Scientists Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
- They got the award for developing cryo-electron microscopy which simplifies and improves the imaging of biomolecules.
Cryo-Electron Microscopy
- Cryo-electron microscopy has enabled scientists to fill in previously blank spaces in research, generating images of everything from proteins that cause antibiotic resistance, to the surface of the Zika virus.
- Researchers can now freeze biomolecules mid-movement and visualise processes they have never previously seen, which is decisive for both the basic understanding of life's chemistry and for the development of pharmaceuticals.
About Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in several categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions in recognition of academic, cultural or scientific advances.
- The will of the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel established the prizes in 1895.
- The prizes in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics and Physiology or Medicine were first awarded in 1901
- The prize ceremonies take place annually in Stockholm, Sweden with the exception of the peace prize, which is held in Oslo, Norway
