Six Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty members are selected to receive CNSI Noble Family Innovation Fund grants for their nanoscience research projects. The Noble Family Innovation Fund, established with a $10 […]

Former undergraduate researcher Indya Weathers ’19 (Biochemistry, Chanfreau group) is featured on Undergraduate Research Center–Sciences’ Student Spotlight.    Weathers was recognized by the UCLA/URC-Sciences for her first author publication in […]

Professor Paul Weiss has been named a Distinguished Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras  for 2021-26. IIT Madras Distinguished Professorships are awarded to pre-eminent authorities in their […]

Olympic gold medalist and UCLA volleyball legend Karch Kiraly leads the USA Women’s Volleyball team to its first-ever Olympic gold medal. The U.S. Women made history on Sunday, August 8, […]

Polymer chemist Professor Heather Maynard has been elected a 2021 Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The American Chemical Society works to promote public policies that advance the chemistry […]

BMSB PhD student Nicole Lynn (Torres lab) writes ninth article for ASBMB Today magazine as part of their contributor program.   Lynn’s article titled “Starved to death: Can dietary methionine combat […]

Congratulations to Professor Ellen Sletten on her promotion to associate professor with tenure, effective July 1, 2021. Professor Ellen Sletten received her B.S. in Chemistry from Stonehill College in 2006 […]

The team demonstrates the synergy of MicroED and synthetic biology in natural product discovery, technologies that together will ultimately accelerate the speed of new drug discovery. In the paper, they […]