Professor Paula Diaconescu has been elected as recipient of Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award. This prestigious award, presented by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany, is conferred in recognition […]

UCLA alumni and their craft brewery were recently featured in KCET.org on-line magazine.   Progress Brewery in South El Monte was founded by Dr. Diego Benitez, a former postdoc in […]

UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry alumnus, Professor S.W. Tina Choe, has been named dean of Seaver College at Loyola Marymount University (LMU). Having received both her bacherlor’s degree (’88) and a […]

Professor David Eisenberg profiled in March 2015 issue of ASBMB Today. At the upcoming ASBMB annual meeting in Boston, Prof. David Eisenberg will receive the 2015 Bert and Natalie Vallee […]

UCLA’s “PhD Fashionista” official blogger for 2015 ASBMB annual meeting. Biochemistry Ph.D. candidate, Andrea Hadjikyriacou, will be an official blogger at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) […]

86 years ago today the first class ever was taught at UCLA’s Westwood campus. On March 18, 1929, the first chemistry class met at UCLA’s Westwood campus, six months before […]

Professor James Gimzewski’s research exhibited at CNSI Art|Sci gallery through March 18th. The exhibition titled “Museum of Endoluminosity” features Professor Gimzewski’s research on nanodiamonds. The gallery is in the California […]

Professor Michael E. Jung receives American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) honor for prostrate cancer discovery. Excerpt from UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center News (by Reggie Kumar):   Dr. Michael […]