UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
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UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry - Young Hall, 607 Charles E. Young Drive E., LA, CA, 90095.
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UCLA prof Raphael Levine (@cnsiatucla.bsky.social @uclacb.bsky.social) co-authored a @pnas.org study revealing how sunlight breaks apart N2 molecules, which may offer new insights into the evolution of planetary atmospheres on Earth, Mars, and beyond 🔬🪐
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November 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
UCLA prof Raphael Levine (@cnsiatucla.bsky.social @uclacb.bsky.social) co-authored a @pnas.org study revealing how sunlight breaks apart N2 molecules, which may offer new insights into the evolution of planetary atmospheres on Earth, Mars, and beyond 🔬🪐
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November 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Congratulations to Profs. Xiangfeng Duan, David Eisenberg, Ken Houk, Yu Huang, and Richard Kaner, who are among the
@ClarivateAG Highly Cited Researchers™ 2025!
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@ClarivateAG Highly Cited Researchers™ 2025!
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November 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Congratulations to Profs. Xiangfeng Duan, David Eisenberg, Ken Houk, Yu Huang, and Richard Kaner, who are among the
@ClarivateAG Highly Cited Researchers™ 2025!
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@ClarivateAG Highly Cited Researchers™ 2025!
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In the new Chemistry Shorts film, Neil Garg (UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry) argues that each atom in a molecule is like a note in a piece of music: once you learn the basic components, you can put them together in infinite combinations.
https://youtu.be/XhxaNUF6lWk
https://youtu.be/XhxaNUF6lWk
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In the new Chemistry Shorts film, Neil Garg (UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry) argues that each atom in a molecule is like a note in a piece of music: once you learn the basic components, you can put them together in infinite combinations.
https://youtu.be/XhxaNUF6lWk
https://youtu.be/XhxaNUF6lWk
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Congratulations to Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Giulia Palermo (Giulia Palermo) on your new appointment to UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry!
https://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/welcoming-professor-giulia-palermo/
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November 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Congratulations to Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Giulia Palermo (Giulia Palermo) on your new appointment to UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry!
https://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/welcoming-professor-giulia-palermo/
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🚨 NEW FILM TOMORROW! 🚨
We're excited for the launch of the newest film in the Chemistry Shorts series - featuring professor Neil Garg of UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry - on organic chemistry.
We're excited for the launch of the newest film in the Chemistry Shorts series - featuring professor Neil Garg of UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry - on organic chemistry.
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🚨 NEW FILM TOMORROW! 🚨
We're excited for the launch of the newest film in the Chemistry Shorts series - featuring professor Neil Garg of UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry - on organic chemistry.
We're excited for the launch of the newest film in the Chemistry Shorts series - featuring professor Neil Garg of UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry - on organic chemistry.
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Juli Feigon, a Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry @uclacb.bsky.social delivers Mendel Lecture www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/juli-fe... #NMRchat #NMRnews 🧲
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Juli Feigon, a Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry @uclacb.bsky.social delivers Mendel Lecture www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/juli-fe... #NMRchat #NMRnews 🧲
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What if organic chemistry was as easy to learn as "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star?" In the newest Dreyfus Foundation-funded Chemistry Shorts film - out today - UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry's Neil Garg argues that it is! Watch the film on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XhxaNUF6lWk
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
What if organic chemistry was as easy to learn as "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star?" In the newest Dreyfus Foundation-funded Chemistry Shorts film - out today - UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry's Neil Garg argues that it is! Watch the film on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XhxaNUF6lWk
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🚨Hot off the press @jacs.acspublications.org!
Your TEM can now solve crystal structures on its own.
Small molecules, materials, proteins—all with one platform: REyes, the first end-to-end autonomous electron diffraction suite
doi.org/10.1021/jacs...
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Your TEM can now solve crystal structures on its own.
Small molecules, materials, proteins—all with one platform: REyes, the first end-to-end autonomous electron diffraction suite
doi.org/10.1021/jacs...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🚨Hot off the press @jacs.acspublications.org!
Your TEM can now solve crystal structures on its own.
Small molecules, materials, proteins—all with one platform: REyes, the first end-to-end autonomous electron diffraction suite
doi.org/10.1021/jacs...
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Your TEM can now solve crystal structures on its own.
Small molecules, materials, proteins—all with one platform: REyes, the first end-to-end autonomous electron diffraction suite
doi.org/10.1021/jacs...
