Organic chemist Professor Gonzalo Cosa (McGill University) gave the 2020 Foote Lecture on February 13, 2020. In his lecture titled “Visualising Chemistry at the Single Molecule Level”, Cosa discussed his […]

Professor Keriann Backus has been named to the Alexander and Renee Kolin Endowed Professorship of Molecular Biology and Biophysics Term Chair for five years.  This endowed chair is funded by […]

Professor David Eisenberg has been selected as the 2020 Passano Award Laureate in recognition of his groundbreaking protein research.  A biochemist and biophysicist, Eisenberg is being recognized for his seminal contributions […]

Two Southern California research teams joined efforts to reveal the mechanistic underpinnings of an unusually efficient carbon-carbon bond formation.  The reaction allowed drug-like molecules to be accessed with exquisite control […]

Physical Sciences Dean and professor of organic chemistry Miguel García-Garibay gave the Andrew Steitwieser lecture at UC Berkeley on February 11, 2020.    In García-Garibay’s lecture titled “Crystalline Molecular Machines: […]

Dr Zhaoyang Lin (Duan group) received the Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research at the 2020 UCLA Postdoctoral Scholars Award Ceremony on February 5.  Lin was one of eight postdoctoral scholars […]

Professor Jose Rodriguez is one of four UCLA assistant professors selected to receive the prestigious 2020 Sloan Research Fellowship.   Awarded annually since 1955, the Sloan Fellowships honor scholars in the […]

Alumna Ramya “Maya” Pathuri (’19, Spokoyny group) shares her experiences as an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Phillips Scholar in new video.  The video can be viewed here.  Pathuri was […]