The Graduate Biochemistry Student Association (gBSA) crowned its first champion of the department-wide trivia night on August 30, 2018. The Graduate Biochemistry Student Association (gBSA) hosted a trivia night to test the knowledge of Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty, postdocs, and graduate students. Teams consisted of members of biochemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, and inorganic chemistry […]

UCLA chemistry lecturer and author Eric Scerri discussed his research and philosophy on chemistry with science show host Dr Keith Pannell. Science Studio is a fascinating 30-minute look into the ever progressing world of science. For nearly fifteen years, the show has taken in-depth looks into all aspects of scientific researches and discoveries. Scerri was […]

Libby Teacher-Scholar Professor Zhao Li has been selected to receive a Women in Molecular Imaging Network (WIMIN) Scholar Award. Li will receive the award at the World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC) in Seattle, Washington, September 12-15, 2018. The WMIC is the annual meeting organized by the World Molecular Imaging Society (WMIS). Approximately 2000 participants will […]

Professors Michael Jung, Sri Kosuri, Jose Rodriguez, and Sarah Tolbert are featured in the Summer 2018 UCLA College Magazine article “What if?”. Excerpted from Summer 2018 UCLA College Magazine: Scientists in the Division of Physical Sciences are on a quest to solve the seemingly impossible, starting by asking, “What if…?” Their answers lead to breakthroughs that are […]

The baton for the leadership of the NIH-supported UCLA CMB training program was passed on from Professor Steven Clarke to Professor Jorge Torres on July 1, 2018. Professor Jorge Torres (Chemistry & Biochemistry) will be aided in his direction of the program by Professor Elissa Hallem (Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics) who has taken on […]

Professor Thomas Mason and alumnus Dr Po-Yuan Wang have created lithographically pre-assembled monolayers of mobile Brownian shape-designed colloidal tiles. Their Letter, entitled “A Brownian quasi-crystal of pre-assembled colloidal Penrose tiles”, was published online in the prestigious journal Nature on August 29, 2018.  Wang (Ph.D. ’18, Mason Group) is the first-author and Mason is the senior […]

Undergraduate researcher Danielle Cadena (Caram group) has been accepted to the Clare Boothe Luce Research Scholars Program.   “I am thrilled to be a part of the Clare Boothe Luce Undergraduate Research Fellowship, in which I’ll be able to continue my research with the Caram group, and develop my professional skills” Cadena said. “With this scholarship, […]