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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]