In Nature Chemistry, UCLA researchers report their discovery of compound that could combat brain cell death in Alzheimer’s patients.   The paper, titled “Inhibiting amyloid-β cytotoxicity through its interaction with the cell surface receptor LilrB2 by structure-based design” was published in the October 8, 2018 online issue of the prestigious scientific journal.  Co-senior authors are Paul D. […]

On Thursday, October 18, 2018, Professors George Whitesides (Harvard) and David Schuster (NYU) presented the 2018 John D and Edith M Roberts Lecture at UCLA. The event, which was held at the UCLA California NanoSystems Institute auditorium, began with a lecture by George Whitesides, Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor, Harvard University, followed […]

Professor Paula Diaconescu discussed her research and career path with host Rockefeller University postdoctoral researcher Toshiki Nakashige on his podcast. Diaconescu recorded the nearly 55-minute Scientist podcast interview on September 26 at UCLA. She met Nakashige in 2015 when she visited the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to give a Harvard-MIT inorganic seminar.  They discussed […]

Graduate student Wei Chen (Zink group) has been awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Yin Chin Foundation of USA and STUF United Fund Inc. The award is given annually to six Taiwanese citizens who are graduate students in Southern California. A native of Nantou, Taiwan, Wei received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemistry from […]

Professor Neil Garg has been named the Kenneth N. Trueblood Endowed Chair in Chemistry and Biochemistry. Established in August 2017, the chair was funded by a gift from the estate of the late Ken and Jeanie Trueblood and with matching funds from the department and Dean’s Office. “Neil’s enthusiastic commitment to the highest quality in […]

Chemistry & Biochemistry postdoctoral fellows and faculty were honored at the 2018 UCLA Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Scholars Award Ceremony on September 25th. At the ceremony, which honors UCLA’s postdoctoral scholars and their mentors for their important contributions to the university’s interrelated missions of research, teaching, and service, Dr. Duyoung Min (Bowie group) and Dr. Calin Plesa […]

The team reported on the development of a scalable and low-cost solution-based approach to making high-performance flexible TFTs and electronic circuits. The study titled “Solution-processable 2D semiconductors for high-performance large-area electronics” was published online in the prestigious journal Nature on October 3, 2018.  The research team was led by Duan, UCLA professor of chemistry and […]

Professor Ellen Sletten receives prestigious $1.5 million New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.   The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, established in 2007, supports unusually innovative research from early career investigators. Sletten received the award for her proposal on new methods to image and treat diseases that have distinct metabolic […]