The 2023 Oesper Award

1 month ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professor Miguel García-Garibay, Dean of the Division of Physical Sciences, is the recipient of the 2023 Oesper Award presented by the University of Cincinnati (UC) Department of Chemistry and the […]

The 2023 Oesper Award
November 2

Futures 100 Innovators Award

1 month ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Graduate
  • Student

Chemical biology graduate student AJ Addae (Paul S. Weiss group) wins second place in the 2023 Future 100 Innovators Awards. Each month in 2023 The Future Laboratory analysts chose 10 […]

Futures 100 Innovators Award
October 30

$250,000 grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

1 month ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty
  • Research

Professor Danielle Schmitt and collaborator Professor Tara TeSlaa (UCLA Molecular and Medical Pharmacology) have been awarded $250,000 from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to investigate why diets deficient in choline and […]

$250,000 grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
October 30

Advancing non-addictive cannabis-based pain relief for oral cancer patients

2 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Research

Professor Alexander Spokoyny and Dr. James Tilden are part of a UCLA Dentistry–led team to receive a $5 million NIH HEAL initiative federal grant to develop an effective, non-addictive synthetic […]

Advancing non-addictive cannabis-based pain relief for oral cancer patients
October 25

Remembering Dr. David C. Remy

2 months ago

  • Alumni & Friends

We are sad to report that alumnus and long-time supporter Dr. David C. Remy (B.S. ’51, M.S. ’52) passed away at the age of 94 on September 28, 2023. Dr. […]

Remembering Dr. David C. Remy
October 24

Faculty in the News

2 months ago

  • Faculty
  • Research

Adjunct professor of chemistry, longtime fire fighter, and UCLA alumnus Derek Urwin (B.S. ’03 Math, M.S. ’17, Ph.D. ’22 Chemistry, Alexandrova group) is featured in UC Newsroom article about UC-backed […]

Faculty in the News
October 24

$4.5 million DOE award establishes new Center for Strain Optimization for Renewable Energy (STORE) at UCLA

2 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professor Sarah Tolbert is the Center Director of the new Center for Strain Optimization for Renewable Energy (STORE) at UCLA, which aims to make sodium ion batteries a marketable commodity.  […]

$4.5 million DOE award establishes new Center for Strain Optimization for Renewable Energy (STORE) at UCLA
October 20

2023 John D. and Edith M. Roberts Lecture

2 months ago

  • Events
  • Faculty

UCLA’s newest innovative organic chemist Professor Soumitra Athavale presented the 2023 John D. and Edith M. Roberts Lecture at UCLA on October 10.   Prior to joining the UCLA faculty as […]

2023 John D. and Edith M. Roberts Lecture
October 13