PhD student Dayanni Bhagwandin (Rubin Group) is featured in UCLA’s Center for Diverse Leadership in Science (CDLS) video series highlighting diverse scientists.   The video, which can be viewed here, highlights the […]

Professor Anastassia Alexandrova discusses her passion for teaching in a short video made as part of the UCLA Academic Senate’s recognition. The 2019 Distinguished Teaching Awards were announced earlier this year and […]

Professor Jennifer Casey explains her approach to teaching in a short video recorded as part of the UCLA Academic Senate’s recognition. The 2019 Distinguished Teaching Awards were announced earlier this […]

Graduate student Katherine “KJ” Winchell (Tolbert group) discusses the importance of making chemistry accessible in a short video recorded as part the UCLA Academic Senate’s recognition. The 2019 Distinguished Teaching […]

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has selected Professor Jose Rodriquez as one of 22 recipients for the 2019 Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering.   In being selected as one […]

On the day before instruction officially began, the department held its fifth annual welcome reception for new undergraduate students.   The undergraduate office invited over 400 incoming first-year majors and over […]

To honor Nobel Laureate and UCLA professor Paul Boyer we are establishing an endowment to permanently fund summer undergraduate research fellowships. The department has over 1,000 undergraduate biochemistry majors, and […]

Professor Jorge Torres has been named the 2019 recipient of the ASCB Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity by the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB). Torres will receive $5,000, will […]