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Sawrey Re-elected to American Chemical Society Board of Directors

February 26, 2015

…department of chemistry and biochemistry since 1984. She received her B.S. in 1973 from Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, an M.A. in 1982 from San Diego State University and her Ph.D. in 1983 jointly from UC San Diego and San Diego State University. She received the American Chemical Society Award…

How Cells Know When It’s Time to Eat Themselves

January 17, 2013

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a molecular mechanism regulating autophagy, a fundamental stress response used by cells to help ensure their survival in adverse conditions.

Preeminent Biochemist Daniel J. Donoghue Appointed as UC San Diego’s Sixth College Provost

January 17, 2012

Daniel J. Donoghue, vice-chair of the University of California, San Diego’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been appointed as provost at UC San Diego’s Sixth College, effective January 2012.

York Hall Science Labs Get $6.5 Million Makeover to Help Students Graduate in Four Years

October 30, 2014

…department of chemistry and biochemistry’s most impacted courses—organic chemistry and general chemistry. The renovation and expansion of a third laboratory will provide an additional 648 enrollments in the Division of Biological Sciences’ most impacted course—biochemical techniques. And the renovation of a fourth laboratory allows the launch of a new lower-division…

U.S. News Global Rankings Name UC San Diego 19th Best University in World

October 6, 2015

…and toxicology (4), neuroscience and behavior (6), biology and biochemistry (6), psychiatry and psychology (7), computer science (9), as well as molecular biology and genetics (10).

UC San Diego Receives $7.5 Million to Develop Innovative Uses for Melanin

April 27, 2017

A team of scientists from UC San Diego and two other universities has received a five year, $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to unravel the fundamental properties of melanins, a family of natural pigments found in skin, hair, eyes and even the plumage of brightly colored…

Cohort Program Provides a Pathway to Excellence

February 3, 2022

…Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Dontarie Stallings is the program’s faculty director. When he first came to campus, he pitched a program that caught students early enough in their academic careers to provide meaningful support that could change their academic trajectory. “Often the students who struggle are the ones from…

Scientists Create Synthetic Membranes That Grow Like Living Cells

June 22, 2015

Chemists and biologists at UC San Diego have succeeded in designing and synthesizing an artificial cell membrane capable of sustaining continual growth, just like a living cell.

Faculty Awards and Honors February 2012

February 1, 2012

…Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Award - Sloan Foundation Research Fellow Alireza Salehi Golsefidy Assistant Professor of Mathematics Award - Sloan Foundation Research Fellow Juan C. Lasheras Stanford and Beverly Penner Professor of Applied Sciences Award - Elected to National Academy of Engineering Roger P. Levy Assistant Professor of Linguistics…

Faculty Awards and Honors April 2012

April 1, 2012

…Molecular Medicine, Chemistry and Biochemistry Award - Foreign Members of the Royal Society Fellow Karl Y. Hostetler Professor of Medicine Award - Gertrude Elion Memorial Lecture Award by the International Society for Antiviral Research Herbert Levine Professor of Physics Award - American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow Victor Nizet…

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