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Applications are now open for UCLA’s Master of Applied Chemical Science Program!
For more information and to apply, please visit macsucla.com
Application Deadline: January 10, 2026
For questions, please email macs@chem.ucla.edu.
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Application Deadline: January 10, 2026
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November 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Applications are now open for UCLA’s Master of Applied Chemical Science Program!
For more information and to apply, please visit macsucla.com
Application Deadline: January 10, 2026
For questions, please email macs@chem.ucla.edu.
For more information and to apply, please visit macsucla.com
Application Deadline: January 10, 2026
For questions, please email macs@chem.ucla.edu.
Applications are now open for UCLA’s Master of Applied Chemical Science Program!
For more information and to apply, please visit macsucla.com
Application Deadline: January 10, 2026
For questions, please email macs@chem.ucla.edu.
For more information and to apply, please visit macsucla.com
Application Deadline: January 10, 2026
For questions, please email macs@chem.ucla.edu.
November 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Applications are now open for UCLA’s Master of Applied Chemical Science Program!
For more information and to apply, please visit macsucla.com
Application Deadline: January 10, 2026
For questions, please email macs@chem.ucla.edu.
For more information and to apply, please visit macsucla.com
Application Deadline: January 10, 2026
For questions, please email macs@chem.ucla.edu.
Many thanks to ophthalmologist Dr. Madhu Agarwal (’95 Biochemistry, M.D. ’99) for visiting UCLA to speak with our Careers in Chemistry & Biochemistry class!
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Many thanks to ophthalmologist Dr. Madhu Agarwal (’95 Biochemistry, M.D. ’99) for visiting UCLA to speak with our Careers in Chemistry & Biochemistry class!
Many thanks to Prof. Kyoko Nozaki (University of Tokyo) for visiting UCLA to give the inaugural Jeffrey I. Zink Invited Inorganic Lecture! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/inaugur...
October 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Many thanks to Prof. Kyoko Nozaki (University of Tokyo) for visiting UCLA to give the inaugural Jeffrey I. Zink Invited Inorganic Lecture! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/inaugur...
Join us for Exploring Your Universe (EYU) at UCLA this Sunday! Many members of the UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry community will be hosting interactive booths & giving engaging talks at this year’s EYU on Sunday, Nov. 2. Learn more: exploringyouruniverse.ucla.edu
October 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Join us for Exploring Your Universe (EYU) at UCLA this Sunday! Many members of the UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry community will be hosting interactive booths & giving engaging talks at this year’s EYU on Sunday, Nov. 2. Learn more: exploringyouruniverse.ucla.edu
Many thanks to alum Anthony Nguyen (’15, corporate counsel at Edwards Lifesciences) for visiting UCLA to speak with our Careers in Chemistry & Biochemistry class. As an undergrad, he attended the first Careers class in 2015! Here with his former advisor, Prof. Daniel Neuhauser.
October 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Many thanks to alum Anthony Nguyen (’15, corporate counsel at Edwards Lifesciences) for visiting UCLA to speak with our Careers in Chemistry & Biochemistry class. As an undergrad, he attended the first Careers class in 2015! Here with his former advisor, Prof. Daniel Neuhauser.
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Congratulations to Dr. Irene Chen at UCLA for receiving a Supplemental Grant! @uclacb.bsky.social #DreyfusAwards
October 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Irene Chen at UCLA for receiving a Supplemental Grant! @uclacb.bsky.social #DreyfusAwards
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Congratulations to Dr. Abigail Doyle at UCLA for receiving a Supplemental Grant! @uclacb.bsky.social #DreyfusAwards
October 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Abigail Doyle at UCLA for receiving a Supplemental Grant! @uclacb.bsky.social #DreyfusAwards
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A @ucla.edu-led team uncovered how Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria sense sugar trails to form biofilms. Led by UCLA prof. Gerard Wong w/ Paul Weiss
(@cnsiatucla.bsky.social @uclacb.bsky.social), the study used UCLA NanoLab to reveal new bacterial sensing mechanisms:
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(@cnsiatucla.bsky.social @uclacb.bsky.social), the study used UCLA NanoLab to reveal new bacterial sensing mechanisms:
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October 28, 2025 | New research uncovers how bad bacteria know where to cluster and cause infection - California NanoSystems Institute
The bacterium known as Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an unwelcome visitor in the human body. Serious infections can result when a bunch of these bugs settle together on a surface to form a biofilm — a com...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A @ucla.edu-led team uncovered how Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria sense sugar trails to form biofilms. Led by UCLA prof. Gerard Wong w/ Paul Weiss
(@cnsiatucla.bsky.social @uclacb.bsky.social), the study used UCLA NanoLab to reveal new bacterial sensing mechanisms:
cnsi.ucla.edu/october-28-2...
