The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2018
Three scientists have been honored by the Council in the Chemistry category because their contribution to the revolution produced new enzymes and antibiotics. Scientist Brother Gregory P Winter and two American scientists Frances H Arnold, George P Smith, will share the 9 million Kronor (1 million USD) bonus, awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Three scientists have been honored by the Council in the Chemistry category because their contribution to the revolution produced new enzymes and antibiotics. Scientist Brother Gregory P Winter and two American scientists Frances H Arnold, George P Smith, will share the 9 million Kronor (1 million USD) bonus, awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Half of this award went to Mrs. Arnold, from the California Institute of Technology, for contributing directly to the enzyme-protein revolution that accelerated chemical reactions. Her research has resulted in the development of a wide variety of enzymes for a wide range of applications - including the production of many types of biofuels and pharmaceuticals. The rest of the prize went to Winter and Smith scientists for inventing a method called "phage dislay," where microbes can be used to make new proteins.
The application of enzymes that Arnold developed has made the chemical production process more environmentally friendly, such as the production of pharmaceuticals or the production of renewable fuels ...
She is the fifth woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The most recent female scientist who received this award in 2009 was Ada E. Yonath, thanks to her work on the structure of ribo bodies: Structures of protein production inside cells.
