LABEST 2021: Pearl Cohen Poster Awards

5 years ago

PhD students Sean Atamdede and Isaura Frost and undergraduate researcher Angel Ni receive Pearl Cohen Poster Awards at the Los Angeles Bioscience Ecosystem Summit 2021 (LABEST 2021). LABEST, also known […]

LABEST 2021: Pearl Cohen Poster Awards
June 17

2021 Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists

5 years ago

Professor Hosea Nelson has been named one of 31 National Finalists for the 2021 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. Chosen from a pool of 298 nominated promising scientific researchers […]

2021 Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists
June 15

2021 Michael E. Jung Excellence in Teaching Awards

5 years ago

17 talented Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate students have been awarded the 2021 Michael E Jung Excellence in Teaching Awards. These awards are given to students who have excelled as teaching […]

2021 Michael E. Jung Excellence in Teaching Awards
June 15

Commencement 2021

5 years ago

On Saturday, June 12, 2021, we honored the department’s graduating PhD, master’s and bachelor’s degree candidates through virtual celebrations. “The Class of 2021 has shown us their passion for science, […]

Commencement 2021
June 14

2021 Graduate Student Commencement Awards

5 years ago

  • Graduate
  • Student

Each year at commencement we recognize our graduate students for their accomplishments in academics and in research. The 2021 Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Student Commencement Awards have been announced. Congratulations […]

2021 Graduate Student Commencement Awards
June 10

2021 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC): Inclusion & Diversity Prize

5 years ago

PhD student Samantha Mensah (Andrews/P Weiss labs) is one of the six co-founders of #BlackInChem to receive the RSC’s 2021 Inclusion & Diversity Prize. From the Royal Society of Chemistry […]

2021 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC): Inclusion & Diversity Prize
June 10

2021 UCLA Undergraduate Research Showcase & Science Dean’s Prize Winners

5 years ago

  • Graduate
  • Research
  • Undergraduate

73 of our undergraduate student researchers presented their research at the UCLA Undergraduate Research Showcase, nine were awarded the prestigious Science Dean’s Prize.  At the event on May 25, 2021, […]

2021 UCLA Undergraduate Research Showcase & Science Dean’s Prize Winners
June 9

2021 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Organic Division Horizon Prize: Bioorganic Chemistry Award

5 years ago

A team of 23 researchers from the Tang, Houk and Garg labs receive the RSC’s 2021 Horizon Prize: Bioorganic Chemistry Award for their discovery of a new class of enzymes.  […]

2021 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Organic Division Horizon Prize: Bioorganic Chemistry Award
June 8