UCLA Today has highlighted Professor Michael Jung and fellow researchers who have led efforts to cure prostate cancer. UCLA Today: The awarding of $11.6 million in federal funding from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to enable a multidisciplinary group of UCLA scientists to continue their important prostate cancer research is just the latest in a […]

Photos from ISMB/ECCB 2013 and the awarding of the ISCB Senior Scientist Accomplishment Award to Professor David Eisenberg are now available online. The International Society of Computational Biology (ISCB) awarded Professor David Eisenberg with the Senior Scientist Accomplishment Award for his contributions to the field of computational biology through research, education, and service. The presentation was […]

Professors Paul Weiss and Anne Andrews was recently profiled in the MIT Technology Review article, “Chemical Connector”. Paul Weiss, a distinguished professor in chemistry & biochemistry Professor and director of the California Nanosystems Institute who holds the UCLA Fred Kavli Chair in Nanosystems Sciences was profiled by Katherine Bourzac in the September/October 2013 issue of […]

For the third consecutive year, UCLA is rated second among U.S. public universities in Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Academic Ranking of World Universities. The prestigious SJTU survey, which evaluates more than 1,000 institutions, also placed UCLA 12th among all universities internationally for the third year in a row. In compiling its rankings, SJTU takes into […]

Thirty-three new summer researchers (future graduate students) joined the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and completed a two-day orientation program, held in July of this year.   Chair Miguel Garcia-Garibay and Graduate Advisor Bill Gelbart welcomed the group, which included students from all major regions of the United States, as well as India and Thailand. […]

Dr. Eric Scerri’s latest book, A Tale of Seven Elements, was recently reviewed by the New Scientist and Times Higher Education. The New Scientist is a UK based international science magazine founded in 1956 with a global audience of three million+ readers. The magazine covers current developments, news, and commentary from the scientific community. An excerpt from […]

An oil painting titled “Daydreaming”, by Elizabeth Rieke Hefley has been added to the collection on display in the Winstein Commons, Young Hall 3037. Elizabeth Rieke Hefley is the daughter of Reuben Rieke, President of Rieke Metals, Inc. and a former postdoctoral fellow with Saul Winstein from 1965-1966.   The Commons art catalog has been […]

Remembering Gordon W. Gregory, a longtime supporter and friend of the department. Gordon W. Gregory was the son of the late George Gregory, 1990 Seaborg Medalist and former chairman and chief executive of Glendale-based Products Research & Chemical Corp (now a part of PPG Industries).  Gordon Gregory was a friend of the department and supporter of UCLA […]