These are the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Winners

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 has been announced. In a press release published by Nobel Prize it said the

“The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 was awarded to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry”.

Sharpless and Meldal have laid the foundation for a functional form of chemistry – click chemistry – in which molecular building blocks snap together quickly and efficiently. Bertozzi has taken click chemistry to a new dimension and started utilising it in living organisms.

READ: Scientists win 2022 Nobel Prize: chemistry for ‘ingenious’ molecule-building tool

The Three 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Winners

Facts About The Three 2022 Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry

Carolyn Bertozzi

Carolyn R. Bertozzi
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022

Born: 1966, USA

Affiliation at the time of the award: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

Prize motivation: “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry”

READ: 3 scientists win Nobel Prize for chemistry for ‘ingenious’ molecule-building tool

Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach

Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach

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