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 work developing probes that fluoresce and reveal details about chemical reaction occurring in cells. He probes the development and reactions of reactive oxygen species, a […]

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 Alexander and Renee Kolin to junior faculty to support career development of a molecular biologist with appointment in the College of Letter and Sciences or […]

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 to the understanding at the atomic level how and why certain proteins aggregate into amyloid fibrils. Since 1945 the Passano Foundation has presented an award […]

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 over the stereochemistry.  The collaboration between Professor Ken Houk’s group at UCLA and Professor Ryan Shenvi at Scripps groups was published in the February 10, […]

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: Gearing Interactions by Mechanic and Dipolar Forces”, he illustrated the development of smart materials and molecular machines as a result of considering the relation between […]

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 who received the Chancellor’s $5000 Award for Postdoctoral Research. As a postdoctoral scholar in Professor Xiangfeng Duan’s research lab since 2016, Lin has published more […]

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 U.S. and Canada whose creativity, leadership, and independent research achievements make them some of the most promising researchers working today. A true Bruin, Rodriguez received […]

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 an AFRL Scholar during the summers of 2018 and 2019. She received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from UCLA in June 2019. “I graduated on […]