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CRISPR’s Adaptation to Genome Editing Earns Chemistry Nobel
CRISPR’s Adaptation to Genome Editing Earns Chemistry Nobel
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna reprogrammed the bacterial immune response into one of the most popular tools for genetics and molecular biology.
CRISPR’s Adaptation to Genome Editing Earns Chemistry Nobel
CRISPR’s Adaptation to Genome Editing Earns Chemistry Nobel

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna reprogrammed the bacterial immune response into one of the most popular tools for genetics and molecular biology.

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna reprogrammed the bacterial immune response into one of the most popular tools for genetics and molecular biology.

Nobel Prize, cell & molecular biology

Biochemist Stanley Cohen Dies
Catherine Offord | Feb 10, 2020 | 2 min read
The Vanderbilt University professor was awarded a Nobel Prize for his discovery of epidermal growth factor.
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Cells’ Oxygen Sensing Discovery Earns Nobel Prize
Emily Makowski | Oct 7, 2019 | 2 min read
For the Physiology or Medicine award, Peter Ratcliffe, William Kaelin, and Gregg Semenza are credited with figuring out molecular and genetic responses to oxygen levels.
Contributors
The Scientist Staff | Dec 1, 2018 | 3 min read
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2018 issue of The Scientist.
Thomas Steitz, Biologist and X-Ray Crystallographer, Dies
Ashley P. Taylor | Oct 11, 2018 | 2 min read
Steitz determined the atomic structure of the ribosome, work for which he won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
Nobel-Winning Biochemist Paul Boyer Dies
Shawna Williams | Jun 7, 2018 | 2 min read
The UCLA researcher was lauded for figuring out how ATP synthase works.
Jens Christian Skou, Discoverer of the Sodium-Potassium Pump, Dies
Kerry Grens | May 29, 2018 | 2 min read
The Nobel laureate was the first to identify an enzyme moving material across the cell membrane.
Nobel Prize–Winning Biologist Dies
Catherine Offord | Feb 19, 2018 | 2 min read
Günter Blobel, known for his work on the signal hypothesis of protein targeting, has died from cancer at age 81.
Molecular Machinists Win Nobel
Ben Andrew Henry | Oct 5, 2016 | 3 min read
Chemists Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J. Fraser Stoddart, and Bernard Feringa are honored for their design and synthesis of molecular machines.
Discoverer of G Proteins Dies
Kerry Grens | Dec 29, 2015 | 1 min read
Nobel laureate Alfred Gilman has passed away at age 74.
Thomson Reuters Predicts Nobelists
Bob Grant | Sep 24, 2014 | 2 min read
Using citation statistics, the firm forecasts which researchers are likely to take home science’s top honors this year.
Top Scientists of 2013
Tracy Vence | Dec 24, 2013 | 3 min read
The Scientist commemorates prize-winning life scientists and remembers notable researchers who died this year.
Two-time Nobel Laureate Dies
Abby Olena, PhD | Nov 20, 2013 | 2 min read
Frederick Sanger, who pioneered amino acid and DNA sequencing techniques, has passed away at age 95.
Vesicle Trafficking Trio Wins Nobel
Kerry Grens | Oct 7, 2013 | 2 min read
James Rothman, Randy Schekman, and Thomas Südhof share Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology.  
Discoverer of Lysosomes Dies
Kate Yandell | May 8, 2013 | 2 min read
Christian de Duve chose to be euthanized at home in Belgium at age 95.
Lucrative Prize for Life Scientists
Dan Cossins | Feb 20, 2013 | 2 min read
Three Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are offering $3 million to scientists demonstrating excellence in biology and medical research.
The Subcellular World Revealed, 1945
Cristina Luiggi | Mar 1, 2012 | 2 min read
The first electron microscope to peer into an intact cell ushers in the new field of cell biology.
Top People of 2011
Jef Akst | Dec 21, 2011 | 6 min read
The Scientist recounts the year’s top science prize winners and top-notch scientists that passed away.
Immunologists Take Home Nobel
Rachel Nuwer | Oct 3, 2011 | 4 min read
The Nobel Assembly announced today that three researchers in the field of immunology will share the 2011 Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Interview: Speaking of Memory
Edyta Zielinska | Oct 1, 2011 | 4 min read
Considered a renegade by his peers, Nobel Prize-winner Eric Kandel used a simple model to probe the neural circuitry of memory.
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