Alumna Spotlight – Professor Amy Keating

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This week we shine a spotlight on alumna MIT biologist and president of The Protein Society, Professor Amy Keating (PhD ’98 Houk/García-Garibay groups).  A Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering […]

Alumna Spotlight – Professor Amy Keating
March 22

Graduate student voice in the news

5 years ago

BMSB PhD student Nicole Lynn (Torres lab) writes fourth article for ASBMB Today magazine as part of their contributor program.   Lynn’s article titled “I smell a winner: Linking plant olfactory stimuli to […]

Graduate student voice in the news
March 18

2021 Distinguished Teaching Award for Senate Faculty

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Professor Alexander Spokoyny has been selected for one of UCLA’s highest teaching honors, the 2021 Distinguished Teaching Award for Senate Faculty. Spokoyny is one of six campus-wide recipients chosen by […]

2021 Distinguished Teaching Award for Senate Faculty
March 16

A trio of UCLA groups harness solid-state photochemistry for natural product synthesis

5 years ago

The García-Garibay, Garg, and Houk research groups explored the synthesis of challenging structural motifs with  photochemical reactions in crystals. An experimental team led by Dr. Jordan Dotson, recent joint graduate […]

A trio of UCLA groups harness solid-state photochemistry for natural product synthesis
March 12

Chemistry & Biochemistry scholars receive awards at UC LEADS Symposium

5 years ago

Undergraduate researchers Luke Elissiry, Garrett Kukier and Andy Nguyen receive awards at the 2021 Koret UC LEADS Research and Leadership Symposium. The online symposium took place on Saturday, March 6, 2021. “These scholars […]

Chemistry & Biochemistry scholars receive awards at UC LEADS Symposium
March 11

Graduate student in the news

5 years ago

In honor of International Women’s Day 2021, BMSB graduate student Xiaofei ‘Fay’ Lin is profiled by the UCLA International Institute and UCLA Newsroom.  Lin is a 5th year Biochemistry, Molecular and […]

Graduate student in the news
March 10

Professor Heather Maynard is featured speaker at SCALACS International Women’s Day Celebration

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On Monday evening, March 8, Professor Heather Maynard will be featured speaker at Southern California Section of the American Chemical Society special event. A worldwide leader in the area of […]

Professor Heather Maynard is featured speaker at SCALACS International Women’s Day Celebration
March 3

Narratives of undergraduate research, mentorship, and teaching at UCLA

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In new article, Professor Alex Spokoyny and former and current members of his group write about undergraduate teaching and mentorship at UCLA. Specifically, the authors discuss how individual undergraduate researchers […]

Narratives of undergraduate research, mentorship, and teaching at UCLA
February 26