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

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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. […]

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 […]