Manufactured by all plant and animal cells, enzymes are proteins that work as catalysts in biochemical reactions, dramatically increasing the reaction rates. All cells require enzymes to survive and function. Without enzymes we would not be able to breathe, swallow, drink, eat, or digest our food. Yet, molecular-level details of enzyme mechanisms remain elusive. Leonard...
Professor Wang has been selected to receive the inaugural Chemical Research in Toxicology Young Investigator Award (15yrs since PhD), co-sponsored by the ACS journal Chemical Research in Toxicology and the ACS Division of Chemical Toxicology. Read More
The National Science Foundation Awarded Assistant Professor Richard Hooley a Career Award for work entitled Functional Metal-Ligand Assemblies: Self-Sorting, Supramolecular Catalysis and Molecular Dynamics
Professor Jason Cheng has been selected to receive the 2011 Chancellor Award for Faculty Excellence in Undergraduate Research. Students characterize their interaction with Professor Cheng as career transforming and they express great appreciation for his mentoring. Read More
The American Association for the Advancement of Science named five new fellows from UCR in 2011 including Yinsheng Wang, Professor of Chemistry. Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Larive for her selection as a 2011 Fellow of the American Chemical Society. The ACS Fellows Program recognizes outstanding achievements in and contributions to Science, the Profession, and Society. The 2011 Fellows will be honored at the ACS National Meeting in Denver. Read More
Professor Greg Beran has been selected as the 2011 University Honors Professor of the Year. Student nominations cited both his teaching in Honors General Chemistry, and his faculty-mentoring of undergraduate honors research.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Chemists at the University of California, Riverside have accomplished in the lab what until now was considered impossible: transform a family of compounds which are acids into bases. As our chemistry lab sessions have taught us, acids are substances that taste sour and react with metals and bases (bases are the chemical...
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – How do our eyes work? How do our brains process images that allow for, say, the appreciation of art? How does white light contain all the colors? Do carrots truly improve vision? The public has an opportunity to find out the answers to the above questions at the Riverside Art Museum, 3425...
Robert Young and Jonathan Ashby have received prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. The GRF provides three years of $30K/yr support plus a $10K education allowance. The fellowship also includes research and professional development opportunities and TeraGrid Supercomputer access. Read More
UCR Chemistry 112C taught by Assistant Professor Catharine Larsen will be showcased on CBS Emmy-nominated Undercover Boss. As the first academic institution ever featured, the UCR episode is the season finale, airing 9 p.m. Sunday, May 1.
The Yin lab has developed tiny, nanoscale-size rods of iron oxide particles whose diffraction properties in the visible spectrum can be manipulated by external magnetic fields. Read More
Three UCR Chemists appear in a list of the top 100 Chemists since 2000. Yadong Yin, Robert Haddon and Misha Itkis all appeared in the list , based on the number of citations per paper. Yadong Yin was also ranked second on the top 100 Materials Science list. Read More
Greg Barding has been awarded the 2010-11 Center for Plant Cell Biology Graduate Research Award for his research paper published this year in the Journal of Proteome Research.
Assistant Professor Wenwan Zhong has received the CAREER award from NSF to support her work on the development of a novel signal amplification approach for biochemical sensing. Read More
Yongsheng Xiao, a second-year graduate student working in the Wang laboratory, won a Dissertation Research Award sponsored by the University of California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program. The $60,000 award will support Yongsheng for two years in the study of TSNA signaling pathway by targeted proteomics
Dr. Yadong Yin will receive a 2010 DuPont Young Professor award, which is given to promising young research faculty working in areas of interest to DuPont. Dr. Yin will present a seminar on his work at DuPont and will receive a research grant for $25,000. Read More