Professor Michael Jung was awarded the American Chemical Society Southern California Section’s highest honor, the Tolman Medal, on April 27, 2016. Select photos from the event can be viewed below […]

UCLA biochemistry undergraduate student Han Ngo is one of two women to receive PayScale’s Women in STEM Scholarship. Out of over 7,000 applicants the compensation software company has awarded two […]

Physician Richard Buller, Vice President of Oncology Clinical Development at Pfizer, selected for the 2016 UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Alumni Award. Dr. Buller will accept the award and present his […]

Professor Marcetta Darensbourg (Texas A&M University) was honored at the April 20, 2016 event. Prof. Darensbourg’s seminar, titled “Hydrogenase Inspired Bioorganiometallic Chemistry”, took place at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) […]

Faculty, staff & student volunteers met admitted undergraduate students & their parents at the Saturday, April 16th event. The Freshman Bruin Day 2016 was for admitted undergraduate students for the […]

Postdoctoral scholar Liban Saleh (Spokoyny group) won the award for his short (~ five minutes) research presentation at the symposium.         The University of California Symposium for […]

The research, which holds promise for the production of biofuels & new pharmaceuticals, was described in paper published in Nature Chemical Biology. The paper titled “A synthetic biochemistry module for production […]

OCDS and SMACS students engaged future scientists at the 2nd annual Warner Science Slam on April 18, 2016.   The Student Members of the American Chemical Society (SMACS) and the […]