2021 Dreyfus Foundation Machine Learning award
5 years ago
Professor Abby Doyle is one of seven award recipients of the Dreyfus Foundation 2021 program for Machine Learning in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering. The Dreyfus program for Machine Learning […]
New Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) promotes diversity in the sciences
5 years ago
Researchers from UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, and New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) team up to bring cutting-edge STEM research to under-represented students. Professor Heather Maynard, Co-director of the BioPACIFIC MIP, […]
CNSI Noble Family Innovation Fund grants
5 years ago
Six Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty members are selected to receive CNSI Noble Family Innovation Fund grants for their nanoscience research projects. The Noble Family Innovation Fund, established with a $10 […]
Alumni Spotlight
5 years ago
Former undergraduate researcher Indya Weathers ’19 (Biochemistry, Chanfreau group) is featured on Undergraduate Research Center–Sciences’ Student Spotlight. Weathers was recognized by the UCLA/URC-Sciences for her first author publication in […]
Distinguished Professor at IIT Madras
5 years ago
Professor Paul Weiss has been named a Distinguished Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras for 2021-26. IIT Madras Distinguished Professorships are awarded to pre-eminent authorities in their […]
Biochemistry alum Karch Kiraly (’83) leads USA Women’s Olympic volleyball team to victory
5 years ago
Olympic gold medalist and UCLA volleyball legend Karch Kiraly leads the USA Women’s Volleyball team to its first-ever Olympic gold medal. The U.S. Women made history on Sunday, August 8, […]
2021 ACS Fellow
5 years ago
Polymer chemist Professor Heather Maynard has been elected a 2021 Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The American Chemical Society works to promote public policies that advance the chemistry […]
Graduate student voice in the news
5 years ago
BMSB PhD student Nicole Lynn (Torres lab) writes ninth article for ASBMB Today magazine as part of their contributor program. Lynn’s article titled “Starved to death: Can dietary methionine combat […]