Professor Anne Andrews has received a prestigious award from the National Institutes of Health’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.  Andrews received the NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award, established in 2009, which […]

On the day before instruction officially began, the department held its third annual welcome reception for new undergraduate students.   The undergraduate office invited over 300 incoming first-year majors and over […]

Garg’s lecture, “How Organic Chemistry Became One of UCLA’s Most Popular Classes”, is open to the public, registration is required. Seating priority will be given to those who registered online.  […]

Quinlan’s interview was featured in the “People & Ideas” section of the October 2, 2017, issue of the journal.   In the article titled “Quinlan investigates how the cytoskeleton polarizes oocytes”, […]

Hong’s gift will create two endowed chairs to support scientific research with applications ranging from regenerative medicine to environmental sustainability. The Dr. Myung Ki Hong Endowed Chair in Polymer Science […]

UCLA researcher Steven J Jonas MD/PhD (Paul Weiss group) has been selected for a Hyundai Hope on Wheels Foundation Young Investigator Grant.   Jonas is also one of 18 recipients […]

The groups of Professors Yi Tang and Ken Houk and Japanese scientists have discovered a new mode of enzyme catalysis recently reported in the journal Nature. Tang and Houk, in […]

Professor Guillaume Chanfreau has been selected by the American Cancer Society for the 2017 Determination Award for his cancer research. The award is given annually to an American Cancer Society […]