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Frances Hamilton Arnold (born July 25, 1956) is an American chemical engineer and Nobel Laureate. She is the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
Jul 21, 2024 · Frances Arnold (born July 25, 1956, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American chemical engineer who was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for her work on directed evolution of enzymes. She shared the prize with American biochemist George P. Smith and British biochemist Gregory P. Winter.
FRANCES H. ARNOLD Group. We develop evolutionary protein design methods to elucidate principles of biological design and generate novel and useful enzymes and organisms.
Frances H. Arnold. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018. Born: 25 July 1956, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA. Prize motivation: “for the directed evolution of enzymes”. Prize share: 1/2.
With one ingenious idea and years of subsequent work, Frances Arnold turned bioengineering upside down. Recognising that nature was “the best bioengineer in history,” she figured out how to let evolution be her partner in the lab.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 was divided, one half awarded to Frances H. Arnold "for the directed evolution of enzymes", the other half jointly to George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter "for the phage display of peptides and antibodies"
Mar 28, 2019 · Meet Frances Arnold, Teenage Rebel Turned Nobel Laureate. March 28, 2019. By Virgie Hoban | California Magazine. At 15, she was a class-skipping, catch-me-if-you-can maverick hitchhiking to D.C. to protest the Vietnam War.
Oct 3, 2018 · Frances Arnold is the first Princeton alumna to win a Nobel Prize and the first undergraduate alum, male or female, to win in the natural sciences.
Feb 2, 2022 · Frances Arnold’s techniques of “directed evolution” have revolutionized the practice of chemistry by creating new organisms and enzymes for use in medicine, agriculture, manufacturing, and alternative energy.
Oct 3, 2018 · Since 1901, when the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was first awarded, 177 people have captured the honor. On Wednesday, Frances H. Arnold became only the fifth woman to be awarded the prize.
