Welcoming our largest 1st year Ph.D. student cohort ever

10 years ago

History was made this year when we welcomed 94 new graduate students to the department!    It is the largest cohort the department has ever had with 11 biochemistry students […]

Welcoming our largest 1st year Ph.D. student cohort ever
September 30

Boyer/Cram/Libby Postdoctoral Teacher-Scholar News

10 years ago

We welcome three new Postdoctoral Teacher-Scholars and bid farewell to Sharon Neufeldt, now a faculty member at Montana State University.  Our Postdoctoral Teacher-Scholar program allows postdoctoral scholars to experience research […]

Boyer/Cram/Libby Postdoctoral Teacher-Scholar News
September 30

Faculty participate in cutting-edge science and technology imaging center

10 years ago

Professors Shimon Weiss and Jose Rodriguez are involved in the new NSF-funded Science and Technology Center (STC) on Real-Time Functional Imaging. The STC is a product of close collaboration with […]

Faculty participate in cutting-edge science and technology imaging center
September 29

Professor Alex Spokoyny helps predict the recipients of this year’s Nobel Prize on C&EN webcast

10 years ago

Spokoyny joined science writers to make give their best guesses as to who will claim the prize on October 5th. The assistant professor of inorganic chemistry joined science writer Carmen Drahl, […]

Professor Alex Spokoyny helps predict the recipients of this year’s Nobel Prize on C&EN webcast
September 29

Dr. Heather Tienson featured in Los Angeles Times article

10 years ago

In the article, UCLA biochemistry instructor Heather Tienson was interviewed about her use of Wikipedia in the classroom.   In her undergraduate biochemistry classes Tienson’s students expand on Wikipedia articles […]

Dr. Heather Tienson featured in Los Angeles Times article
September 23

Dr. TC Ong joins the UCLA Molecular Instrumentation Center (MIC)

10 years ago

We welcome MIC’s new NMR scientist Ta-Chung “TC” Ong to UCLA.                                 “We are so […]

Dr. TC Ong joins the UCLA Molecular Instrumentation Center (MIC)
September 23

A Breakthrough in Synthesis Explained Computationally by Houk’s Group

10 years ago

The research resulting from a collaboration with Scripps Research Institute was recently published in the journal Science. The Houk group with Jin Quan-Yu at the Scripps Research Institute published a […]

A Breakthrough in Synthesis Explained Computationally by Houk’s Group
September 20

Professor Hosea Nelson interviewed for C&EN’s Speaking of Chemistry video series

10 years ago

In the video titled “The quest to make any molecule, Total synthesis with Hosea Nelson”, Nelson talks about his work to help chemists build molecules.  In the interview with Chemical […]

Professor Hosea Nelson interviewed for C&EN’s Speaking of Chemistry video series
September 15