The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has just been awarded jointly to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson for developing cryo-electron microscopy that images the molecules of life.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has just been awarded jointly to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson for developing cryo-electron microscopy that images the molecules of life.
But while the scientists’ work on cryo-EM is incredibly serious—it allows scientists to freeze biomolecules to examine their structures and the processes they are involved in—Professor Dubochet’s CV shows he has a good sense of humor.
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On his official Université de Lausanne profile page, he kicks off his résumé with “October 1941. Conceived by optimistic parents,” before moving onto: “1946. No longer scared of the dark, because the sun comes back; it was Copernicus who explained this.”
October 1941
1946
1948-55
1955
1962
1967
1968 Very important.
1969
1973
1970-76
1978 Group leader at EMBL (Heidelberg); how to introduce water in electron microscopy. Discovery of water vitrification and development of cryo-electron microscopy.
1987
1998
2002
2004-7 Maturation of CEMOVIS (cryo-electron microscopy of vitreous sections).
2007
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