Distinguished Professor Michael Jung and his UCLA collaborators are featured in a recent UCLA Newsroom article for their groundbreaking research on a potential cure for baldness. Jung played a pivotal role in developing the PP405 molecule, which has demonstrated promising potential in reactivating dormant hair follicles and offering a new treatment for hair loss. Known […]

Professor Yi Tang has been named the winner of the 2025 Marvin J. Johnson Award in Microbial and Biochemical Technology by the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Biochemical Technology (BIOT). This memorial award was established in 1979 to recognize outstanding research contributions to microbial and biochemical technology.  Tang will receive the award and give […]

The UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry hosted the 18th Boron in the Americas Conference, also known as BORAM, from December 15 – December 19, 2024. BORAM-18 brought together academics and researchers from all over the world to discuss the latest advancements in boron related chemistry. With 69 speakers and 57 poster presenters, this highly […]

The Yi Tang group has discovered a new type of metal-containing enzyme from a natural fungus that can perform surprising halogenation reactions on organic molecules. The study, published in Nature, represents a four-year effort by graduate student Chen-Yu (Yorick) Chiang and research scientist Masao Ohashi, both in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Tang is […]

It is with deep regret and sadness that we report that Nobel Laureate and UCLA Professor Emeritus Sir Fraser Stoddart passed away at the age of 82 on December 30, 2024.  The funeral will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, on February 3. In honor of Sir Fraser’s legacy, the family requests that donations in lieu […]

Professor Anastassia Alexandrova is part of a team of UCLA physicists who have developed a new film that requires much less of the rare thorium-229 and is significantly less radioactive. From UCLA Newsroom (by Holly Ober): Thorium film could replace crystals in atomic clocks of the near future UCLA physicists have developed a new film […]

Professor Osvaldo Gutierrez was recently awarded the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), by President Biden. The award is highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers. Gutierrez, an alumnus of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, rejoined the department as a faculty […]

We are sad to report that Santa Monica College chemistry professor and UCLA alumnus, Dr. Sehat Nauli ‘98, passed away on January 14, 2025, from injuries sustained after being struck by a car. Sehat received his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from UCLA in 1998. A native of Medan, Indonesia, he was featured in a Daily […]