Professor Thomas Mason led the development of a novel method of making multicomponent nanoemulsions to create a deformable liquid delivery vehicle for multiple drugs or other insoluble molecules. Researchers at UCLA have developed a process for making multicomponent oil-in-water nanoemulsions that have identifiable compartments as well as defined interfaces between different immiscible oils within the […]

Photos from the Christopher S. Foote Term Chair and The Linda and Fred Wudl Term Chair installation ceremony are available for viewing. The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry honored Distinguished Professor Juli Feigon with the Christopher S. Foote Term Chair and Assistant Professor Sriram Kosuri with The Linda and Fred Wudl Term Chair during […]

Liz Noey (Graduate Student, Houk Group) has won the 2014 USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championship. USAtriathlon.org: UCLA’s Liz Noey broke away from the field on the run to claim the women’s individual title in the Olympic-distance event at the 2014 USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships, held on April 5, 2014 at Tempe Beach Park, Arizona. […]

Prof. Xiangfeng Duan and researchers at UCLA have developed a biosensor capable of detecting nitric oxide within in vitro conditions and single cell environments with subnanomolar sensitivity and high selectivity. UCLA researchers from the departments of chemistry and materials science and engineering have developed a highly sensitive nitric oxide (NO) biosensor by functionalizing graphene field-effect […]

In a field of 14,000+ applicants, four Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate students were awarded and five received honorable mention for the 2014 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Emma Baker (Garg Group), Alexandra Mendoza (P. Weiss and Zink Groups), Emma Pelegri-O’Day (Maynard Group), and Jeffrey Vinokur (Bowie Group) were awarded with the 2014 National Science Foundation […]

Rees Garmann (Graduate student in the Gelbart/Knobler Group) has been selected for the 2014 Distinguished Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants. UCLA Academic Senate’s Committee on Teaching announced the winners on March 31, 2014. Only five such awards are made each year and each award will carry an honorarium of $2,500. A $20,000 Dissertation Year Fellowship […]

Select photos from the 2014 Norma Stoddart Prize Lecture, presented by Dr. Jessica R. Kramer are now available for viewing. Dr. Jessica R. Kramer (NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at the UC Berkeley Department of Chemistry and former graduate student in the Deming Lab) was selected by a committee of her peers as the recipient of the […]

Megan Cory, a third-year biochemistry student, launched UCLA’s first Diabetes Day, inspired by her own experiences with the disease.  Daily Bruin (By Angela Cosme): At 14 years old, Megan Cory was eating much more than her age would suggest, but losing an alarming amount of weight. She remembers always being thirsty and being fatigued. After […]