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“Who Will Win the #ChemNobel? Predicting the Next Nobel Laureate(s) in Chemistry”
Matt Davenport Associate editor
C&EN Lauren Wolf Executive editor, science
C&EN
Omar K. Farha Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University
Carmen Drahl Science writer
Washington, D.C.
Marie Heffern Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Davis
Who Will Win the #ChemNobel? Predicting
the Next Nobel Laureate(s) in Chemistry
Share your comments in the webinar question
window or tweet at us using the hashtag!
Carmen Drahl Freelance science writer
Forbes contributor
@carmendrahl
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Omar K. Farha Associate professor
President, NuMat Technologies
Associate editor, ACS Appl. Mater. Interface.
@OmarFarha5
Marie Heffern Assistant professor
C&EN Talented 12 Class of 2017
@marieheffern
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The capital, invested in safe securities by my executors, shall constitute a fund, the interest on which
shall be annually distributed in the form of prizes to those who, during the
preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit to mankind.
The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: … one
part to the person who shall have made the most important
chemical discovery or improvement…
It is my express wish that in awarding the prizes no consideration whatever shall
be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the
most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be a Scandinavian or not.
–Alfred Bernhard Nobel, 1895 Source: NobelPrize.org
Wikimedia Commons
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Meet the Nobel Chemistry Committee
Sara Snogerup Linse
Chair Professor of physical chemistry &
molecular protein science
Lund University
Olof Ramström Professor of chemistry (organic chemistry)
KTH – Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm
Johan Åqvist Professor of cell & molecular biology
Uppsala University
Gunnar von Heijne
Secretary Professor of theoretical chemistry
Stockholm University
Source: Nobel.org/Listed institutions
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Peter Brzezinski Professor of biochemistry & biophysics
Stockholm University
Claes Gustafsson Professor of medical biochemistry
University of Gothenburg
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The #ChemNobel Nominations Database
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http://cen.acs.org/nobel-data.html
The #ChemNobel Nominations Database
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http://cen.acs.org/nobel-data.html
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Don‘t forget to check out C&EN‘s lead-up
coverage to this year‘s #ChemNobel
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http://cen.acs.org/nobels.html
http://cen.acs.org/nobels.html
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Name a chemist who, if they aren‘t named a
Nobel winner within the next five years, will be
considered officially ―snubbed.‖
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Marie’s #ChemSnub Pick*
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Harry Gray
Caltech
Calte
ch
Harry Gray for his work in the field of inorganic chemistry.
―Whether it is for ligand-field theory, electron transfer in biological systems,
launching the area of bioinorganic chemistry—along with Stephan Lippard and
Richard Holm—or overall lifetime achievement, Harry Gray's impact in chemistry is
clear scientifically and beyond.‖ – Marie Heffern
*If not selected by 2022
Omar’s #ChemSnub Pick*
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John B. Goodenough
University of Texas at Austin
UT
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For the invention and development of
Li-ion batteries.
―His worked and discoveries have changed our lives.‖
-Omar Farha
*If not selected by 2022
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Carmen’s #ChemSnub Pick*
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UT
Au
stin
For the invention and development of
Li-ion batteries.
―Lithium-ion batteries transformed technology…If that's not good enough for
the Nobel committee (pun intended), I don't know what is.‖
-Carmen Drahl
*If not selected by 2022
John B. Goodenough
University of Texas at Austin
Lauren’s #ChemSnub Pick
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Darleane Hoffman
Lawrence Berkeley Lab
University of California, Berkeley
―Nuclear chemistry doesn‘t get
acknowledged much anymore by
the Nobels. She did some
seriously impressive work and
could theoretically still win.‖
-Lauren Wolf
https://twitter.com/ChemistryKit/status/904438309371437056
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Matt’s #ChemSnub Factoid
Based on C&EN‘s award designations, nuclear chemistry has the longest Nobel
Prize drought. The field last claimed the award in 1960. For more Nobel trivia, visit
http://cen.acs.org/nobels.html
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Audience Survey Question
Which #ChemSnub pick do you agree with most?
• John B. Goodenough for his work on lithium-ion batteries
• Harry Gray for [pick your favorite contribution to chemistry]
• Darleane Hoffman for contributions to nuclear chemistry
Vote and then share your own answer with us in the webinar chat or on Twitter with the #ChemNobel & #ChemSnub hashtags!
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So who won‘t be snubbed?
Put another way, who will win this
year‘s Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
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Carmen‘s 2017 #ChemNobel Pick
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Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Carnegie Mellon
Ezio Rizzardo
CSIRO
David Solomon
University of Melbourne
For advancing radical
polymerization technology.
