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In 2018, the Nobel Prize for chemistry went to one British and two American scientists. Professor Frances Arnold is an American chemical engineer who was awarded for her pioneering work on the “directed evolution of enzymes.” In this edition of "The Interview", Fair Observer talks to...Read more about In Conversation with Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold

Alum David Oxtoby (Ph.D. Chem, ’75) has been elected President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. One of the oldest institutions in America, the Academy was founded in 1780 by John Adams, John Hancock, and 60 other individuals who anticipated that the then young republic would...Read more about Alum David Oxtoby named president of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Alumnus John E. Adams, (Ph.D. Chem, '79) has been re-elected chair of the board of directors of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world’s largest scientific society. Adams will begin his second one-year term on Jan. 1, 2019.Read more about Alumnus John Adams re-elected chair of the American Chemical Society'€™s board of directors

This year's Nobel Laureates in science and medicine will take center stage in Stockholm on December 10th, when they receive the Nobel medal and diploma from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. This year's awardees include UC Berkeley Alumna Professor Frances Arnold of Caltech.Read more about Nobel Prize award ceremony to be streamed live December 10

Researchers have pinpointed the strong acid site of a sulfated-zirconium MOF catalyst by identifying a specific molecular decoration within its structure. The work could aid studies into solid acid-catalysed reaction mechanisms as well as the development of next-generation solid acid...Read more about Molecular decoration determines origin of MOF acidity

AAAS awarded 416 of its members the distinction of Fellow this year for “their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.” Among the new Fellows from Berkeley are Allen Goldstein (Energy Technologies Area), Sung-Hou Kim (Biosciences), Susannah...Read more about Sung-Hou Kim named AAAS Fellow

The periodic table is chemistry’s holy text. Not only does it list all of the tools at chemists’ disposal, but its mere shape – where these elements fall into specific rows and columns – has made profound predictions about new elements and their properties that later came true. But few...Read more about Meet alumna Dawn Shaughnessy, a real-life alchemist

JBEI researchers gain understanding of central metabolism of bacteria and yeast species commonly used in biotechnology.Read more about Potential new way to boost biofuels and bioproducts production

Fall was in the air on Friday night when AICHe, AXS , ACS Berkeley, and the College of Chemistry pulled out all the stops for this year's Fall Festival. About 375 undergraduate students attended the event which turned into a great evening for some fun and friendly rivalries. Everything...Read more about Hey, it's not all chemistry exams at the College

Dr. Jennifer Doudna has issued a statement in response to claims that the world's first genetically edited babies have been born in China. Doudna is a Howard Hughes...Read more about CRISPR co-inventor responds to claim of first genetically edited babies