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NewsPCR inventor Kary Mullis dies aged 74
Mullis shared the 1993 chemistry Nobel prize with Michael Smith
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Manfred Eigen, pioneer of study of exceptionally fast chemical reactions, dies aged 91
Eigen was instrumental in the development of a method to probe reactions using pulses of energy
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Nobel laureate and molecular biology pioneer Aaron Klug dies
Electron microscopy innovator who worked in Rosalind Franklin’s group has died aged 92
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Nobel chemist and GFP discoverer Osamu Shimomura dies aged 90
Green fluorescent protein isolated from jellyfish revolutionised the study of cellular processes
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Paul O'Brien, former vice president of Royal Society of Chemistry, dies aged 64
O’Brien, a ‘steadfast, positive and committed member and representative of our community’ passed away on 16 October
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Thomas Steitz, Nobel laureate who unlocked the inner workings of the ribosome dies
Steitz shared the 2009 chemistry Nobel prize for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome
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Chemistry Nobel laureate Jens Christian Skou dies
Danish scientist won chemistry’s top prize for discovering the first enzyme to transport ions
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Nobel chemist Paul Boyer dies aged 99
Laureate shared 1997 prize for his role in unravelling how life’s energy currency is made
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Chemistry Nobel laureate George Olah dies aged 89
Olah was the sole recipient of the 1994 chemistry Nobel prize for his work on carbocations
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MRI pioneer Peter Mansfield dies
Physicist who won medicine Nobel prize in 2003 for body scanning technology has died aged 83
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Nobel laureate who shone a light on GFP dies
Roger Tsien, who developed fluorescent tags to monitor cellular processes, has passed away aged 64
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Femtochemistry pioneer Ahmed Zewail dies
Chemistry Nobel laureate revolutionised study of reactions and was also helped craft US science policy
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Nobel prize winner and buckyball discoverer Harry Kroto dies
Former Royal Society of Chemistry president with a passion for science communication passes away aged 76
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Chemistry Nobel laureate Walter Kohn dies aged 93
Kohn was awarded the 1998 chemistry Nobel prize for developing density functional theory
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Chemistry Nobel laureate Richard Heck dies
Heck developed palladium-catalysed cross coupling reactions that revolutionised organic chemistry
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Chemistry Nobel laureate Irwin Rose dies aged 88
Biochemist revealed protein pathway for cell breakdown
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A large life, fully lived
Carl Djerassi leaves many legacies besides the contraceptive pill,says Mark Peplow
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Chemistry Nobel laureate Yves Chauvin dies aged 84
Catalysis chemist unravelled how olefin metathesis reactions took place paving the way for more efficient syntheses
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Former Royal Society of Chemistry president dies
Polymer chemist and past chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Anthony Ledwith has died aged 81
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A complete chemist
Philip Ball celebrates Paul Schleyer’s contributions to scientific discourse, spanning decades and disciplines
