In response to concerns from students, a new policy has been instituted to limit the cost of written course materials for chemistry and biochemistry classes. The newly formed Written Course Materials Committee, which contains representatives of all the department’s academic divisions, is charged with enforcing the new Written Course Materials Policy that was endorsed by […]

A new online purchase order system will be available to all Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty, postdocs, graduate students and staff on September 1, 2017.  The design and development of this system was a two-year collaborative effort between the department’s Information Technology group, faculty participants, the Business Office and the Chief Administrative Officer. Primary goals of […]

Professor Heather Maynard is one of ten organic chemists to be selected for the Arthur C Cope Scholar Award by the American Chemical Society (ACS).  Arthur C. Cope Scholars Award recipients will be honored in August 2018 at the fall ACS national meeting in Boston where Maynard will deliver an award address.   Maynard is […]

Undergraduate summer researchers from SPUR eight-week programs presented their posters at the August 17, 2017 event in the Young Hall Student Collaboratory. The visiting students were from various SPUR programs including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Scholars; CARE Science, Engineering and Mathematics (CARE SEM SPUR) Scholars; Santa Monica College (SMC) Summer Research Scholars; Translational Applications of Nanoscale […]

Graduate student Elaine Qian (Spokoyny lab) is one of nine women selected to receive the ACS Women Chemists Committee’s 2nd Annual Merck Research Award. The American Chemistry Society (ACS) Women Chemists Committee (WCC)’s Merck Research award, sponsored by Merck & Co., recognizes exceptional third- and fourth-year female graduate students. As part of the award, Qian will […]

Professor Steve Clarke has been awarded the 2018 William C Rose Award by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB). This award recognizes outstanding contributions to biochemical and molecular biological research and a demonstrated commitment to the training of younger scientists. Clarke joins two previous UCLA Rose Award winners – Nobel Laureate professor […]

Professor Michael Teitell (BS biochemistry ’85) has been named director of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. “Mike is a wonderful colleague and collaborator” said UCLA biochemistry professor Dr. Carla Koehler. She and Teitell have collaborated on many important research projects including, in 2010 the discovery of a protein that shuttles RNA into cell mitochondria, […]

On August 3, 2017, the department hosted a reception for all undergraduate and high school students who conduct research in faculty labs.  The student researchers gathered with their faculty mentors, graduate student and postdoc mentors, and other faculty and students at the reception in the Young Hall Student Center. Department Chair Professor Catherine Clarke thanked […]