Professor Margot Quinlan was presented with the 2013 UCLA Alpha Chi Sigma (AXE) Glenn T. Seaborg Award at the annual AXE Seaborg Banquet held in May 2013. The 2013 Alpha Chi Sigma Glenn T. Seaborg Award (not to be confused with the Glenn T. Seaborg Medal awarded by the department) was presented to Professor Margot […]

Professor Paul Weiss and Professor Anne Andrews were featured in an article by The Guardian (UK), discussing the “Brain” Initiative announced by President Obama in April this year. Mapping the mind with nanotechnologyThe Brain Initiative is combining neuroscience with nanotechnology in the world’s biggest project to understand the mind. By Katharine Sanderson In April this […]

Crystal Valdez, a graduate student in Prof. Anastassia Alexandrova’s lab has been selected as one of 73 American students to travel to Lindau, Germany to participate in the 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. UCLA Newsroom:UCLA chemistry graduate student ready for her Nobel journey Crystal Valdez selected to meet with 34 laureates at international conference From the […]

UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry is delighted to announce that Robijn Bruinsma will be joining its faculty in a split appointment with his home department, Physics & Astronomy, effective July 1, 2013. Professor Bruinsma has been with the University of California since 1984.  He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Physics at UCLA Department of Physics […]

UCLA Student Members of the American Chemical Society (SMACS) were recognized by the Southern California Section of the American Chemical Society (SCALACS) for receiving an Honorable Mention Student Chapter Award from the American Chemical Society. The Southern California Section of the American Chemical Society presented a Certificate of Appreciation to UCLA SMACS members Kenny Chen […]

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new book by Dr. Eric Scerri.  The book published by Oxford University Press is titled, “A Tale of Seven Elements.” OUP.com:  This book is “a tale of the discovery of seven particularly exotic elements [and] deals with significant historical and philosophical issues associated with the discovery of these […]

A study published in the journal Nano Today by Professor Yi Tang and colleagues has been featured by the National Cancer Institute. Nanotech News from National Cancer Institute: Nanoparticle Delivers Large Protein Complex to Cancer Cell Nucleus Drug developers have been using nanoparticles to encapsulate a wide range of molecules for delivery to tumors. Now, they can […]

Professor Gerard Wong and colleagues discovered that highly resilient bacteria communities known as biofilms organize in a rich-get-richer pattern similar to many economies. The study, published online May 8 in the journal Nature, is the first to identify the strategy by which bacteria form the micro-colonies that become biofilms, which can cause lethal infections. The research may […]