Professor Michael Jung has been selected to receive the 13th AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research. The prestigious award is presented to researchers for outstanding, novel, and significant chemistry research, which has led to important contributions to the fields of basic cancer research, translational cancer research, or the treatment of patients […]

Department Chair Professor Catherine Clarke has been awarded a $100,000 Barth Syndrome Foundation (BSF) research grant to study lipid replacement therapy. Clarke will receive the grant over a two-year period for her the project titled “Deuterated polyunsaturated fatty acids as a protective therapy in the treatment of Barth syndrome.” Barth syndrome (BTHS) is a rare […]

Professor Richard Kaner and researcher Maher El-Kady have created a self-extinguishing device that uses body movement to determine when workers are in danger. The team’s study titled “Fire-retardant, Self-extinguishing Triboelectric Nanogenerators” was published in a recent issue of the journal Nano Energy. Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate student Mit Muni was also a member of the research team which […]

Undergraduate student Michelle Nguyen is the winner of the 2017-2018 Chem14A/B Excellence in Chemistry Book Award. A junior Physiological Science major, Michelle was presented the award by Dr. Laurence Lavelle at the beginning of his Chem 14A class on March 13, 2019. The Chem 14A/B Excellence in Chemistry Book Award was created 2004 by Lavelle and he […]

We are sad to report that Geraldine Gregory, widow of alum George Gregory (BA ’42), and longtime supporter of the department, passed away on March 7, 2019. Geraldine was the widow of alumnus George Gregory (B.A. ’42) a major benefactor of the department. George’s connection to UCLA began in 1941 when, on the basis of […]

Biochemistry graduate student Xiaofei “Fay” Lin (Hoffmann group) wins Audience Choice Award at the 5th Annual Grad Slam Final Competition. Lin gave her prize-winning three-minute talk titled “Decrypting the Immune System Code” at the final competition on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at the California NanoSystems Institute auditorium. The graduate students who participated in the competition […]

On March 11, 2019, Professor Daan Frenkel (University of Cambridge) gave the 5th annual Carolyn & Charles Knobler Lecture. The well-attended lecture, titled “Counting the Uncountable:Entropy Beyond Boltzmann”, was followed by a question-and-answer period and then by a reception in the Young Hall Cafe Commons. Select photos from the event are below. The Carolyn and […]

Professor Paul Weiss has been named a 2019 Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS) in recognition of his ground-breaking nanoscience research. Weiss holds a UC Presidential Chair and is a distinguished professor of chemistry & biochemistry and materials science & engineering. He was selected for the honor in recognition of his “pioneering nanoscience advances, […]