Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: A. Mahmoud
Frances H. Arnold
Prize share: 1/2
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: A. Mahmoud
George P. Smith
Prize share: 1/4
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: A. Mahmoud
Sir Gregory P. Winter
Prize share: 1/4
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 was divided, one half awarded to Frances H. Arnold "for the directed evolution of enzymes", the other half jointly to George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter "for the phage display of peptides and antibodies"
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