UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry is delighted to announce the arrival of Assistant Professor, Sriram Kosuri. Prof. Kosuri received his B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 2001, where he conducted research on bacterial systems biology with Dr. Adam Arkin. In 2007, he received his Sc.D. in Biological Engineering at MIT working […]

An article featuring the research of Professor Ric Kaner has been named as KCET ReWire’s Most Popular Story of 2013. KCET ReWire: More Good News About The ‘Scientific Accident That May Change The World’: An astonishing 479,000 people read this story the day after we posted it February 21, making it the most-visited ReWire story […]

UCLA ranked No. 5 among U.S. public colleges and universities in the Kiplinger’s Personal Finance 2014 survey of the best values in higher education.  UCLA Newsroom: The magazine’s report, “Best Values in Public Colleges,” ranks schools based on factors related to academic quality and affordability, including student-to-faculty ratio, graduation rate, test scores of incoming freshmen, […]

Photos from UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry CBGSA, AXE, and SMACS booths at Explore Your Universe 2013 are now available for viewing online. UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Students Association (CBGSA), Alpha Chi Sigma (AXE), and Student Members of the American Chemical Society (SMACS) hosted booths at Explore Your Universe (EYU) 2013, held on November 17. […]

UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate student Jeffrey Vinokur (aka the Dancing Scientist) was recently featured in episodes of Daily Planet (Discovery Channel Canada). Daily Planet is a television program on Discovery Channel Canada which features daily news, discussion, and commentary on the scientific aspects of current events and discoveries. The show airs on prime time, […]

Prof. Paul Weiss was part of a mental health panel at Partnering for Cures, held earlier this year in New York. The video from the panel discussion is now available for viewing online. Partnering for Cures is one of medical research world’s most forward-thinking, outcomes-oriented, and patient-focused event. FasterCures, the Washington, DC-based center of the Milken […]

Dr. Laurence Lavelle, a senior researcher and distinguished lecturer in the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, recently added three textbooks to the list of those he has co-authored. UCLA Today: Dr. Lavelle’s newest publications are the sixth editions of “Chemical Principles Instructor Solutions Manual” and “Chemical Principles Student Solutions Manual,” and the Turkish translation […]

Prof. Paul Weiss’ presentation at TEDxOrangeCoast is now available for viewing online. TEDxOrangeCoast is an independent TEDx event operated under license from TED.  With a mission to help turn inspiring ideas into actions, TEDxOrangeCoast brings together a community of like-minded and highly engaged forward-thinking innovators, designers, educators, technologists, and environmentally and socially concerned individuals to […]