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	Scientists discover how Proteins interact along Metabolic Pathway New research out of UC San Diego and University of Michigan are setting chemical biologists on their own path to a new understanding of fatty acid biosynthesis.
	Chemists Use MASCoT to Create New Metalloproteins Simple changes to amino acids lead to formation of complex supramolecular structures
	Scientists Confirm Events that Occurred One Second after the Big Bang A team of international scientists, including researchers from UC San Diego, has produced a measurement that adds to the understanding of the universe within a second of its creation.
	Galaxy Gardener Graduate student Angela Berti, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in observational astrophysics, contributes to sustainability and learns some chemistry while gardening on campus.
	Math Research adds up to 2019 Sloan Fellowship Tianyi Zheng is UC San Diego's newest Sloan Research Fellow. The assistant professor of mathematics who studies probability theory and geometric group theory has been recognized as among the most promising scientific researchers in her field by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
	Astronomers Invite Citizens to Crowd-Source New Worlds A relaunch of the project involving citizen scientists coincides with an Astrophysical Journal Letters publication of an exciting new discovery that challenges the way astronomers think about the long-term evolution of planetary systems.
	Researchers Flood Boundaries of Chemistry UC San Diego scientists computationally model chemical realities of water to optimize materials science
	IUPAC Names Vicki Grassian among 2019 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science Feb. 11, IUPAC announced the awardees of its Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering. Among the 12 women chosen from around the world is Vicki Grassian, a distinguished professor in the Departments of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Nanoengineering and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
	Atmospheric Chemist Kim Prather elected to National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Prather is the first woman at UC San Diego to be elected to the prestigious NAE. She will be formally inducted to the academy during its annual meeting in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 6, 2019, along with 85 other individuals in the newly elected NAE class.
	Biochemists make ‘Elbow Room’ for Nanostructures with new Toolkit Combining the biomolecules of DNA and RNA, Professor Thomas Hermann and graduate students from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry discovered a way to facilitate the self-assembly of polygonal nanoshapes. This could lead to new methods for making nanoscale devices and more economically efficient, medical, point-of-care diagnostics for rapid bedside testing.
	Researchers Limit Experimental Free Will to Fake Quantum Entanglement CASS Researcher Andrew Friedman’s study exploring the fundamental nature of reality could inform future quantum encryption protocols.
	Sticky Science Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry Vicki Grassian and a team of researchers worked to unstick the role of surfaces in indoor environments to create air quality models. The researchers experimented with glass and limonene, a chemical found in citrus and household cleaners. Their work is published in “Chemical Science” and chosen as a “ChemSci Pick of the Week.”
	Thinking on Egg Shells After more than a decade, the Young Physicists Program (YPP) still brings together middle school and high school students from the greater San Diego area who work with university physics students and professors for three hours on a Saturday morning each month.
	Neal Devaraj Wins Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry The American Chemical Society (ACS) recently announced Neal Devaraj as the winner of the 2019 Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry. According to the ACS, Devaraj was recognized for his “outstanding research in biological chemistry of unusual merit and independence of thought and originality.” Previous recipients with connections to UC San Diego include David Bonner (1952), Nathan Kaplan (1953), and alumnus and biotech pioneer David Goeddel (1984).
	‘Phat’ on potential, Lipidomics is gaining Weight A new generation of chemists & biochemists is pounding out research to further understand the complex nature of lipids using a database established by the division’s Ed Dennis and other UC San Diego researchers.

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