New research uncovers how bad bacteria know where to cluster and cause infection

9 months ago

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  • Recent Research
  • Research

Professors Gerard Wong and Paul S. Weiss, together with Wong group postdoctoral researcher Dr. Calvin Lee and bioengineering Ph.D. student William Schmidt, are part of a research team that has […]

New research uncovers how bad bacteria know where to cluster and cause infection
October 30

UC report on equity and student success in STEM

9 months ago

  • Education
  • Faculty

Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty members recently contributed to a new University of California report, Expanding Opportunity: Chemistry, Math, and the Future of STEM at UC. Based on systemwide data, published […]

UC report on equity and student success in STEM
October 29

A step closer to a sustainable method of producing ethylene

9 months ago

  • Faculty
  • Research

In a recent Nature Catalysis paper, Professor Hannah Shafaat and collaborators at Ohio State University and at Berkeley and Brookhaven national labs report the first structural and spectroscopic characterization of […]

A step closer to a sustainable method of producing ethylene
October 29

Welcoming Professor Giulia Palermo

9 months ago

  • Faculty

The Department is delighted to welcome Professor Giulia Palermo, a world-renowned computational biophysicist recognized for her pioneering computational studies of genome editing systems. She will join the UCLA faculty as […]

Welcoming Professor Giulia Palermo
October 24

Paul S. Weiss to serve on editorial advisory board of RSC Applied Interfaces

9 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professor Paul S. Weiss has been appointed to the inaugural editorial advisory board of RSC Applied Interfaces, a new journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). In June 2025, […]

Paul S. Weiss to serve on editorial advisory board of RSC Applied Interfaces
October 16

Kalli Kappel appointed as the Linda and Fred Wudl Term Chair

9 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry has appointed Professor Kalli Kappel as the Linda and Fred Wudl Term Chair, effective retroactively to July 1, 2025. Established in 2005, the […]

Kalli Kappel appointed as the Linda and Fred Wudl Term Chair
October 16

Five graduate students receive UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) 2025 Fellowship Awards

9 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Graduate
  • Student

Ph.D. candidates Mai Abdusamad, Katarina Cohen, Teagan Dean, Jadyn Malone, and Jack Scully receive UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) 2025 Fellowship Awards to support their cancer research projects. […]

Five graduate students receive UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) 2025 Fellowship Awards
October 10

Justin Caram receives $1.3M Moore Foundation Award

9 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professor Justin Caram has been selected by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation as a member of the 2025 cohort of Experimental Physics Investigators. He joins 22 other mid-career researchers […]

Justin Caram receives $1.3M Moore Foundation Award
October 9