2016 Alumni Award

10 years ago

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 […]

2016 Alumni Award
April 25

The 2016 M. Frederick Hawthorne Lecture

10 years ago

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) […]

The 2016 M. Frederick Hawthorne Lecture
April 22

Freshman Bruin Day 2016

10 years ago

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 […]

Freshman Bruin Day 2016
April 18

ChemComm “Lightning Talk” prize winner at the first UCSCS symposium

10 years ago

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 […]

ChemComm “Lightning Talk” prize winner at the first UCSCS symposium
April 15

Research team led by Professor James Bowie develops “synthetic biochemistry” that bypasses the need for cells

10 years ago

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 […]

Research team led by Professor James Bowie develops “synthetic biochemistry” that bypasses the need for cells
April 12

2nd Annual Warner Science Slam

10 years ago

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 […]

2nd Annual Warner Science Slam
April 12

Garcia-Garibay and Houk research teams construct a crystalline fractal molecular rotor

10 years ago

Graduate student Xing Jiang (Garcia-Garibay group) (pictured) is the lead author of the paper featured in Chemical and Engineering News (C&EN). The paper titled “Crystal Fluidity Reflected by Fast Rotational […]

Garcia-Garibay and Houk research teams construct a crystalline fractal molecular rotor
April 8

2016 Guggenheim Fellow

10 years ago

Professor and Vice Chair for Graduate Education Neil Garg is one of three UCLA faculty members to be awarded the 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship.              Prof. […]

2016 Guggenheim Fellow
April 8