UCLA Professors Anne Andrews (Chemistry & Biochemistry) and Andrea Bertozzi (Mathematics) have developed a breakthrough method to identify DNA-based aptamers for detecting stress hormones. By combining machine learning with chemical […]

Professors Heather Maynard, Irene Chen, Abigail Doyle, José Rodriguez, and Yi Tang, along with members of their research groups, are part of a team that has successfully synthesized analogs of […]

Professor Paul S. Weiss, graduate student Jason Williams, and two Weiss group alumni are part of a research team that has developed an imaging-guided ultrasound 3D printing platform. This technology […]

Professor Sarah Tolbert is part of a UCLA research team developing innovative technology aimed at reducing energy consumption in buildings. Their work is featured in a new video from the […]

Professor Chong Liu is part of an interdisciplinary research team that has developed sensor technology utilizing nature’s biochemical processes to continuously monitor multiple metabolites in the body, providing real-time insights […]

2024 Nobel Laureate Professor David Baker (University of Washington), along with 20 of his coworkers, and Professor Ken Houk and his former UCLA graduate student, Dr. Cooper Jamieson (Ph.D. ’21, […]

UCLA organic chemistry laboratories led by Distinguished Professors Neil Garg and Ken Houk have reported a groundbreaking study in Nature.   The groups demonstrate that two highly strained reactants, a cyclic allene […]

Iminium-catalyzed cycloadditions are a hallmark of organocatalysis, a concept that David MacMillan famously coined as “LUMO-catalysis” when he and Benjamin List were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their […]