Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to 3 Evolutionary Scientists

Re:Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to 3 Evolutionary Sci... by dannykwells on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @09:53AM (#18130162)

Very excited about this Nobel - it recognizes a practical but extremely useful set of tools that are the backbone of modern therapeutic development, on one hand (phage display) and have proven immensely useful to improving protein design and engineering, on the other.

It's also great to see improved representation from the Nobels this year: female winners in both chemistry and physics (where there have been respectively, 5 and 4 previous winners, TOTAL, since the prize began) and for both cases, (some) winners without "glamorous" science careers at rich private universities with massive labs, high profiles, TED talks, etc.. Just great scientists, doing their jobs. Hopefully more to come like these in the coming years.

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Re:Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to 3 Evolutionary Sci... by chrisbrandow on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @11:04AM (#18130885)

FWIW, it seems to me that Nobel prize winners are not typically on the TED circuit. Though most do have large labs. That is usually indicative of the fruitful research that leads to the Nobel prize later.

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