On January 13th, Professor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer (University of Illinois) presented the Winter 2016 UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Distinguished Lecture.                                           Prof. Hammes-Schiffer, the Swanlund Professor of Chemistry at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, gave a […]

The Biochemistry Association for Student Enrichment (BiochemASE) is the first undergraduate student society serving UCLA students interested in biochemistry.  Biochemistry is a unique topic and major at UCLA in that it requires many prerequisite courses before students really get to experience what it is. In fact, it may not be until into their 3rd year […]

Alumnus Vincent Pecoraro (BS biochemistry ’77) has been awarded the prestigious ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry. Prof. Pecoraro is the John T. Groves Collegiate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He received his B.S. in biochemistry at UCLA in 1977 and his Ph.D. in […]

Professor David Eisenberg and postdoctoral scholar Alice Soragni are part of UCLA research team to develop a promising novel method to treat gynecologic tumors. Their approach borrows from the technique of inhibiting protein fibers that cause Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. High-grade serous ovarian cancers are aggressive tumors and most patients relapse despite standard therapy UCLA […]

The UCLA Student Members of the American Chemical Society has been awarded a Green Chemistry Student Chapter Award for activities in the 2014-15 academic year.  SMACS was one of only 43 chapters nationwide to receive the award, given to student groups which promote green chemistry on campus, by the American Chemistry Society’s Green Chemistry Institute. […]

We are sad to report that Professor emeritus Howard Reiss passed away on December 21, 2015 at the age of 93. Elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1977, Prof. Reiss was an accomplished physical chemist and theorist who worked in a variety of fields, including solid state, statistical mechanics, nucleation and colloid phenomena, […]

View lectures by 2015 Seaborg Medalist Stefan Hell and symposium speakers Carlos Bustamante, Scott Fraser and Shimon Weiss. To view the videos of the lectures visit the video recordings website.  A photo gallery is also available online. To learn more about the 2015 Seaborg Symposium please visit the event website.

Recent graduates Nooriel Banayan (’15) and Kyle Travaglini (’15) received the Dean’s Prize Medal of Excellence at the 2015 UCLA Science Poster Day. The students were presented their awards by the Dean and Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education at the May 12th event. Winners were chosen by the faculty judges as students who exemplify excellence […]