Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Richard Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuk take home the prize for chemistry
Again, this one is a bit surprising that it happened so late. These three researchers revolutionized organic chemistry by developing palladium-catalyzed cross coupling. This technique has allowed the development of scores of pharmacologic drugs as well as been used to build modern consumer electronics.
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Jason, I have NO idea if you're checking this or not; however, I had a wild idea to look for you tonight and ended up here. Must be wearing my Pennypacker Experience t-shirt (needed something ancient to not ruin due to a new tattoo) that did it. It's Ang, from 714, the young girl who spent too many hours hanging out in the chair under your loft. I'm teaching and living in Baltimore now; I'm also married to a fellow Penn Stater who teaches Chem. I'm almost done with my PhD (comps in Jan) and he's working on an E.Dd. How are you? Email me if you'd like psu.violet@gmail.com (how little things change?).
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