The UCLA researchers are working to create a process of capturing carbon from power plant smokestacks to turn it into new building materials. Professor Kaner holds a joint appointment in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry as well as in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering. In 2015 he received the Materials Research Society […]

Alumnus Michael Thompson (PhD ’14, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Yeates Group) has been awarded a 2016 Protein Science Best Paper award. The Best Paper awards are given annually to the first authors of the top two papers published during the preceding year in the Protein Society’s prestigious academic journal Protein Science. Usually the winners are the authors […]

The biochemistry professor, also a trained concert pianist, explained how his two passions – science and music – actually have some things in common.  The student-run newspaper featured Prof. Courey in the A&E, Music, Theater & Arts section of their February 2, 2016 issue. The Daily Bruin (By Kun Yong (Sean) Lee): Professor bonds biochemistry and the […]

The month of March marked the first Eisenberg lecture, recognizing Professor David Eisenberg, a leader in the field of biochemistry.        By Helen Houldsworth (UCLA Molecular Biology Institute): The series was made possible by a generous gift from UCLA alumni and long time supporters Ralph and Shirley Shapiro. The Shapiro’s gift honors the […]

Over 200 people attended the March 15th UCLA Reception & Research Showcase at the American Chemistry Society (ACS) conference in San Diego.                                    Chair Prof. Miguel Garcia-Garibay welcomed the guests who represented alumni, friends, current faculty and students. He […]

Graduate students in the CNSI nanoscience outreach program directed by Prof. Sarah Tolbert help to bring nanotechnology to the mall. Nanoscience at the Mall, a UCLA project funded by the American Physical Society, was an idea that came to Sarah Tolbert, chemistry and biochemistry professor and faculty director of California NanoSystems Intitute (CNSI) outreach, and […]

Undergraduate student researcher Alejandra “Ali” Gonzalez (Spokoyny group) has been accepted into the prestigious UC LEADS program.  The University of California Leadership Excellence through Advanced DegreeS (UC LEADS) program is one of the most prestigious fellowships awarded by the University of California system. Each year this honor is awarded to up to nine UCLA upper-division […]

Michael Jung led the UCLA research team whose discoveries resulted in the development of a leading prostate cancer drug. Prof. Jung worked with Drs. Charles Sawyers and Howard Scher of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to develop the anti-androgen drug enzalutamide (Xtandi), which has been found effective in slowing or stopping the progression of […]