Professor Ken Houk has collaborated with the Professor Martin Schmeing (McGill University) group to reveal a novel mechanism for peptide biosynthesis.  In an accelerated publication in Nature, the Schmeing group’s […]

Biochemistry graduate student Nikki Cheung (Professor Robert Clubb’s group) discusses her research on antibiotic resistance in a new UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) Ph.D. student spotlight video. Cheung […]

We are sad to report that Lola Dickerson, the wife of UCLA biochemistry Professor Emeritus Richard Dickerson, passed away on March 12, 2024, at the age of 93. Lola Hulderson […]

The region’s largest science fair returns to the UCLA campus with more backing than ever before. On November 3rd, UCLA’s Exploring Your Universe (EYU) event returned to campus. The student-led […]

Professor Anastassia Alexandrova has been honored with the 2024 Quantum Bio-Inorganic Chemistry (QBIC) Prize for her groundbreaking research on the role of electrostatics in enzymatic catalysis. This prestigious award recognizes […]

New research by Professor Irene Chen’s group and NASA collaborators, focused on structures that could have been around during the RNA world, suggests RNA did not initially have a predisposed […]

A “Big Impact Research” video featuring research by Professor Anne Andrews and graduate student Noelle Mitchell has been airing during commercial breaks for televised UCLA football and basketball games in […]

A new paper titled “Layered hybrid superlattices as designable quantum solids” by Professor Xiangfeng Duan, postdoctoral researcher Dr. Zhong Wan and co-authors, recently published in Nature, introduces an exciting advancement […]