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The process could provide a versatile material platform for more powerful, compact and energy-efficient spintronic devices. @cnsiatucla newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/semico…
CNSI members Xiangfeng Duan (@uclachem) & Yu Huang (@uclaengineering) have developed a method integrating high concentrations of magnetic atoms into semiconductors, which could advance spintronics, #quantumcomputing, & energy-efficient #AI tech: cnsi.ucla.edu/july-21-2025-s…
The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is excited to welcome Professor Kalli Kappel (@KalliKappel), who joined UCLA as an Assistant Professor on July 1, 2025. chemistry.ucla.edu/news/welcoming…

Congratulations, Sarah and Allison! 🥳
Congrats to lab members Sarah (@Teamfrench_) and Allison (@Allisonc2001s), who each won poster prizes at the Heron10 and NOS 2025 conferences respectively! @uclachem #Heron10 #NOS2025 #WomenInSTEM
The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is excited to welcome world-class computational chemical biologist Professor Steffen Lindert (@LindertLab), who joined the UCLA faculty as an Associate Professor on July 1, 2025. chemistry.ucla.edu/news/welcoming…

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Copper-Dependent Hydroxylation Catalyzed by the DUF3328 #Enzyme CctR by Kaushik Seshadri, Chen-Yu Chiang, Kyle K. Nagasawa, and @yitang_ucla at @uclachem in @J_A_C_S pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…
This summer, with gratitude, we said goodbye to former Teacher-Scholars Mackenzie Anderson (Kaner group) and Huiling Shao (@houk1000), and welcomed our newest Teacher-Scholars Anneka Miller Casas (Caram group) and Cindy Sining Wang (@schmittlab_ucla). chemistry.ucla.edu/news/teacher-s…

The CNSI recently hosted a celebration for prof. Heather Maynard (@uclachem @cnsiatucla) in recognition of her election to the @theNASciences! The event brought together colleagues, leadership, and fellow Academy members to mark the occasion: cnsi.ucla.edu/july-17-2025-c…
The gift will help UCLA recruit scholars in the departments of physics and astronomy and of chemistry and biochemistry. newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/mani-…
Carboranes without Cage Carbons: closo-Dodecaborate Mimics of Neutral closo-Carboranes | Journal of the American Chemical Society @uclachem @UCLA @CNSI_UCSB pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…
🥳Congrats to chemistry Ph.D. candidate and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Jason Q.L. Williams (@PSWnano group), who has been named a Tillman Scholar for the class of 2025! chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2025-till…

Prof. Abby Doyle @uclachem and Dr. Nat Kadunce @GileadSciences will be our speakers at the next @ACSorganic Virtual Symposium on July 16 at 12 noon (ET) Watch for free at: YouTube: zurl.co/9UNFi Zoom: zurl.co/C3CHG More info: zurl.co/ehawC…
Hot off the press! UCLA TDG Innovation Magazine.It's our success story edition. Delve into > *Bahram Jalali's Journey *UCLA startups that have milestones @uclatdg updates *Event wrap ups and more tdg.ucla.edu/ucla-tdg-innov…
Data Science-Guided Development of Deoxyfluorination Reagents with Enhanced Reactivity, Practicality, and Safety | Journal of the American Chemical Society @UtahChemistry @UUtah @UCLA @uclachem @TotalSyntheses pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…
Drp1 Proteins Released from Hydrolysis-Driven Scaffold Disassembly Trigger Nucleotide-Dependent Membrane Remodeling to Promote Scission | Journal of the American Chemical Society @uclachem @UCLA pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…
Dynamin-like Proteins Combine Mechano-constriction and Membrane Remodeling to Enable Two-Step Mitochondrial Fission via a “Snap-through” Instability | Journal of the American Chemical Society @uclachem @UCLA pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…
Congratulations, Prof. Huang!
Congrats to Yu Huang, professor of @MSEucla @uclachem & a @cnsiatucla member, on receiving the 2025 Global Energy Prize for her work in catalyst development — the 1st @UCLA faculty & 1st woman to win in the non-conventional energy category. @UofCalifornia samueli.ucla.edu/ucla-materials…
Welcome to UCLA Dr. Marie! 👋
We recently welcomed an awesome postdoctoral fellow, Marie! Marie joins us from Stockholm University, where she completed her Ph.D. studies with Prof. Kálmán Szabó. In her free time, Marie enjoys traveling and swimming outdoors! @Stockholm_Uni @uclachem
🥳Congratulations to BMSB Ph.D. student Lily Taylor (@bioarcUCLA), the 2025 recipient of the Arnold J. Berk Research Achievement Award, presented by the UCLA Molecular Biology Institute (MBI)! @UCLAMBI chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2025-arno…
