UCLA research team receives Convergence Accelerator award from National Science Foundation

3 years ago

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A UCLA research team led by Professor Prineha Narang, and comprised of multiple California NanoSystems Institute members, has been awarded a $650,000 National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator Phase 1 Award for […]

UCLA research team receives Convergence Accelerator award from National Science Foundation
February 14

New Helping Hands Award established

3 years ago

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A generous donation by Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry Juli Feigon has established an annual UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Helping Hands Award.   The Juli Feigon Helping Hands Award is an […]

New Helping Hands Award established
February 13

Chemists design enzymes to synthesize lactam drugs

3 years ago

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Professor Ken Houk’s group and the Rudi Fasan group at the University of Texas Dallas collaborated to pioneer biocatalytic synthetic pathways for 4-6 membered lactams, key structural elements in many […]

Chemists design enzymes to synthesize lactam drugs
February 13

2023 Rising Star in Computational Mass Spectrometry Research Award

3 years ago

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Lisa Boatner, a fourth-year graduate student in the Backus/Houk research groups, has been awarded the prestigious Females in Mass Spectrometry (FeMS) 2023 Rising Star in Computational Mass Spectrometry Award. FeMS […]

2023 Rising Star in Computational Mass Spectrometry Research Award
February 9

UCLA/West Coast University School of Pharmacy (WCU) PharmD Linkage Program

3 years ago

The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry has partnered with the West Coast University (WCU) School of Pharmacy (SOP) to create a PharmD Linkage Program that is designed specifically for […]

UCLA/West Coast University School of Pharmacy (WCU) PharmD Linkage Program
February 8

UCLA researchers unveil the first-ever structure of supramolecular light-harvesting nanotubes

3 years ago

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Researchers led by Professor Justin Caram and alumna Dr. Arundhati Deshmukh (Ph.D. ’21) have settled an almost 30 year old question about the nanoscale structure of self-assembled light-harvesting nanotubes. The […]

UCLA researchers unveil the first-ever structure of supramolecular light-harvesting nanotubes
February 8

Chemists decipher reaction process that could improve lithium-sulfur batteries

3 years ago

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Lithium-sulfur batteries have the potential to transform energy storage, with exceptional theoretical capacity and performance in combination with an element in abundant supply. But the intricate reaction mechanism, particularly during […]

Chemists decipher reaction process that could improve lithium-sulfur batteries
February 7

Researchers measure and control interactions between magnetic ripples using lasers

3 years ago

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If computers used ripples in magnetic fields, called magnons, to encode and process information, the result would be devices with potential memory speed on the order of billionths of a […]

Researchers measure and control interactions between magnetic ripples using lasers
February 7