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Joined December 2018
The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is thrilled to announce the re-launch of our department newsletter, The #DCB Today, with a brand new publication for the first time in four years. Read the Spring 2025 Issue at https://t.co/rvM5V2GDlC ⚗️📰
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Congratulations to Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Grace Han (@GraceGDHan, @ucsantabarbara), for being named a @MooreFound Inventor Fellow! @ucsbchemistry
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Her groundbreaking research on molecular solar fuels aims to capture sunlight, store it in chemical bonds, and release it as heat on demand — a clean, emission-free path toward sustainable energy.
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INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN ACTION: DCB Professor Grace Han (@GraceGDHan) and Graduate Student Han P.Q. Nguyen featured by UCSB Grad Div 🧪 https://t.co/Tb6jknjuxB
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Coordination Chemistry of an Emerging Group of Diazeniumdiolate Siderophores: Crystal Structures of M(III)-Gramibactin (M= Fe and Ga) | Journal of the American Chemical Society @UCSB
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To overcome iron starvation, microorganisms often produce siderophores─chelators with high affinity and selectivity for Fe(III). The recent discovery of the siderophore gramibactin garnered signifi...
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Thank you @floodgroup_iub for selecting our paper 😆 Very happy to know you enjoyed it 🥰
📢Late POTM winner announcement: Shout out to @GraceGDHan and team: The winner of July's Paper Of The Month #POTM for their awesome design of curved anthracenes to store solar thermal energy efficiently. Check out the paper here. https://t.co/kkMEjZccYo
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#UCSB professor Dorit Hanein has been elected as a Fellow of the American Society for Cell Biology. Her work on how cells sense & respond to their environment is shedding light on processes linked to cancer, chronic inflammation & age-related conditions:
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Her work on how cells sense and respond to their environment is shedding light on processes linked to chronic inflammation, cancer and age-related conditions such as neurodegenerative disease and...
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The Art of Science 2025 pieces are now proudly displayed on the Chemistry Building Breezeway! 🩵 Undergraduate student resources will also be available soon 😊
#DCB's pieces for The Art of Science are here 🎨🔬 All full-size works (with details) will be on exhibit starting this week in the Chemistry Building Breezeway. 🖼️
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@uclachem Star alumna Prof. Thuc-Quyen Nguyen @QuyenUCSB @ucsbchemistry is giving a spectacular closing plenary address on #organic electronics at #ChinaNano #nano
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#DCB's pieces for The Art of Science are here 🎨🔬 All full-size works (with details) will be on exhibit starting this week in the Chemistry Building Breezeway. 🖼️
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Fall Quarter might be about a month away, but we're still having our 🏝️ fun in the sun 😎 Happy Summer to all our #DCB students, faculty, friends, and family! 🐚 🌊
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Big news! @NSF has renewed $19.8M for @BioPACIFICMIP—a @ucsantabarbara & @cnsiatucla partnership advancing sustainable, bio-based materials w/ AI, robotics & synthetic biology. This national hub trains the next-gen workforce: https://t.co/PPfIUCAYXH
#ResearchPowersProgress
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The U.S. National Science Foundation has renewed funding for BioPACIFIC MIP — Biomaterials, Polymers and Advanced Constructs from Integrated Chemistry Materials Innovation Platform — a collaboration...
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Are you a graduate student in the sciences? Apply for our Office of Science Graduate Student Research program! The program supports students working on their thesis research by providing access to our National Labs' expertise, resources, and capabilities: https://t.co/cnIfqqYSWh
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Proud to host such talented undergraduates in our group this summer! Yesterday, they showcased their hard work at the poster session, presenting on projects that explored different electronic structure methods #UndergraduateResearch
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#UCSB researchers have found a way to selectively create the links that connect single sugars into short-chain carbohydrates—which could open up new avenues of biomedical research and advance cancer treatments. Full story:
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Scientists have developed a method to automate the precise synthesis of oligosaccharides, opening new doors for biomedical research, including vaccines and diagnostics.
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Here’s our latest biosynthetic study on swainsonine, https://t.co/CCC2wYCaQJ — a pathway far more complex than expected and packed with enzymes brimming with synthetic potential. Led by our fantastic postdoc, @shaonan_liu, who will soon be starting his own lab in Shenzhen!
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Nature Chemical Biology - Swainsonine is a potent α-d-mannosidase inhibitor, but its biosynthesis remains poorly understood. Here the authors reveal an intriguing epimerization mechanism...
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You've studied hard and you've dreamed big. Now, it's time to get started. The UC application is open for fall 2026! https://t.co/ZyHIkgrush
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After 7 incredible years at Brandeis, I'm excited to start a new chapter at UCSB today😊 I'm forever grateful to my wonderful colleagues at Brandeis for their support. Looking forward to building an interdisciplinary program in materials & energy @ucsbchemistry🌴☀️🔋
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Rare earth metals are in our smart technologies and so much more, yet reclaiming them is complex, dangerous and expensive 💸 That’s why #UCSB's Justin Wilson has partnered with the mineral recovery company REEGen. Full story:
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UCSB’s Justin Wilson has developed a new approach to extract rare earth elements from waste. The goal is to make rare earth element recycling financially, logistically and environmentally attractive.
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Watch our 2025 DCB Awards & Graduation Ceremony in full via @Youtube
https://t.co/jRHUnp1X2e 🎓
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From graduated cylinders to graduation day, the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry wishes congratulations to all of our #DCBClassof2025 grads! 🎓🎉🥼
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