Innovators Award
1 month ago
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- Graduate
- Student
Chemical biology graduate student AJ Addae (Paul S. Weiss group) wins second place in the 2023 Future 100 Innovators Awards. Each month in 2023 The Future Laboratory analysts chose 10 […]

Graduate student to speak at UN Economic Commissions for Africa Forum
2 months ago
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- Student
Chemical biology graduate student AJ Addae (Paul S. Weiss group) will be speaking at the United Nations Economic Commissions for Africa’s Forum of the Alliance of Entrepreneurial Universities in Africa, […]

GEM Conference Technical Presentation Prize
2 months ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Graduate
- Student
Yessica Nelson, a fourth-year inorganic chemistry graduate student from the Spokoyny group, received the first prize in the technical presentation competition for advanced Ph.D. students at the 47th Annual Board […]

2023 Collegiate Inventors Competition Finalist
2 months ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Graduate
- Student
Materials chemistry graduate student Amir Nasajpour (P. Weiss group) has been selected as one of the finalists to compete in the 2023 Collegiate Inventors Competition in Washington, D.C. next month. […]

Congratulations to this year’s Dissertation Year Fellowship recipients
4 months ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Graduate
- Student
14 chemistry & biochemistry graduate student researchers received the 2023-2024 UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF). Additionally, two students who work within chemistry and biochemistry labs from the BBSB […]

ACS Representative at COP28 climate meeting in Dubai
4 months ago
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- Graduate
- Student
First-year graduate student and Fulbright Scholar Erika López-Lara (P. Weiss group) has been selected by the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Environmental Chemistry to represent the ACS at the […]
