UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

05/29/2026

🎉Congratulations to the 2026 Senior Foote Fellows: Branden Chaffin (Doyle lab), Allison Clark (Neil Garg lab), Alexander Maertens (Doyle/Houk labs), Christina Rivera (Garg lab), and Giulianna Miseo (Garg lab)! https://bit.ly/SeniorFooteFellows26

05/27/2026

Distinguished Kenneth N. Trueblood Professor Neil Garg has been named one of three UCLA faculty members to receive the 2026 Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring from the UCLA Division of Graduate Education. He is the first faculty member...

05/22/2026

From the vault: UCLA distinguished professor Michael Jung's midlife shift to medicinal chemistry led to the development of prostate cancer drugs Xtandi and Erleada, now prescribed to hundreds of thousands of patients worldwide.

Read the full story here: https://ucla.in/4ePNgZT

05/21/2026

Support our Shared Instrumentation Labs! Your gift equips our shared labs and empowers innovation. Double your impact with a 1:1 match—or triple it with a 2:1 match for gifts of $5–100K! Support this important cause today! https://youtu.be/UGEcWr-NS8Y?si=NT5pNPacVeJNYHYG
UCLA College

05/21/2026

We are sad to report that Emeritus Professor Charles A. West passed away on May 5 at the age of 98. He joined UCLA in 1952 as the department’s 2nd biochemist and helped recruit most of its 18 biochemists before retiring in the early 1990s. Learn more here: https://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/remembering-charles-a-west-professor-emeritus-of-chemistry-and-biochemistry-1927-2026/

05/21/2026

🥳Congrats to graduate student Stéphane Miaule (Tolbert Lab), who has been awarded a 2026 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship! Read about it here:
https://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2026-national-defense-science-and-engineering-graduate-ndseg-fellowship-award/

05/18/2026

Congratulations to Prof. Neil Garg on receiving UCLA’s 2026 Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring! He is one of three recipients campus-wide. Read about it here: https://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/44112/

05/12/2026

Exciting news—our Shared Instrumentation Lab Campaign is officially live! Our mission is to raise at least $50K in 30 days to equip our MIC and BIF facilities with brand-new instrumentation.
Even better—every gift counts double! We’re matching all donations 1:1, and gifts of $5K–$100K will be matched 2:1.
https://crowdfunding.ucla.edu/SIL2026
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05/12/2026

Exciting news—our Shared Instrumentation Lab Campaign is officially live! Our mission is to raise at least $50K in 30 days to equip our MIC and BIF facilities with brand-new instrumentation.

Even better—every gift counts double! We’re matching all donations 1:1, and gifts of $5K–$100K will be matched 2:1.

Help power the next generation of scientists by giving today or sharing this link with your network:
https://crowdfunding.ucla.edu/SIL2026

With your support, our students and researchers will have the tools they need to innovate and excel.

Thank you for making an impact!

05/01/2026

🥳Congratulations to our current graduate and undergraduates, and alumni who have received prestigious 2026 National Science Foundation () Graduate Research Fellowships (GRFP) and Honorable Mentions!
https://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2026-national-science-foundation-graduate-research-awards-honorable-mentions/