Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman were honored for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023

Angewandte Chemie 40/2023: Recoverable
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Who’s Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 – Voting Results September 29
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4‐Oxo‐β‐Lactams as Inhibitors for Rhomboid Proteases
New type of inhibitor scaffold for intramembrane serine proteases discovered

Fast On-Resin N-Formylation of Peptides
Easy-to-use one-pot procedure can be used to formylate protected peptides at both the N-terminus and at lysine side chains

Protein Levels Involved in Cognitive Impairment Caused by Sleep Deprivation
Levels of pleiotrophin found to be associated with cognitive function

Who’s Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 – Voting Results September 22
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Enantioselective Synthesis of Difluoroalanine
Straightforward multigram synthesis, peptide incorporation, and hydrophobicity assessment

Silkworms Produce Spider Silk for the First Time
Spider silk by silkworms offers a green alternative to synthetic fibers

2023 Ig Nobel Prizes Honor Unusual Research
Work of scientists who like to lick rocks, the effects of electrified chopsticks on the taste of food, and boredom in the classroom among the winners