Each year we recognize our undergraduate students with departmental awards for their accomplishments in academics and in research. The 2020 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Departmental Awards have been announced. Congratulations […]

Professor Anastassia Alexandrova’s 2017 Viewpoint article is selected for ACS Catalysis Virtual Issue: “Blurring the Lines Between Catalysis Subdisciplines”.  The ACS Catalysis special Virtual Issue features selected examples of papers […]

A new American Chemical Society (ACS) national award honors boron research pioneer UCLA Professor Emeritus M Frederick Hawthorne.  The inaugural M. Frederick Hawthorne Award in Main Group Inorganic Chemistry has […]

BMSB PhD student Nicole Lynn (Torres lab) writes second article for ASBMB Today magazine as part of their contributor program.   Lynn’s article titled “Decoding a protein’s role in connective tissue […]

Honoring Professor Emeritus Richard Dickerson, a giant in structural biology, a new fund is being established to provide resources for an enriched biochemistry seminar series at UCLA.   Update! Thanks to all our […]

We are sad to report that long-time supporter and alumnus Raymond Wilson ’43 passed away at the age of 98 on August 2, 2020. “Ray Wilson was a great supporter […]

Former Houk group undergraduate researcher Professor Osvaldo Gutierrez, University of Maryland, named one of Chemical and Engineering News’ Talented 12. The Talented Twelve list, created by the American Chemical Society’s […]

Professor Kendall Houk receives the 2021 Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry, one of the most important awards given by the ACS.  The biannual award recognizes outstanding contributions to research […]