The Loo research team developed a mass spectrometry workflow that can be used for drug development and structural biology research. Traditional methods of mass spectrometry reveal what proteins form a complex but usually cannot reveal how the protein complex is assembled or what parts of each protein interact. Obtaining this structural data via X-ray crystallography […]

A research photo submitted by Professor Justin Caram and postdoc Dr Tim Atallah was included in the journal’s Chemistry in Pictures section. C&EN’s Chemistry in Pictures “showcases the beauty of chemistry, chemical engineering, and related sciences”. Their photo was handpicked by C&EN editors to be included.    Caram joined the chemistry and bIochemistry faculty in […]

Professors Miguel Garcia-Garibay and Ken Houk are part of a team to form a crystal out of molecules that each has a solid exterior but contains moving parts. Their findings were reported in an article titled “Ultrafast rotation in an amphidynamic crystalline metal organic framework” which appeared in the November 13, 2017 issue of the […]

UCLA researchers have developed a novel method for creating graphene nanoribbons which can be used to make better electronics. In a study published in October, researchers led by chemistry professors Yves Rubin, Richard Kaner, and Ken Houk developed a two-step synthesis to make graphene nanoribbons (GNRs). Graphene nanoribbons have unique electrical properties that allow them […]

Professor Louis Bouchard and alumna Julia Mack are part of UCLA team to find a protein which helps ward off inflammation. In a study published in November, researchers led by Professors Luisa Iruela-Arispe of UCLA Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology and physical chemist Louis Bouchard of UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry and UCLA Bioengineering, discovered several […]

UCLA chemist and neuroscientist Professor Anne Andrews has been elected Fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP).   The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) is a professional organization of leading brain scientists. The principal functions of the College are research and education. Members are selected primarily on the basis of their original research contributions to the […]

UCLA researchers have developed a biochemical test for assessing concussions and other forms of brain injury. In a study published in August 2017, UCLA researchers led by Dr. Ina-Beate Wanner, an associate researcher in the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, and Dr. Joseph Loo, professor in the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,(pictured […]

As a featured speaker at the 2017 SACNAS Diversity in STEM Conference, Dean Miguel García-Garibay spoke about his work with molecular machinery.  García-Garibay gave the lecture to thousands of students, faculty, and researchers at the 2017 SACNAS: The National Diversity in STEM Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, October 19-21, 2017. He spoke about how, with careful orchestration […]