For the 114th time, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Who was awarded on October 5, 2022? The molecular researchers Carolyn Bertozzi (USA), Morten Meldal (Denmark) and Barry Sharpless (USA) for the development of methods for the targeted construction of biomolecules. In detail, it is about their achievements in terms of click chemistry and bioorthogonal reactions.
In the previous year, the Chemical Nobel Prize went to the chemists Benjamin List and David MacMillan. The researchers developed the asymmetrical organocatalysis that accelerated chemical reactions. In contrast to other catalysis forms, it dispenses with highly complex biomolecules and metals, the technology is more resource -friendly and more environmentally friendly overall. The procedure in particular has made the process more efficient.
A Nobel Prize in Physics for three quantum researchers
The Nobel Prize winners for medicine and physics have already been determined: The evolutionary researcher Svante Pääbo, who discovered the Neanderthals and thus provided knowledge about the history of the Homo Sapiens, as well as the three quantum physicists Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for their experiments With entangled quantum states that have made new technologies possible.
The Nobel Laureate in Literature will be announced on October 6th. The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize will be announced by an Oslo Nobel Committee on October 7. Finally, a jury will award the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics, which is often referred to as the Nobel Prize in Economics, and is endowed by the Swedish National Bank. The award has been presented together with the Nobel Prizes since 1968.
Bertozzi is the first woman who was awarded a Nobel Prize this year. In 1911, Marie Curie was first awarded a researcher in the category: the chemist and physicist had discovered the elements of the polonium and radium with her husband Pierre Curie.
Between October 3rd and 10th, the Nobel Committee announces the Nobel Prize winners of 2022. On our topic page »Nobel Prices - The Highest Award« you will find out who has received one of the renowned prices. There you can also read the essentials about Laureate and your research.
Every year since 1901, the Swedish Nobel Foundation has honored scientists for their groundbreaking work. The laureates will receive the prize, endowed with the equivalent of 918,000 euros, on the anniversary of the death of the prize founder Alfred Nobel on 10 December. However, who can hope for one of the coveted awards in advance remains a secret: only 50 years after the award ceremony, the Nobel Foundation reveals the names of the nominees in the database of the nominees archive.
