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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]