dec
2022
Runan, Chalmers, Chalmersplatsen 1
Nobelföreläsning med Professor Carolyn R. Bertozzi, pristagare av Nobelpriset i Kemi 2022.Föreläsningen ges på engelska. Anmälan krävs - begränsat antal platser. Dörrarna öppnar kl. 13.50, platser ska vara intagna kl. 13.55.
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Click chemistry that works inside living organisms, that is Carolyn R. Bertozzi’s contribution to medical research. On December 14, she will lecture to students and other interested parties in Gothenburg.
It was in order to map important but elusive biomolecules on the surface of cells – glycans – that Carolyn R. Bertozzi developed so-called bioorthogonal reactions that occur without disrupting the normal chemistry of cells. The reactions are used globally to explore cells and make biological processes visible. The method has also led to more accurate cancer drugs, which are now being tested in clinical trials, but may also be useful in many other areas.
“Those of us involved in medical research have already greatly benefited from Carolyn Bertozzi’s discovery. Among other things, we have learned that the protective mucus layer in the large intestine, which is about a tenth of a millimeter long and keeps the bacteria away, is renewed within an hour. It is incredibly much faster than we could have imagined”, explains Gunnar C. Hansson, professor of medicinal chemistry and cell biology at the University of Gothenburg.
Carolyn R. Bertozzi is active at Stanford University, USA. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Morten Meldal, University of Copenhagen, and K. Barry Sharpless, The Scripps Research Institute, USA,
Read more about Carolyn R. Bertozzi’s efforts.
Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless will also give Nobel lectures in Gothenburg.