Several chemistry and biochemistry undergraduate researchers presented posters at the event – three were awarded the prestigious Science Dean’s Prize. As part of the UCLA Research Poster Day, faculty judges award the Science Dean’s Prize to senior poster presenters for “excellence in presentation of their faculty-mentored research”. This year our undergraduate researchers Mai Abdusamad (Torres […]

The Organization for Cultural Diversity in Science (OCDS) hosted students from El Camino College, Los Angeles City College, and Pasadena City College. The Spring Science and Engineering Showcase event is a part of the ongoing program by OCDS to encourage and help community college students pursue a career in the sciences. The visiting students were greeted with […]

Professor Jose Rodriguez has been selected as a Beckman Young Investigator by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. He will use his Beckman funding to improve our understanding and application of advanced electron microscopy methods including electron diffraction for the purposes of revealing new and important macromolecular structures and informing of their function. Rodriguez joined […]

Professor Sabeeha Merchant and researcher Sean Gallaher are part of the team whose research could lead to advances in biofuels and medicine. Plant biologists and biochemists from UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco have produced a gold mine of data by sequencing the genome of a green alga called Chromochloris zofingiensis. A distinguished professor […]

The Saturday afternoon event on May 13th was organized by the  UCLA Graduate Biochemistry Student Association .  The students organized the event to promote camaraderie among all the UCLA Biochemistry, Molecular & Structural Biology (BMSB) students. Attendees were invited to “enjoy refreshments and unwind after a long week of experiments”. The group played frisbee and volleyball […]

Professor Alexander Spokoyny was presented with the 2017 UCLA Alpha Chi Sigma (AXΣ) Glenn Seaborg Award at the annual AXΣ Seaborg Banquet on May 6th.                     The event, held at FantaSea Yachts in Marina Del Rey, was attended by both members of Alpha Chi Sigma and […]

An interview with third-year biochemistry undergraduate student Rico Lomarda about his music was recently featured in the student-run daily newspaper. In addition to his studies, Lomarda finds time to write and perform his own songs. In January he released his first EP titled “Love or Something” which he recorded with the student-run record label Landing […]

Alumnus Sep Sarshar ’89 has been selected for the 2017 UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Alumni Award.  Dr. Sarshar will accept the award and present his commencement address at the UCLA Chemistry and Biochemistry graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 17, 2017 in the Court of Sciences. “In my sophomore year, a chance meeting with my undergraduate […]