UCLA Samueli
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
5531 Boelter Hall
Panagiotis D. Christofides
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Chemical engineer receives major grant for immunotherapy research
Chemical engineer receives major grant for immunotherapy research Matthew Chin | June 24, 2019 Yvonne Chen, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a $1.25 million grant from the...
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UCLA researchers develop adhesive gel that helps the eye heal itself
UCLA engineers have developed an adhesive gel that can encourage the surface of the eye, known as the cornea, to heal itself following an injury.
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Researchers discover natural product that could lead to new class of commercial herbicide
Bioinformatics approach used to uncover the weed killer could also be used to find new drugs for medications.
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UCLA Bioscience Innovation Day 2019, Poster Award Winner: Brian Walker
Chemical Engineering PhD student Brian Walker received first place in the Poster Award at the 2019 UCLA Bioscience Innovation Day last week, May 23rd, at the Luskin Conference Center. The event is intended to promote awareness of the growing bioscience entrepreneurial...
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2019 QS Ranking: UCLA CBE No. 8 in the US
In the just-released and broadly watched worldwide 2019 QS ranking of Chemical Engineering Departments, our Department was ranked at No. 8 in the US (this is the third year in a row that our Department has been ranked in the top-8 in the US). In addition to...
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