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 […]

With 79 new graduate students, the Fall 2013 graduate student cohort is among the largest incoming classes in the history of the department. The incoming Fall 2013 graduate student class […]

A full-length feature article by Dr. Eric Scerri has just appeared in the June issue of Scientific American magazine. The article “Cracks in the Periodic Table,” is available on ScientificAmerican.com, […]

A groundbreaking membrane material developed by Professor Richard Kaner and his colleagues has received an international award for innovation at one of the water industry’s largest global conferences.  The new […]

The Organization for Cultural Diversity in Chemistry (OCDC) is a graduate student-led group that creates a close-knit community among graduate students and faculty and promotes cultural diversity in the sciences.  […]

The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Molecular Biology Institute held the 2013 MBI Postdoctoral Awards Ceremony and Reception on May 8, 2013.  The event was hosted by Prof. […]

Professor Sabeeha Merchant was part of a team of 70 scientists from the U.S., China, Australia and Japan who have sequenced and annotated the genome of the “sacred lotus,” believed […]

Professor Miguel Garcia-Garibay has been selected by the UCLA Academic Senate Committee on Diversity and Equal Opportunity as the faculty recipient of the 2013 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award. Prof. […]