Professor James Bowie receives the 2020 Stein and Moore Award in recognition of his protein science research and service to the scientific community. The award is given annually by the Protein Society Society “to recognize eminent leaders in protein science who have made sustained high-impact research contributions to the field.” In announcing the award, which […]

PhD student David Boyer (Eisenberg group) is one of 20 young scientists chosen for inaugural class of the UC President’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Fellows. Boyer is a fifth-year Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology (BMSB) graduate student in Professor David Eisenberg’s group.   From the UC Office of the President Newsroom: UC announces first class of […]

Undergraduate student Rachana Jayaraman is the winner of the 2018-19 Chem14A/B Excellence in Chemistry Book Award. A Computational and Systems Biology major, Rachana was presented the award by Dr. Laurence Lavelle at the beginning of his Chem 14A class on March 4, 2020. The Chem 14A/B Excellence in Chemistry Book Award was created in 2004 […]

A two and a half-day conference in honor of Professor Kendall N. Houk will take place August 12-14, 2020, at UCLA’s CNSI Auditorium.   Houk’s former graduate students and postdoctoral scholars have organized the Houk Research Conference (HRC) to honor the career, tradition, and experience of computational chemistry research at UCLA with Professor Houk. The conference […]

Professor Xiangfeng Duan is the sole recipient of this year’s Mid-Career Researcher Award from the MRS, the largest materials society in the US.  The distinction is given midway in a researcher’s career for exceptional achievements in materials research and for notable leadership in the field. Duan will receive the award this April at the 2020 MRS […]

Chemistry & Biochemistry staff and student researchers were recognized at the 3rd Annual UCLA EH&S Safety Forward Awards Luncheon on February 13, 2020. 2019 Initiative Nominee (I.N.) for Safety Awards were presented to staff member  Dan Anderson  (Laboratory Manager/Research Scientist, David Eisenberg lab) and chemistry graduate student and co-president of the Joint Research Safety Initiative (JRSI) Maya […]

“What is a Chemical Element?” is a collection of essays by chemists, philosophers, historians, and educators edited by Eric Scerri and Elena Ghibaudi. Scerri’s 7th book published by Oxford Press contains philosophical and historical debates concerning how to understand and present the concept of elements and provides a scholarly and unique overview of the current […]

Professor Bogdan Dragnea (Provost Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Physics, Indiana University at Bloomington) gave the 6th annual Carolyn & Charles Knobler Lecture on February 24, 2020. The well-attended lecture, entitled “Viruses – A Physical Chemistry of Materials Perspective”, was followed by a question-and-answer period and then by a reception in the Young Hall Cafe […]