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http://cen.acs.org Slides and recording will be available this week.

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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


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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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

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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

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For the invention and development of

Li-ion batteries.

―His worked and discoveries have changed our lives.‖

-Omar Farha


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Carmen’s #ChemSnub Pick*

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UT

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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


John B. Goodenough


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


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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!

ANSWER THE QUESTION ON BLUE SCREEN IN ONE MOMENT

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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


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


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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.

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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.


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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Carmen‘s Answer

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Origin-of-life research

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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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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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http://cen.acs.org Slides and recording will be available this week.

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


Northwestern University

Carmen Drahl Science writer

Washington, D.C.

Marie Heffern Assistant Professor


University of California, Davis

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View our interactive maps showing

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Interactive Nobel Nominations Database

The who‘s who of chemists involved in

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Nobel Prize winners.

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