While the 2021 Nobel Prizes are being announced, we take the opportunity to highlight all our Nobel laureates, and the research articles they published in JoVE;
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020
Michael Houghton
Together with Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice “for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus.”
JoVE Publication: An ELISA Based Binding and Competition Method to Rapidly Determine Ligand-receptor Interactions (2016)
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018
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Frances Arnold
She was awarded for pioneering the use of directed evolution to engineer enzymes.
JoVE Publication: High Throughput Screening of Fungal Endoglucanase Activity in Escherichia coli
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016
Ben Feringa
Together with Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Jean-Pierre Sauvage, “for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.”
JoVE Publication: Light-driven Molecular Motors on Surfaces for Single Molecular Imaging
The Nobel winner for Physiology or Medicine 2012
John B. Gurdon
He was awarded for his groundbreaking research on Stem Cells.
JoVE Publication: Manipulation and In Vitro Maturation of Xenopus laevis Oocytes, Followed by Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection, to Study Embryonic Development
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009
Jack Szostak
He was awarded “for discovering how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.”
JoVE Publication: Preparation, Purification, and Use of Fatty Acid-containing Liposomes
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007
Oliver Smithies
He was awarded for developing a gene-targeting technique in mice using homologous recombination.
JoVE Publication: A Simple Method for the Size-Controlled Synthesis of Stable Oligomeric Clusters of Gold Nanoparticles under Ambient Conditions
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005
Robert H. Grubbs
He was awarded for his work on olefin metathesis.
JoVE Publication: An In Vitro Enzymatic Assay to Measure Transcription Inhibition by Gallium(III) and H3 5,10,15-tris (pentafluorophenyl) corroles
At JoVE, we strive to make scientific research and protocols more accessible and understandable through video, including protocols by these top scientists who, as per Alfred Nobel’s will, have ‘conferred the most significant benefit to humankind.