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UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry - Young Hall, 607 Charles E. Young Drive E., LA, CA, 90095.
Website: http://www.chemistry.ucla.edu
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Did you know a chemical found in yew trees was turned into the cancer-fighting drug taxol? 🌲💊

Learn more by watching the latest Dreyfus Foundation-funded Chemistry Shorts film: https://youtu.be/XhxaNUF6lWk
Organic chemistry is as simple as piano keys | Changing Key and Chemistry
What if chemistry’s most intimidating subject were as easy as learning to play “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star?” In "Changing Key and Chemistry," a ten-minute...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty & alumni are among the top 25 “Bruinventors” of the 21st century, behind innovations such as cortisol-sensing smartwatches, life-saving cancer drugs, hair loss treatments, & sustainable, cell-free enzyme technology! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/chemist...
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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🥳 Congratulations to the 2025–26 Fowler Fellows! Ph.D. students Jonathan Jih (Zhou lab), Nikki Cheung (Clubb lab), Eileen Olivares (@joelooucla.bsky.social lab) and Lily Taylor (Rodriguez lab)! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2025-20...
November 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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This video featuring UCLA organic chemist Neil Garg helps explain why a dreaded college class is a wildly popular crowd favorite at UCLA. 🧪
Organic chemistry is as simple as piano keys | Changing Key and Chemistry
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November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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2025 Distinguished Teaching Award winner Caitlyn Fick (PhD student, Srivastava group) explains how small, caring practices — such as anonymous surveys — can build trust and help students feel supported in an otherwise intimidating subject like chemistry. youtu.be/yRAM9W1pkDY
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November 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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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
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We are seeking outstanding candidates for
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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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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November 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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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.

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November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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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/
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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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.
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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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 🧲
Juli Feigon, a Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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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
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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
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November 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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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 [email protected].
November 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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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 [email protected].
November 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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