The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2022 was awarded to three scientists working in the field of synthetic chemistry: Caroline Bertuzzi (Carolyn R. Bertozzi), Morten P. Meldal and Karl Barry Sharpless, thanks to “the development of ‘click’ chemistry and bio-orthogonal chemistry”.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2022 was awarded to three scientists working in the field of synthetic chemistry: Caroline Bertuzzi (Carolyn R. Bertozzi), Morten P. Meldal and Karl Barry Sharpless, thanks to “the development of ‘click’ chemistry and bio-orthogonal chemistry”.
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Carolyn R. Bartozzi, born 1966 in the USA. PhD 1993 from the University of Berkeley, California, USA. Ann T. and Robert M. Bass Professor at Stanford University, California, USA.
Morten Maldal, born in 1954 in Denmark. PhD 1986 from the Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark. Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
K. Barry Sharples, born 1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. PhD 1968 from Stanford University, California, USA. WM Keck Professor at Scripps Research, La Jolla, California, USA.
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Sometimes simple answers are the best. Morten P. Meldal (Morten P. Meldal) and Karl Barry Sharpless (KarlBarrySharpless) won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry thanks to advancing the field of chemistry into the era of functionality and laying the foundations for click chemistry. They share the award with Carolyn R. Bertozzi, who took click chemistry to a new dimension and began using it to map cells. The bio-orthogonal reactions she developed are currently contributing to the development of more effective and targeted treatments against cancer, among many other applications.
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