Professor Yi Tang has been awarded the 2014 Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry by the ACS Division of Biological Chemistry. The ACS Division of Biological Chemistry has awarded the 2014 Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry to Professor Yi Tang, for outstanding research in biological chemistry of unusual merit and independence of thought and […]

Times Higher Education of London has ranked UCLA 10th in their World Reputation Rankings 2014. The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2014 employ the world’s largest invitation-only academic opinion survey to provide the definitive list of the top 100 most powerful global university brands. A spin-off of the annual Times Higher Education World University […]

Dr. Laurence Lavelle, Dr. Eric Scerri, and Dr. Heather Tienson are the recipients of the UCLA Unit 18 professional development awards for 2013-2014. UCLA Today (By UCLA Academic Personnel Office): The UCLA Academic Personnel Office recently announced the recipients of the Unit 18 professional development awards for 2013-14. The awards support the professional growth and […]

Professor Michael Jung was part of a diverse team of scientists that developed an experimental treatment which eradicates an acute type of leukemia in mice without any detectable toxic side effects. UCLA Newsroom (By Shaun Mason): A diverse team of scientists from UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has developed an experimental treatment that eradicates an […]

The UCLA Academic Senate’s Committee on Teaching has selected Professor Neil Garg as one of six campus-wide recipients of the 2014 Distinguished Teaching Award. The goal of the UCLA Academic Senate Teaching Award is to increase awareness of UCLA’s leadership in teaching and public service by honoring individuals who bring respect and admiration to the […]

The Los Angeles Times featured a profile of Professor James Gimzewski, highlighting his research on developing robotic systems that mimic the structure and function of the human brain. The Los Angeles Times feature by Thomas Curwen titled, “Taking a step toward a machine that can think,” is available at latimes.com. Short Biography   James Gimzewski is a […]

Professor Jeffrey Zink and colleagues have developed an innovated technique using light to carry chemotherapy safely to cancer cells. UCLA Newsroom (By Shaun Mason): The research findings by UCLA’s Jeffrey Zink, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and Fuyu Tamanoi, a professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics, and their colleagues were published online Feb. […]

Professor Anastassia Alexandrova has been appointed to the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group). Professor Alexandrova will serve as an editor in the area of Chemical Physics, along side Professor Alexei Kornyshev (Imperial College of London). Anastassia Alexandrova (Credit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA) About Scientific Reports Online and open access, Scientific Reports is a primary […]