Professor Sabeeha Merchant has been selected as editor-in-chief of The Plant Cell, the premier research journal in plant biology. UCLA Today (by Stuart Wolpert) Professor Sabeeha Merchant, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, will serve as editor-in-chief for five years, starting Jan. 1, 2015. Founded by UCLA life scientist Bob Goldberg, The Plant […]

PBS NewsHour is calling for feedback from STEM Undergraduate and Graduate Students and Postdocs on why they chose to focus on basic research. Submissions are due by March 14, 2014. From PBS NewsHour: To All Those Interested in Basic Research, All too often basic research is misunderstood, yet it truly is the foundation for so […]

Dr. Gordon Cragg (former postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Professor Theodore Geissman) was named as the recipient of the Excellence in Botanical Research Award. Dr. Cragg is a former research director of the US National Cancer Institute (NCI), where he was involved in the NCI’s search for new cancer medicines from plants and other […]

A Tale of 7 Elements has been reviewed by Angewandte Chemie, Metall, and Journal of Chemical Education. UPDATE (July 29, 2014) Science magazine has recently reviewed, A Tale of 7 Elements. The review is available here: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/345/6194/262.2.full.pdfExcerpt: In A Tale of 7 Elements, philosopher of science Eric Scerri provides an expert perspective on the history of the periodic table, focusing […]

UCLA Alpha Chi Sigma has awarded Professor Anastassia Alexandrova with the 2014 Glenn T. Seaborg Award. This award (not to be confused with the Seaborg Medal) is presented every year by UCLA Alpha Chi Sigma and recognizes outstanding achievements of early-career faculty in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. The award places an emphasis on […]

UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry alumnus Dr. Nate Brandstater (Ph.D. 1997) was recently named as the president of Kettering College. Dayton Daily News reports that Brandstater becomes the school’s seventh president.  Brandstater, 44, was most recently the associate dean for the College of Arts and Sciences at La Sierra University, where he was also an associate […]

UCLA undergraduate student Emily Gordon (Biochemistry major and member of the UCLA Triathlon team) won the 2014 Surf City Marathon, held on February 2, 2014. runsurfcity.com: Over 18,000 runners from 34 countries enjoyed ideal running conditions in beautiful Huntington Beach! The perfect temperatures and light breezes made for a very fast day for thousands of […]

UCLA undergraduate student Megan Cory (Biochemistry major) was one of seven blood donors who helped to save the life of a young mother who nearly died from massive bleeding after giving birth. CBSLA and NBC Los Angeles reported on the story of Jennifer Calderon, who was heavily hemorrhaging after the delivery of her son, but was […]