We are thrilled to share our recent study in
@Nature
on 1,2,3-cyclohexatriene, a strained isomer of benzene, and its derivatives. Congrats to Andrew, Ana, and Dominick!
Excited to share our recent publication in
@Nature
on strained cyclic allenes being intercepted using asymmetric nickel catalysis! Congrats to the team & shoutout to our awesome Houk lab collaborators
@ucla
@uclachem
@uclanewsroom
@houk1000
Excited to release our new website ! A fun tool to help students learn how to assign stereocenters, all in the context of important molecules. Great for engaging O-Chem students or brushing up on your own skills. Thanks
@2xDC
!
@uclachem
Check out our publication in
@Nature
in collaboration with the Tang, Houk, & Zhou Labs on an Enzymatic Alder–Ene Reaction! Congrats to the authors including Garg Lab members Sarah, Jason, Joyann, & Elias!
@yitang_ucla
@houk1000
@uclachem
@uclanewsroom
We are excited to share our publication in
@NatureSynthesis
on the generation and reactivity of unsymmetrical strained heterocyclic allenes! Congrats to Andrew and
@TenaArismel
!
@uclachem
Read more here:
May the fourth be with you! Also, check out our new publication in
@J_A_C_S
on catalyst-controlled annulations of strained cyclic allenes! Congrats to Dominick, Matt, Georgia, and lab alumna Sarah!
@uclachem
#usetheforce
Celebrating our recent publication in Org Lett on the nickel-catalyzed conversion of amides to carboxylic acids with a virtual high-five! Congrats
@RachelRKnapp
and
@AnaBulger
!
@JOC_OL
@uclachem
We are excited to share some of our efforts toward the total synthesis of keramaphidin B using a strained cyclic allene! Congrats to Milauni, Jordan, and Logan, better known as “Team Kemit”!
@Milaunii
@Lbachchem
@uclachem
Garg Lab takes
#NOS2022
! Thanks to everyone who stopped by to check out our posters last night, we had a blast chatting about our group’s chemistry.
@uclachem
Excited to share our latest
@J_A_C_S
paper on taming radical pairs in the crystalline solid state, in collaboration with the Houk and Garcia–Garibay groups! Congrats to Jordan, Ieva, Logan, and Vince.
@uclachem
We are delighted to share our recent study in
@J_A_C_S
- A collaborative approach to strictosidine and aryne derivatives with
@houk1000
&
@yitang_ucla
. Congrats to all authors, including our lab members Sarah, Lucas, and Veronica. Read the full story here:
HUGE congrats to our newest grads: Dr. Rachel Knapp, Dr. Francesca Ippoliti, & Dr. Jason Chari! 🍾🥂 We were also so happy to have alumni - Drs. Sarah Anthony (‘21), Rob Susick (‘20), & Melissa Ramirez (‘21) - join us for the hooding ceremony🥳
@uclachem
@UCLA_Alumni
#Frachelson
This project brought together chemists from 4 different continents to develop an alternative synthesis of Remdesivir’s nucleobase, a treatment for COVID-19! Check out our publication in collaboration with the
@SarpongLab
!
@uclachem
@ucla
@uclanewsroom
Today we bid farewell to Dr. Evan Darzi. Thank you for being an endless source of positivity, creativity, and ‘dad jokes’. Best of luck to you and the fam in AZ. Icagen is lucky to have you and we will miss you! 👋
@thederzzz
@uclachem
Happy to have Dr. Daniel Nasrallah join the team as an Adjunct Assistant Professor via the
@uclachem
Teacher-Scholar program! Daniel grew up in North Carolina, did his PhD in the
@SchindlerLab
, and enjoys rock climbing in his free time! 🧗🏻
We recently published our work on enantioselective Nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions with amide electrophiles! Congrats to Ana, Ari, and Dan!
@uclachem
Read more here:
We are excited to welcome Professor Abigail Doyle and her group to
@UCLA
! Prof. Doyle joins UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry as the Saul Winstein Chair of
#OrganicChemistry
. 😊Learn more here:
It’s hard to believe it’s been 15 years! We are so grateful to Gargoyles past and present for being such incredible group members. Special s/o to Elaina for decorating this delicious Boston crème cake for us today! 🎂🥳
#LabBirthday
#FantasticFifteen
@uclachem
Kicking off the new academic year with an inspiring talk by
@UCLA
's very own Professor Hosea Nelson in our Organic Colloquium. Congrats to Hosea and his team for their incredible research accomplishments!
@uclachem
@TheNelsonLab
Looking for beta testers for our new Virtual Reality OChem educational resources! DM us if you have access to one of the VR headsets shown and would like to help 😎
@uclachem
#virtualreality
Happy to share the release of Backside Attack, a new iOS game/app created by Neil, six former UG students, and
@2xDC
. Teaches some ochem fundamentals and is pretty fun too. Enjoy and please share with students!
@BacksideApp
We are excited to share our perspective in
@ChemicalScience
on advancing global chemical education through interactive teaching tools. Way to go Francesca and Jason!! 🥳 Check it out here:
@uclachem
@chari_jason
Enjoy our website for researchers and educators. Generate scannable QR codes that link to interactive 3D structures. Features downloadable slides for ‘molecule of the day’ and ‘lesson plans’ - please suggest additional topics you’d like to see! thx
@2xDC
We're alkynes of excited for Evan and Joyann's latest publication in
@angew_chem
! Rapid access to diverse heterocyclic conjugated scaffolds via strained intermediates. Thanks to
@ChemRxiv
for hosting the preprint.
