Sep 4, 2025
Hearty congratulations to Beto as he begins his new role as Principal Investigator in the Department of Biochemistry at Cinvestav in Mexico City! Alberto Vázquez Salazar We are excited to see the future contributions of his new research laboratory! Alberto...
Jul 14, 2025
Congratulations to Ruoxin Zhou for successful completion of his master’s thesis in the CBE MS program! Ruoxin will continue his career as a development quality assurance associate at oncology biotech firm BeOne Medicines (formerly BeiGene). Best wishes to...
Jun 13, 2025
Congratulations to Shelby Vexler and Steven Yang for awards in 2025! Shelby received the UCLA Research Showcase Fellowship Award for the American Chemical Society, and also the Chemistry Department’s Herbert Newby McCoy Mentorship Award. Steven received the UCLA...
Feb 18, 2025
Congratulations to Steven Yang for a successful thesis defense! Steven presented polymyxin B-phage conjugates as a way to greatly increase potency and reduce toxicity of the nephrotoxic antibiotic polymyxin B. He also presented his work at IDweek and AIChE in 2024....
Apr 17, 2024
Congratulations to Shelby Vexler for winning third place at the UCLA Grad Slam competition! Watch her award-winning presentation on antibacterial phage conjugates!
Jun 5, 2023
Congratulations to Alberto for receiving a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellowship! This two-year fellowship will support Beto’s work to understand ribozyme evolution during the origin of life. Congratulations also to Nick for receiving a Summer Mentored Research...