―This trio ticks all my boxes–it's
definitely chemistry, there are
applications that everyday folks
would recognize. ‖
-Carmen Drahl
Carnegie Mellon
University of Melbourne
CSIRO
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Omar‘s 2017 #ChemNobel Pick
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John B. Goodenough
University of Texas at Austin
UT
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For the discovery and
advancement of Li-ion batteries
Omar M. Yaghi
University of California, Berkeley
For his seminal work on the
design and synthesis of new
class of porous materials,
metal-organic frameworks
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Marie‘s 2017 #ChemNobel Pick
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Carolyn R. Bertozzi
Stanford University
For bioorthogonal chemistry
―The development of bioorthogonal chemistry has introduced new
approaches to a wide range of high-impact areas including drug
discovery, imaging, and proteomics.‖ –Marie Heffern
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Lauren‘s personal 2017 #ChemNobel Pick
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John B. Goodenough
University of Texas at Austin
UT
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For the invention and development of Li-ion batteries
Stanley Whittingham
Binghamton University
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Akira Yoshino
Asahi Kasei Corp.
LIBTEC
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Lauren‘s official* 2017 #ChemNobel Pick
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Arthur L. Horwich
Yale University
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Franz-Ulrich Hartl
Max Planck Institute of
Biochemistry
For discovering chaperone proteins guide protein folding.
―Given what we‘re learning about neurodegenerative and other diseases, protein folding
is more important than ever. And it‘s a fundamental discovery that still hasn‘t been
recognized.‖ –Lauren Wolf
*The one that counts for bragging rights
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Matt‘s 2017 #ChemNobel Pick
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Jennifer Doudna, Emmanuelle Charpentier, and Feng Zhang for CRISPR/Cas9
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―It‘s been a minute since we had a more biological prize.‖ –Matt Davenport
UC Berkeley Max Planck Institute
For Infection Biology
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
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• Matyjaszewski, Rizzardo, & Solomon for pioneering work in polymers
• Goodenough for Li-ion batteries and Yaghi for MOFs • Bertozzi for bioorthagonal chemistry • Horwich and Hartl for their work on chaperone proteins • Doudna, Charpentier, and Zheng for CRISPR/Cas9
Vote for which one of these you think is most likely to claim the Nobel, then share your own picks in the chat box or on Twitter with the #ChemNobel hashtag.
Audience Survey Question
In your opinion, who will win the next Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
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Many chemists were pleasantly surprised when
molecular machines claimed last year‘s #ChemNobel.
Here’s the surprise: Although the work showcased
some killer chemistry, it doesn‘t yet have a killer app
that some spectators have come to expect of Nobel
Prize winners.
What’s the next area of chemistry that might earn
this distinction, winning for its merits as a
chemical discovery and furthering fundamental
science?
Marie‘s Answer
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DNA nanostructures
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―Very cool structures with interesting properties have been developed, but I
think that the hammer is still looking for a nail.‖ –Marie Heffern
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Omar‘s Answer
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Pioneering work in bioinorganic chemistry by
Specifically, for contributions to understanding
biological processes
Stephen Lippard
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Harry Gray Richard Holm
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Carmen‘s Answer
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Origin-of-life research
Scrip
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Samples from Stanley Miller‘s 1958 experiment
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Carmen‘s Answer
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Origin-of-life research S
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Samples from Stanley Miller‘s 1958 experiment
Plus a shout out to the 1989 #ChemNobel, which Tom Cech and Sidney Altman won
for discovering the catalytic properties of RNA.
Lauren‘s Answer
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―The applications are clearer [than molecular motors]—folks want to use them to deliver
cargo in the body. But we‘re so far from being able to do that. If someone makes it
happen in a controllable way, that person or persons could win a prize.‖
-Lauren Wolf
Nanomotors
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Matt‘s Cockamamie Response
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―It‘s kind of like chemistry‘s magnetic
monopole. Discovering one—and
getting everyone to agree that it is
one—would be such a big deal, I
don‘t think it would even have to do
anything practical.‖
-Matt Davenport
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Audience Survey Question
Which area of research is most deserving of a #ChemNobel, even without a killer app (yet)?
• DNA nanostructures • Bioinorganic pioneering • Origin-of-life research • Nanomotors • Carbyne (if it’s discovered)
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This webinar is being co-produced with Chemical & Engineering News
“Who Will Win the #ChemNobel? Predicting the Next Nobel Laureate(s) in Chemistry”
Matt Davenport Associate editor
C&EN Lauren Wolf Executive editor, science
C&EN
Omar K. Farha Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University
Carmen Drahl Science writer
Washington, D.C.
Marie Heffern Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Davis
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Nobel Prize winners.
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