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 […]

Jack Bracken (Harran Group), Xin Hong (Houk Group), Hung Pham (Houk Group), and Evan Styduhar (Garg Group) have been announced as the new Foote Fellows by the Organic Faculty at UCLA.   The Foote Fellowship recognizes excellence in coursework, research, and performance on the qualifying exam for the PhD degree.  As a part of the […]

Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduates Avalon Dismukes (Kaner Group) and Alex Yeh (Houk Group) have been selected as 2013-2014 Beckman Scholars.   The Beckman Research Scholarship is directed through the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and administered by the URC-Sciences. These awards are made to outstanding research students who are majoring in Chemistry/Biochemistry, […]