On Thursday, October 18, 2018, Professors George Whitesides (Harvard) and David Schuster (NYU) will present the 2018 John D Roberts Lecture at UCLA. The event, which will be held at […]

First-year graduate student and US Marine Corps veteran Zeeshan Parvez (Spokoyny group) has been named a Tillman Scholar for the class of 2018. Parvez is among an elite group of […]

The groundbreaking research, led by Professor Juli Feigon, was recently published in the prestigious journal Cell. The paper titled “Structure of Telomerase with Telomeric DNA” was published in the May […]

UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry organic chemists engaged future scientists at the 4th annual Warner Science Slam on May 20, 2018. Several hundred children and their families attended the outreach event […]

The UCLA Academic Senate’s Committee on Teaching has selected Professor Zhao Li for a 2018 Distinguished Teaching Award for Non-Senate Faculty. “Dr. Li is an exceptionally engaging and effective teacher […]

In July 2018 we will welcome two alumni as our new 2018-2021 Postdoctoral Teacher-Scholars and we will bid farewell to one of our 2016-2019 Postdoctoral Teacher-Scholars.  Paul D. Boyer Teacher-Scholar Dr. Agape […]

We are sad to report that UCLA Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry Paul Boyer, who won the 1997 Nobel Prize in chemistry, passed away on June 2, 2018 at age 99. In […]

Biochemistry senior Chloe Cheng is among three undergraduates recognized nationally by the Alpha Chi Sigma Scholar Award honorable mention. The award committee chose Cheng for the honor because her nomination […]