The Nobel Prizes, which were first given in 1901, have awarded people from different countries in many branches until today. Turkish scientist Aziz Sancar won one of the prestigious Nobel Prizes in chemistry in 2015.
In 2021, recipients of the Nobel Prizes in chemistry, covering the fields of literature, economics, physiology or medicine, physics, chemistry and peace, received their awards. Recipients of this award were honored for their organocatalysis improvements.
The recipients of the award are German chemist Benjamin List and Scottish-American chemist David W. C. MacMillan:
The recipients of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2021 were German chemist Benjamin List and American chemist David W. C. MacMillan, originally from Scotland. At the press conference held at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, it was announced that the scientists in question were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their development of organocatalysis.
In the statements made, it was stated that organocatalysis, a new tool in molecule construction, had a great impact on pharmaceutical research and made chemistry more environmentally friendly.
Last year, the award was given to French microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American biochemist Jennifer A. Doudna, who contributed to the development of the CRISPR/Cas9 system that allows DNA strands to be cut and reassembled.
In 2015, Turkish scientist Prof. Dr. Aziz Sancar won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research mapping how cells repair damaged DNA and preserve genetic information. To see the recipients of the 2021 Nobel Prizes in the field of ‘medicine’, you can take a look at our related news.
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