News & Events

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5	6 CH291: Julian West, Rice University CH291: Julian West, Rice University October 6, 2025 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm See more details •	7	8	9	10	11
12	13 CH291: Tuan Ahn Pham, LLNL CH291: Tuan Ahn Pham, LLNL October 13, 2025 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm See more details •	14 PhD Dissertation Seminar_MTorgrimson PhD Dissertation Seminar_MTorgrimson October 14, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm See more details •	15	16	17	18
19	20 CH291: Eric Borguet, Temple University CH291: Eric Borguet, Temple University October 20, 2025 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm See more details •	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30 PhD Dissertation Seminar_CordozaJ PhD Dissertation Seminar_CordozaJ October 30, 2025 1:45 pm - 4:00 pm See more details •	31 CH291: CH291: October 31, 2025 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm See more details •

Our seminars

Chemistry & Biochemistry Symposium

The Chemistry & Biochemistry Symposium is a full day event that combines the Bunnett, Fink, and Crews lectures in addition to adding a renowned speaker in the field of Physical Chemistry.

60th Anniversary Chemistry & Biochemistry Symposium 2025

Bunnett Symposium

The Bunnett lecture series is hosted annually by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in honor of Professor Emeritus Joseph Bunnett. Established in 2001, the symposium which is held on the first Friday in May, features a formal lecture that has been presented by some of the most eminent scholars in the field of chemistry.

Bunnett Symposium 2023
Bunnett Symposium 2022

Fink Symposium

This biennial event was established in 2010 to honor and celebrate Professor Tony Fink’s exceptionally distinguished career in Biomedical Chemistry.

Fall Conference

The Department Fall Conference held annually is attended by faculty, researchers, postdocs, and grad students. This is a day long event which includes a key note speaker, scientific talks from each lab group, and a poster session.

Fall Conference 2025
Fall Conference 2024
Fall Conference 2023

Phil Crews Symposium: Powered by Chemistry, Strengthened by Diversity

The Crews symposium is a biennial symposium that celebrates diverse voices in chemical research, and recognizes their excellence in scientific discovery. In addition, a Crews fellowship will be presented to an outstanding undergraduate student to help them further their career in chemical research.

Crews Symposium 2023
Crews Symposium 2021

Kenny Ikei Memorial Seminar

The Ikei seminar focuses on graduate student health and happiness. Prior to the seminar, the students celebrate with a Halloween costume contest and then participate in a diverse array of seminar topics to help with mental health and career goals.

CH291 Seminar Series

Weekly research seminars held during the academic year. Invited speakers are widely recognized experts in their respective fields whose research programs have broad appeal to scientists working within and across chemical and biological subdisciplines.

Latest News

Annual Chemistry Fall Conference 2025

Posted: August 19, 2025

Annual Chemistry Fall Conference 2025 Thanks to our generous sponsors, this year the conference is free!

Jeannette Peters, Patti Schell, Deana Tanguay

Science Division staff honored with new award for outstanding service and dedication

Posted: April 14, 2025

The Science Division is honoring staff members Jeannette Peters, Patti Schell, and Deana Tanguay for demonstrating outstanding service and dedication to the division’s mission within the past five years.

Three UC Santa Cruz faculty members named 2024 AAAS fellows

Posted: April 1, 2025

Three UC Santa Cruz faculty members have been named new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals.

Explaining how our biological clocks work and how to better regulate our circadian rhythms

Posted: March 5, 2025

As anticipation builds for the longer days that follow this weekend’s switch to daylight savings time, the moment seemed ideal to turn to one of the nation’s leading circadian-rhythms researchers, UC Santa Cruz’s Carrie Partch.

Phillip Crews honored with inaugural ASP Mentorship Award

Posted: February 25, 2025

Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Phillip Crews has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP) Phillip Crews Mentorship Award.

Pushing the boundaries of biotechnology

Posted: February 6, 2025

UCSC alumni and founders of Unnatural Products, Cameron Pye and Joshua Schwochert, are at the forefront of cutting edge biotechnology.

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