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 […]

On May 27, 2025, 28 undergraduate students presented posters summarizing their research efforts at the second annual SMACS and UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Poster Session, hosted jointly by the […]

Professor Anastassia Alexandrova is co-leader of a research team that has developed a method for creating cement precursors from carbon dioxide.  Alexandrova holds the Charles W. Clifford Jr. Chair in […]

Biochemistry undergraduate student researchers Madison Bang (Su group), Precious Calderon (Vallim group), Helen Elmer (Gelbart group), Peter Fernandez (Koehler group), and Samantha Wu (Rodriguez group) receive the prestigious Science Dean’s […]

Biochemistry undergraduate researcher Tanya D’Souza (Conway group) has been named a recipient of the American Chemical Society’s Division of Organic Chemistry (DOC) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) for her research project, “A […]

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 […]

Professors David Eisenberg and Jose Rodriguez were recently featured in a UCLA Newsroom article about World Parkinson’s Day. Professor David Eisenberg is a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry at […]