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 generous donors we have reached our goal of $100,000 and the fund is now endowed. Join us in supporting the biochemistry seminar series! Contributions can be […]

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 of our department and he will always be remembered for his unwavering support of undergraduate research and bringing top scholars to our department,” said Professor […]

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 (ACS) weekly magazine Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), highlights young investigators who are “enterprising chemists (who) are solving some of science’s toughest problems.” As a […]

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 in organic chemistry. Houk was honored at the American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting and Symposium in Atlanta, Georgia on August 22, 2021, and he will deliver the […]

PhD student Samantha Mensah (Andrews/P Weiss labs) co-organizes #BlackInChem week to create dialogue and amplify the work of other Black researchers on Twitter. #BlackInChem was organized by six graduate students, postdocs and professionals from around the country. The movement includes a week of virtual events that facilitate networking, sharing stories, and exploring the challenges people […]

In a new video, Professors Hosea Nelson and Jose Rodriguez speak about their research and the importance of diversity and inclusion in the sciences. The two assistant professors in the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry are part of a UCLA team that developed a way to look at small molecules with electron microscopes which allows […]

Professor Steven Clarke was recently interviewed by science journalist Robyn Williams about his Alzheimer’s disease research. The Australian Broadcasting Corp’s Science Show is considered by many people to be the world’s best science broadcast program. Clarke’s eight-minute interview was a segment of Williams’ one-hour radio show titled “The seaweed revolution and keeping brains fit” which […]

Professor Jose Rodriguez was recently interviewed by science journalist Robyn Williams about his infectious rope-like prion proteins research. The Australian Broadcasting Corp’s popular “The Science Show” is considered by many people to be the world’s best science broadcast program. Rodriguez’s six-minute interview was a segment on Williams’ one-hour radio show titled “The seaweed revolution and […]