Organic chemists take-on more rule-breaking molecules
5 months ago
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In 2024, Professor Neil Garg’s lab, teaming up with Professor Ken Houk, violated Bredt’s rule, a 100-year-old rule stating that molecules cannot have a carbon-carbon double bond at the “bridgehead” position (the […]
Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty and alumni among the top 25 Bruinventors of the 21st century
5 months ago
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Inventions by six members of the UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry community are featured in the Fall 2025, UCLA Magazine article “The Top 25 Bruinventions of the 21st Century (So Far).” […]
Ph.D. candidate AJ Addae wins $100,000 Black Ambition Grand Prize
5 months ago
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Chemical biology Ph.D. candidate AJ Addae (P. Weiss/Caram groups), founder of SULA LABS, was named a $100,000 co–grand prize winner of musician and entrepreneur Pharrell Williams’ Black Ambition Prize Competition. […]
‘Science is for everybody’: Exploring Your Universe fair connects the community to UCLA
7 months ago
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On November 2, UCLA’s student-led Exploring Your Universe (EYU) took place on campus. Now in its 16th year, LA County’s largest science fair introduced K-12 students and the public to science […]
2025-2026 Audree V. Fowler Fellows in Protein Science
7 months ago
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Graduate students Nikki Cheung (Clubb Group), Jonathan Jih (Zhou Group), Eileen Olivares (Loo Group), and Lily Taylor (Rodriguez Group) have been selected as 2025–26 Fowler Fellows and shared their research […]
Caitlyn Fick’s 2025 Distinguished Teaching Award Video
7 months ago
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In a new short video recorded as part of the UCLA Academic Senate’s recognition, Ph.D. candidate Caitlyn Fick (Srivastava group) explains how small, caring practices—like anonymous surveys—can build trust and […]
gBSA Trivia Night and Costume Contest 2025
7 months ago
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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 […]
Five graduate students receive UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) 2025 Fellowship Awards
8 months ago
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Ph.D. candidates Mai Abdusamad, Katarina Cohen, Teagan Dean, Jadyn Malone, and Jack Scully receive UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) 2025 Fellowship Awards to support their cancer research projects. […]