2018 Rheologica Acta Publication Award
8 years ago
A paper by Professor Thomas Mason and PhD student Ha Seong Kim has been selected for the 2018 Rheologica Acta Publication Award. This paper, entitled “Entropic, electrostatic, and interfacial regimes […]
The Houk group helps establish a new mechanism for biological oxidations involving cofactor FAD
8 years ago
Professor Ken Houk and Dr Jacob Sanders in his group have provided computational evidence to support a new mechanism of action for FAD. Flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) is a well-known […]
Mendeleev to Oganesson – A Multidisciplinary Perspective on the Periodic Table
8 years ago
UCLA chemistry lecturer and author Dr Eric Scerri is co-editor of a recently released new book on the periodic table. Published by Oxford University Press (OUP), the book titled “Mendeleev […]
Professor Steven Clarke honored by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
8 years ago
Clarke is featured in the society’s magazine in recognition of the 2018 William C Rose Award which he will receive at the upcoming ASBMB meeting in San Diego. The profile […]
2018 Distinguished Teaching Award
8 years ago
Graduate student Devon Widmer (Schwartz group) has been selected for the 2018 Distinguished Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants. Widmer is one of five awardees selected from a large field of […]
Discovery of a new case of a Winstein/Roberts non-classical cation
8 years ago
Houk team joins Nobelist Feringa and Wolf Prize Laureate Fujita to discover a Winstein/Roberts non-classical cation in an unexpected place. The latest issue of the Journal of the American Chemical […]
UCLA team to compete in Carbon XPRIZE finals
8 years ago
Professor Richard Kaner and PhD student Cheng-Wei Lin are part of the UCLA Carbon Upcycling team which has developed an eco-friendly substitute for concrete. The team of engineers, scientists and […]
Freshman Bruin Day 2018
8 years ago
Saturday, April 14th was the annual Freshman Bruin Day for 2018 for newly admitted undergraduate students. The Chemistry & Biochemistry booth had student volunteers from Alpha Chi Sigma {AXE} and Student […]