In 2017, our department made daring discoveries, pursued new frontiers, and excelled in teaching and research. Below, we countdown the year's ten most-read news and celebrate the varied successes of our faculty, students, researchers and alumni.
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Alan Yang, an undergraduate in the Kahne Lab, wins a Rhodes Scholarship
One of only 32 Americans to win a Rhodes Scholarship, the Class of 2018 undergraduate will travel to the University of Oxford next October.
9.
Alumnus joins Bay Area pharmaceutical start-up
After a postdoctoral research fellowship with Professor Andrew G. Myers, Kevin joined the start-up company Revolution Medicines as one of its first two chemists.
8.
Advanced Laboratories (CHEM 100R and 165) Poster Session
Maria Brouard, a spunky undergraduate studying Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, beamed next to her poster. She had only one problem with her final project: it didn’t have enough color.
7.
Stuart Schreiber's latest discovery in his fight against treatment-resistant cancers
Stuart Schreiber has been searching for vulnerabilities in treatment-resistant cancer cells. Recently, he found one.
6.
New use for SAM from Li Zha and the Balskus Group
Li Zha, a sixth-year graduate student in the Balskus Lab, is the lead author on a new paper titled "Colibactin assembly line enzymes use S-adenosylmethionine to build a cyclopropane ring," from Nature Chemical Biology.
5.
New publication from Professor Emily Balskus, the "Microbiome Code Breaker"
Nature Chemical Biology published "A new strategy for aromatic ring alkylation in cylindrocyclophane biosynthesis."
4.
ACS honors David Liu and Emily Balskus
Two CCB faculty members, David Liu and Emily Balskus, earned prestigious ACS National Awards.
3.
David R. Liu's latest paper on DNA "Base Editing" published in Nature
Liu and team's new technique targets individual letters, or genetic bases, and has the potential to correct more than half of all human genetic diseases.
2.
Artificial Leaf Named a 2017 Breakthrough Technology
The artificial leaf, an innovation from Daniel Nocera and Pamela Silver, promises to transform the world of energy technology.
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Warm welcome to Dr. Jarad Mason
Dr. Mason joins the department on January 1, 2018 as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry.
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