A welcome party for first-year Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate students was held in the Court of Sciences patio on Friday, September 21, 2018. This year, we welcome 59 new graduate students; seven joining our Biochemistry, Molecular Biology (BMSB) graduate program, and 52 joining our chemistry graduate program. Students, faculty, and staff enjoyed pizza and beer at […]

More than 100 scientists from around the world attended the 10th International Mesostructured Materials Symposium (IMMS10) at UCLA September 10-13, 2018.  Professors Sarah Tolbert (UCLA), Galen Stucky and Brad Chmelka (UC Santa Barbara), and Sheng Dai (Oak Ridge National Laboratory | University of Tennessee, Knoxville), with assistance from UCLA divisional assistant Stephanie Hotz, organized the […]

Undergraduate student researcher Ila Castro (Spokoyny group) has been accepted into the prestigious UC LEADS program.  The University of California Leadership Excellence through Advanced DegreeS (UC LEADS) program is one of the most prestigious fellowships awarded by the University of California system. Each year this honor is awarded to up to nine UCLA upper-division undergraduate […]

Professor Heather Maynard helps launch the Los Angeles mayor’s office WiSTEM LA initiative, which provides opportunities for women in STEM fields. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti launched the WiSTEM mentorship and networking initiative to ensure that young women in Los Angeles are equitably included in local science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)-driven industries by connecting […]

The new website pays tribute to former long-time Chemistry & Biochemistry non-ladder faculty and staff who have been key contributors to the department. Click here to view the website. “Our staff plays an essential role at every level in the department’s programs of teaching and research” the website states. “While we recognize the achievements of all of the […]

In honor of his former postdoctoral mentor, SUNY Professor Richard Cross has established the Paul Boyer and Rich Cross Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Fund. Dr. Richard “Rich” Cross, a SUNY distinguished professor emeritus of biochemistry and molecular biology at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, was a postdoctoral fellow in the late Professor Paul Boyer‘s […]

Nelson was one of four speakers at the CCHF Virtual Symposium 11 hosted by the groups of Professors Ken Houk and Neil Garg. The virtual symposium, held on September 11, 2018, was sponsored by the Center for Selective C-H Functionalization (CHF), an NSF-funded Center for Chemical Innovation (CCI) to which the Houk group belong. Projected […]

Professor Anne Andrews and alumna Dr Nako Nakatsuka lead team to develop a novel system to track brain chemicals.  The team of researchers from UCLA and Columbia University developed a novel method for tracking the activity of small molecules in the brain, including the neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine. Pairing tiny artificial receptors with semiconductor devices that […]