Professor Chong Liu was presented with the 2022 UCLA Alpha Chi Sigma (AXΣ) Glenn T Seaborg Award at the annual AXΣ Seaborg Banquet on May 7.                      The event, held at Hotel Casa Del Mar in Santa Monica, was attended by both members of Alpha Chi Sigma, […]

The NIH is funding UCLA’s innovative Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB) Training Program for the next five years, bringing to campus $5.3 million to support PhD students in biomedical research.   “This will greatly benefit graduate education (and faculty research programs) in our department and across campus,” said Professor Jorge Torres, Director of the CMB Training […]

Professor Richard Kaner leads team of researchers to develop novel surface treatment that stops microbes from adhering to medical devices like catheters and stents.  From UCLA Newsroom (by Stuart Wolpert):  Scientists devise method to prevent deadly hospital infections without antibiotics Novel surface treatment developed at UCLA stops microbes from adhering to medical devices like catheters […]

Professor Justin Caram is among 18 honorees nationwide to receive a 2022 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. Since joining the UCLA faculty in 2017, physical chemist Professor Justin Caram has developed a world-class research program focused on developing new spectroscopies and materials with a focus on addressing fundamental questions in chemical photophysics.  From UCLA Newsroom (by Stuart […]

We are sad to report that synthetic chemist Professor David Evans, co-creator of ChemDraw, former UCLA faculty member, and 2006 Seaborg Medalist, passed away at the age of 81 on April 29.    Harvard professor emeritus David A. Evans is remembered by his colleagues as an outstanding scientist and a great teacher and mentor.    “Dave Evans […]

UCLA team, led by Professor Irene Chen, develops nanoparticle-phage therapy, a promising alternative treatment for antibiotic-resistant infections.   Professor Irene Chen holds a joint appointment in the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. Her group studies life-like biochemical systems to understand their fundamental properties and address emerging challenges in biotechnology […]

A team led by Professor Shimon Weiss and former PhD student Arkaprabha Basu has developed an image processing technique, SPOCC, which quantifies cytoskeletal properties using microscopic images.  Statistical Parametrization of Cell Cytoskeleton (SPOCC) is an image processing method developed by Professor Shimon Weiss’ group at UCLA.  Weiss holds UCLA’s Dean M. Willard Chair in Chemistry […]

Ph.D. student Samantha Theresa Mensah (Andrews/P Weiss groups) has been awarded a Boren Fellowship to conduct research and study Twi in Ghana.   National Security Education Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Fellowships provide up to $30,000 to U.S. graduate students to add an international component to their graduate education. A fifth-year UCLA chemistry graduate student in the groups […]