Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K Barry Sharpless found way to ‘click’ molecules together
Three scientists who fuelled a revolution in chemistry by devising a way to “click” molecules together like building blocks, even inside living organisms, have been awarded the 2022 Nobel prize in chemistry.
Carolyn Bertozzi at Stanford University, Morten Meldal at the University of Copenhagen and K Barry Sharpless at Scripps Research Institute in California were honoured for finding and exploiting elegant and efficient chemical reactions to create complex molecules for the pharmaceutical industry, mapping DNA and making designer materials.
