Chemistry & Biochemistry News

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Spring 2023 Fellows Colloquium Recording Available

Did you miss Dr. Fangyuan Tian's talk, or want to watch it again? The recording of "Innovative Solutions Found in Nature" is now available.
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Scholarship Honoring Late Professor Champions Careers in Chemistry

The Dr. Dot Goldish Endowed Scholarship is named after one of the first two female professors of chemistry at CSULB. Dr. Goldish was active in the University for 50 years, serving in a variety of roles. Her passion was teaching.
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Faculty Research EDI Award Recipient, Stephen Mezyk, Wants to Give Students a Voice

A university wide project to recognize faculty research efforts focused on racial equity has resulted in an award for CNSM Biochemistry faculty member Dr. Stephen Mezyk. The CSULB President and Provost's initiative sought research proposals that investigate racial equity, diversity, and inclusion on campus and/or our immediate region while supporting student access and success. The goals of the inaugural issue of the new FRA-EDI program feature reliance upon our significant Beach intellectual…
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Several Students Win Awards for Biomedical Poster Presentations

Our student presenters had a great weekend! On Friday, November 4, 2022, Judy Rodriguez (M.S. Biochemistry) from Weers Lab was recognized for her poster presentation at 2022 SoCal Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student Symposium at Cedars Sinai, “Production of TEV Protease for Histidine-Tag removal of Apolipoprotein A-I Chimeric proteins” On Saturday, November 5, 2022, Victoria Sarkisian (B.S. Chemistry) and Katlyn Lawrence (B.S. Chemistry) from…