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, with the lead: “The discovery of element 117 filled the last remaining gap in the periodic table as we know it.  But even as it […]

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 polymeric-ceramic membrane, developed by Ric Kaner (Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry), Eric Hoek (Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering), and their researchers, exhibit performance similar […]

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.  Earlier this year, the Organization for Cultural Diversity (OCDC) hosted 12 students from the local community college, Los Angeles Trade Technical College (LATTC), along with […]

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. Miguel Garcia-Garibay. This year’s awardees were: Dr. James Frederich (Mentor: Prof. Patrick Harran), Dr. Jiansen Jiang (Mentor: Prof. Juli Feigon), Dr. Edward Miracco (Mentor: 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 to have a powerful genetic system that repairs genetic defects.  This information may hold secrets about aging successfully. The scientists sequenced more than 86 percent […]

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. Garcia-Garibay’s selection is a tribute to the tremendous efforts and contributions he has made to pursue and advance diverse, impartial, and inclusive academic environment at […]

Fresh off of his performance at the Nebraska Science Festival 2013, Biochemistry graduate student Jeffrey Vinokur was covered by Ariana Ricarte of the UCLA Daily Bruin. Jeffrey Vinokur’s “Dancing Scientist”, was a product of his passion for science and his interest in dance.  What started out with personal YouTube video postings, led to a nationwide […]

Professor James Gimzewski and co-workers have demonstrated that graphene can be grown in prepatterned copper-coated substrates and applied to the production of MEMS devices, such as atomic force microscope (AFM) probes. This research was published in ACS Nano on April 7, 2013 and was featured on Nanowerk on May 6, 2013. Although previous researchers have […]