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K. Barry Sharpless is Awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
On Wednesday, October 10, K. Barry Sharpless, W.M. Keck Professor of Chemistry, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology at TSRI, was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Research Brief: Three Seminal Reactions from the Sharpless lab
For those interested in the scientific details, here's a closer look at three seminal discoveries by TSRI's newest Nobel laureate.


 

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K. Barry Sharpless Steps into the Spotlight

Two decades after the "Eureka" moment in his work producing molecules of one "handedness," TSRI chemist K. Barry Sharpless is suddenly the center of attention.