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 […]

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, […]

Professor Paula Diaconescu is playing a leading role in a new UCLA NSF-funded program to train graduate students on issues of sustainable food, energy and water. Thanks to a five-year, […]

UCLA chemistry lecturer and author Eric Scerri’s public lecture at the Royal Institution of Great Britain is featured in the British newspaper The Wharf. Scerri’s July 20th lecture at the […]

Professor Alexander Spokoyny has received a highly prestigious Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA or R35) award from the NIH/NIGMS. The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the […]

Professor and Vice Chair James Bowie has been selected as a 2018 Fellow by the Biophysical Society. Bowie is being honored for his “seminal contributions to our understanding of the folding […]

We are sad to report that Carol West, wife of UCLA biochemistry professor emeritus Charles West, passed away on July 21, 2017. Carol died peacefully at her home at the […]

Professor Patrick Harran discussed his research on the molecule DZ-2384 in a recent interview with science journalist Robyn Williams on the popular radio program. The Australian Broadcasting Corp’s “The Science […]