Ph.D. candidate AJ Addae wins $100,000 Black Ambition Grand Prize
7 months ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Graduate
- Student
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. […]
Hyuk-Joon Jung receives the 2025 UCLA Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research
8 months ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Student
Dr. Hyuk-Joon Jung (Diaconescu Group) received the Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research at the 2025 UCLA Postdoctoral Scholars & Mentors Awards Ceremony on November 12. Jung was one of eight […]
‘Science is for everybody’: Exploring Your Universe fair connects the community to UCLA
8 months ago
- Events
- Graduate
- Student
- Undergraduate
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
8 months ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Graduate
- Student
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
8 months ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Graduate
- Student
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 […]
Fall 2025 SMACS AXS Student Faculty Mixer
9 months ago
- Events
- Student
- Undergraduate
On October 24, 2025, UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry students and faculty gathered in the Mani L. Bhaumik Centennial Collaboratory in Young Hall for a student-faculty mixer. This year, UCLA’s Student […]
gBSA Trivia Night and Costume Contest 2025
9 months ago
- Events
- Graduate
- Student
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
10 months ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Graduate
- Student
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. […]