UCLA-led team develops key improvement to Nobel Prize-winning technology

1 day ago

  • Recent Research
  • Research

Professor Todd Yeates and postdoctoral researcher Dr. Roger Castells-Graells lead team of biochemists to devise a solution that makes it possible to hold small protein molecules in place while they’re […]

UCLA-led team develops key improvement to Nobel Prize-winning technology
September 27

The Department’s Teacher-Scholar Program is featured in UCLA’s Daily Bruin

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  • Faculty

An in-depth article about the department’s Teacher-Scholar program was recently featured in UCLA’s student-run paper, the Daily Bruin. From the Daily Bruin by Kai Nikchevich: UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry […]

The Department’s Teacher-Scholar Program is featured in UCLA’s Daily Bruin
September 27

GEM Conference Technical Presentation Prize

2 days ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Graduate
  • Student

Yessica Nelson, a fourth-year inorganic chemistry graduate student from the Spokoyny group, was awarded the first prize in the technical presentation competition for advanced Ph.D. students at the 47th Annual […]

GEM Conference Technical Presentation Prize
September 26

U.S. News & World Report Annual Rankings

6 days ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Rankings

UCLA has been named the nation’s top public university in the 2024 U.S. News & World Report “Best Colleges” rankings. The campus has now held the No. 1 spot for […]

U.S. News & World Report Annual Rankings
September 22

2023 Collegiate Inventors Competition Finalist

1 week ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Graduate
  • Student

Materials chemistry graduate student Amir Nasajpour (P. Weiss group) has been selected as one of the finalists to compete in the 2023 Collegiate Inventors Competition in Washington, D.C. next month. […]

2023 Collegiate Inventors Competition Finalist
September 21

Quantum tunnelling leads to human disease: genetic blindness in young adults

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  • Research

Professor Anastassia Alexandrova and former and current members of her group are part of a UCLA team of researchers using advanced computer tools to examine how molecules interact in the […]

Quantum tunnelling leads to human disease: genetic blindness in young adults
September 21

Showcasing Chemistry Nobel Prize Posters

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  • General

Framed Nobel Prize posters are now on display to honor the remarkable achievements of distinguished chemists and biochemists closely affiliated with UCLA and our department. The majority of these posters […]

Showcasing Chemistry Nobel Prize Posters
September 21

2020-2021 JACS Top Cited Publications

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  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Several UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty members have most cited publications in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) for 2020-2021. A highly cited JACS publication has garnered a […]

2020-2021 JACS Top Cited Publications
September 19