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Stanford chemical biologist Laura Dassama is on a personal mission to design a simpler, more affordable sickle cell therapy

By the time Laura Dassama, PhD, was 5, she had already met the disease that would help define her future. The pain was…

IFSS Program

The Department of Chemistry kicked off the summer by welcoming 14 students from Bay Area high schools to the two-week Inspiring Future Scientists through Shadowing (IFSS) program. Since its inception in 2013, IFSS has immersed…

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Scientists have identified manganese blue as the source of the blue color in Jackson Pollock’s Number 1A, 1948.  Credit: Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, New York

Scientists discover and characterize previously unidentified pigment in the artist's palette

Jackson Pollock’s famous painting Number 1A, 1948 looms large, both physically (it measures 172.7 by 264.2 cm) and in the history of modern art…

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The Department of Chemistry at Stanford University warmly welcomes our newest faculty member, Dr. Leah Bushin, to the department as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Her appointment commenced on Monday, September 1. 

Dr. Bushin, a…

The Department of Chemistry at Stanford University seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in any area of Chemistry. Applicants should exhibit the potential to run a world-leading independent research program and should possess…