UCLA chemistry and biochemistry assistant professors Hosea Nelson and Jose Rodriguez (BS ’07, PhD ’12) have been selected as 2018 Pew Scholars. The honor provides funding to outstanding young researchers […]

The groundbreaking research, led by Professor Juli Feigon, was recently published in the prestigious journal Cell. The paper titled “Structure of Telomerase with Telomeric DNA” was published in the May […]

New Endowed Professors in General Chemistry, Albert Courey & Yung-Ya Lin, will work together to enhance the learning experience for life science undergrads.  Courey and Lin will bring together a […]

The first four women to receive PhDs from the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry were honored at the 2018 Departmental Awards Ceremony on April 9th. The Inaugural Alumni Legacy […]

BMSB PhD student Yuxi Liu and her mentor Professor Todd Yeates have reported an important new advance in the field of cryo-electron microscopy. From UCLA Newsroom (by Stuart Wolpert): ‘Scaffolding’ […]

Three graduate students, four undergraduate student researchers, and an alumna receive highly competitive 2018 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards.    In addition, five graduate students and one undergraduate student […]

Professors Miguel Garcia-Garibay and Ken Houk are part of a team to form a crystal out of molecules that each has a solid exterior but contains moving parts. Their findings […]

Please help us to support the Dafni Amirsakis Memorial Fellowship Award, which provides fellowship support to graduate students in the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.  We are sad to […]