@uclachem
Was honored to have my undergrad advisor, Professor Marc Walters, as my guest at the Blavatnik Awards dinner.
#TBThursday
to the last time we dressed up for a picture together circa 1999.
A huge congratulations to Georgia and Jordan for crushing their Candidacy Exams yesterday! And a special shout-out to Grandpa Stoltz for crashing the after-party.
@GMS_chem
@brianstoltz70
@uclachem
We’ll take any reason to get dressed up... celebrating our soon to be graduates - Tim, Melissa, & Sarah - is as good as any 🥳 We are incredibly thankful to all be fully vaccinated so the whole lab could celebrate in person!
#vaccinated
#FlashbackFriday
Be sure to check out Neil's talk tomorrow! Rumor has it some entertaining pictures of the awardee, Richmond Sarpong, will be revealed🤔
@SarpongGroup
@uclachem
#ACSChicago
Just in time for the holidays, here is The ADULT Organic Coloring Book brought to you by Jacob, Evan
@thederzzz
, and Neil. . RT to show your support for STEM literacy and for a chance to win free copies. Shout-out to Dan Caspi
@2xDC
!
@uclachem
@UCLA
Back to back publications for soon-to-be Doctor Melissa Ramirez with
@houk1000
& lab alumni Drs. Evan Darzi and Joyann Donaldson! Be sure to check out our latest publication in
@angew_chem
on cycloaddition cascades of strained alkynes and oxadiazinones:
Huge congratulations to former graduate student Melissa (
@mramirez9409
), who will be beginning her independent career at the University of Minnesota! We can't wait to see all the amazing work to come out of the Ramirez lab!
@uclachem
@UMNChemistry
Ecstatic to share that I’ll be starting the Ramirez laboratory in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities this January 2025! 🧪 🧪
@UMNChemistry
@UMNews
The Garg lab turned 10 y/o this year! Cheers to the alumni who joined our annual holiday party for some classic Garg lab silliness.
#workhard
#playhard
Congrats to Neil,
@HeatherDMaynard
, and 4 other UCLA Professors! Just named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
@uclachem
With the academic year wrapping up, we are preparing to say farewell to our soon-to-be doctors,
@Milaunii
, Katie, and Andrew. We couldn't be more proud!🥲
Delighted to share our collaborative study with the Thompson group
@USCChemistry
in
@ChemicalScience
on leveraging hetarynes to access π-extended donors for TADF emitters! Congrats to all authors, including our own Katie, Jason, and Robert 🎉
@uclachem
We recently taught kids 10-12 years old organic chemistry! Kudos to the 'Chem Kids' for conquering o-chem and pummeling us at brain games. Shout-out to the Garg Lab members who did the heavy lifting and special thanks to
@slettengroup
@UCLARec
@ucla
@uclachem
.
#chemkids
#ochem
Check out this collaborative
@ACSCatalysis
paper led by Yi Tang’s group on the enzymatic pathway to nepetalactol. Kudos to Francesca from our lab, who synthesized biosynthetic intermediates needed to validate the pathway
@uclachem
@OConnor_lab
@yitang_ucla
Cheers to Garg Lab alumnus and
@BaranLabReads
postdoc Joel Smith for landing a faculty position at Florida State University! You’ve come a long way Professor Smith. Go get ‘em! 🍾🍾🍾
Be sure to check out our latest publication on the total synthesis of phenanthroindolizidines using strained azacyclic alkynes! Congrats to lab alumni Katie and Marie! …
@uclachem
We were so excited to celebrate our newest grads this past weekend: Dr. Katie Spence, Dr. Andrew Kelleghan, & Dr. Milauni Mehta! 🎉🍾
@uclachem
@UCLA_Alumni
#Milandie
So important for all of us to engage the next generation of scientists. Had a great time with some liquid N2 demos and making lava lamps at Warner Ave elementary school in LA! Special thanks to lil Kaylie Garg. 🎃
@uclachem
Congratulations to soon-to-be Doctor Melissa Ramirez
@mramirez9409
on her latest joint publication with us and
@houk1000
on the origins of endo selectivity in Diels–Alder reactions of cyclic allene dienophiles in
@angew_chem
! Full text:
@uclachem
Rest in peace Vic Snieckus. An amazing friend, collaborator, and mentor. Sharing some of my favorite pictures of Vic (GRC 2013). Always full of life, classiness, and wisdom. -nkg
@QueensChem
@queensu
Shoutout to all Garg Lab members past and present for helping the lab become what it is today and congrats to Neil for being one of the 2020 finalists!!
@uclachem
@ucla
@BlavatnikAwards
A big welcome to our newest postdoctoral fellow Sarah (
@Teamfrench_
)! Sarah joins us from the University of Adelaide, where she completed her PhD with Prof. Jonathan George. She has traveled to over 30 countries and enjoys running!
@AdelaideChem
@uclachem
Good luck to Dr. Daniel Nasrallah, who will be joining the faculty at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia as an assistant professor! We will sorely miss our favorite postdoc/teacher-scholar!
@RoanokeCollege
@uclachem
Hot off the press, our
@CodexisInc
collaborative one-pot chemoenzymatic synthesis of enantioenriched alcohols from amides. Just published in
@CommsChem
, a new open-access
@nature
journal for chemists 👩🔬👨🔬. Congrats Jacob, Maude, Sophie, and Evan!
@uclachem
Finishing off with the ‘son’ of
#Frachelson
: Good luck to Dr. Jason Chari as he (probably) bikes to Boulder, CO to begin his position at Pfizer as a medicinal chemist🚴🏻♂️!
@pfizer
@chari_jason
@uclachem