(@cnsiatucla.bsky.social @uclacb.bsky.social), the study used UCLA NanoLab to reveal new bacterial sensing mechanisms:
cnsi.ucla.edu/october-28-2...
The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is excited to welcome world-renowned computational biophysicist Prof. Giulia Palermo, who will join the UCLA faculty as a Full Professor on July 1, 2026! @giuliapalermo.bsky.social www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/welcomi...
October 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is excited to welcome world-renowned computational biophysicist Prof. Giulia Palermo, who will join the UCLA faculty as a Full Professor on July 1, 2026! @giuliapalermo.bsky.social www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/welcomi...
Great to see Prof. Pri Narang quoted in this great NY Times article! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/t...
Google’s Quantum Computer Makes a Big Technical Leap
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October 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Great to see Prof. Pri Narang quoted in this great NY Times article! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/t...
We are seeking outstanding candidates for
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Asst. Adj. Prof. / Teacher-Scholar positions! This program provides teaching & research opportunities for recent Ph.D. grads (Ph.D. earned 2023-26). Apply here by Dec 1: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10635
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October 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
We are seeking outstanding candidates for
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Asst. Adj. Prof. / Teacher-Scholar positions! This program provides teaching & research opportunities for recent Ph.D. grads (Ph.D. earned 2023-26). Apply here by Dec 1: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10635
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A UCLA-led effort has taught enzymes an entirely new reaction mechanism—a radical hydrogenation process that nature itself never discovered. Enzymes can now rival or surpass precious-metal catalysts, paving the way for greener pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, and biocatalytic materials. 🧪
Biocatalytic, asymmetric radical hydrogenation of unactivated alkenes
Alkene hydrogenation is a cornerstone of chemical synthesis, yet enzymatic strategies remain limited to electron deficient substrates via hydride transfer. Using heme enzymes, we unlock a hydrogenatio...
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October 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A UCLA-led effort has taught enzymes an entirely new reaction mechanism—a radical hydrogenation process that nature itself never discovered. Enzymes can now rival or surpass precious-metal catalysts, paving the way for greener pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, and biocatalytic materials. 🧪
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This is a fantastic opportunity for any recent (or soon to graduate) PhDs in Chemistry. I'm happy to support applications for theoretical chemists. Get in touch! Nominations are due on 31st October! physicalsciences.ucla.edu/bhaumik-priz... #compchemsky #chemjobs
Bhaumik Prize Postdoctoral Fellows Program
The Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) invites nominations for the Bhaumik Prize Postdoctoral Fellows Program.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This is a fantastic opportunity for any recent (or soon to graduate) PhDs in Chemistry. I'm happy to support applications for theoretical chemists. Get in touch! Nominations are due on 31st October! physicalsciences.ucla.edu/bhaumik-priz... #compchemsky #chemjobs
Congrats to Ph.D. candidates Mai Abdusamad - Torres lab, Jadyn Malone - Petrovic lab, Katarina Cohen & Jack Scully - @schmittwitt.bsky.social & Teagan Dean - Schmitt lab & @tarateslaa.bsky.social on receiving UCLA Health JCCC 2025 Fellowship Awards! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/ucla-he...
October 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Congrats to Ph.D. candidates Mai Abdusamad - Torres lab, Jadyn Malone - Petrovic lab, Katarina Cohen & Jack Scully - @schmittwitt.bsky.social & Teagan Dean - Schmitt lab & @tarateslaa.bsky.social on receiving UCLA Health JCCC 2025 Fellowship Awards! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/ucla-he...
🥳Congrats to Prof. Justin Caram, who has been selected by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to receive a five-year, $1.3 million grant to support his pioneering work in photophysics and nanomaterials! #Moorephysics www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/justin-...
October 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🥳Congrats to Prof. Justin Caram, who has been selected by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to receive a five-year, $1.3 million grant to support his pioneering work in photophysics and nanomaterials! #Moorephysics www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/justin-...