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, […]

Professor Xiangfeng Duan has been awarded the 2013 Beilby Medal and Prize, administered by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.   The Beilby Medal and Prize is awarded annually to a scientist or engineer to recogise substantial work of exceptional practical significance in applied materials science, chemical engineering, energy efficiency or a related field. […]

Professor Neil K. Garg has been selected for the 2013 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, presented by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program supports the research and teaching careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences.  Based on institutional nominations, the program provides discretionary funding to faculty at an […]

Professor Carla M. Koehler was profiled in the latest issue of the Journal of Cell Biology, published on April 29, 2013. Continued from Journal of Cell Biology: Koehler is investigating the mechanisms of mitochondrial protein and RNA import. Mitochondria, the cell’s powerhouse organelles, must import most of their component proteins from the cytoplasm. The multiprotein […]

Two more international translations of books by Dr. Eric Scerri have been published.  They include a Chinese translation of his 2007 book on the period table and a Spanish translation of the book, “Very Short Introduction to the Periodic Table” (originally published in 2011).