Each year we recognize our graduate students for their accomplishments in research and teaching, two of the primary missions of our university. The 2020 Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Awards have […]

Professors William Gelbart and Alexander Spokoyny receive 2020 Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Awards. As part of the UCLA Undergraduate Research Week held May 18 – 22, 2019, undergraduate student […]

36 Chemistry & Biochemistry undergraduate students presented their research at the UCLA Undergraduate Research Showcase, five were awarded the prestigious Science Dean’s Prize.  At the event, which is part of […]

Congratulations to our current and former students who have received prestigious 2020 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awards and Honorable Mentions. 2020 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships (GRFP) were awarded to […]

To honor Nobel Laureate and UCLA professor Paul Boyer we are establishing an endowment to permanently fund summer undergraduate research fellowships. The department has over 1,000 undergraduate biochemistry majors, and […]

A welcome party for first-year Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate students was held in the Court of Sciences patio on Friday, September 20, 2019. This year, we welcome 65 new graduate […]

Undergraduate summer researchers from SPUR ten-week programs presented their posters at the August 29, 2019 poster session at Ackerman Union. The poster session is the culminating experience for our ten-week […]

Undergraduate summer researchers from SPUR eight-week programs presented their posters at the August 15, 2019 poster session in the NRB lobby. The poster session is the culminating experience for our […]