The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003

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The discussion centers around the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Peter Agre and Roderick MacKinnon for their groundbreaking work on cell membrane channels, specifically water and ion channels. Participants express admiration for the laureates and consider the impact of their discoveries on students and the scientific community. There is a mention of jealousy among students, but the consensus is that working with such prominent scientists is a significant achievement in itself. The conversation also touches on the controversy surrounding Raymond Damadian, who some believe deserved recognition as a co-recipient, highlighting the political nature of scientific awards. Additionally, there is a note on the unusual aspect of the Nobel Prize being awarded to a chemist and an M.D. in the same year.
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"for discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes"

Peter Agre - Johns Hopkins University "for the discovery of water channels"

Roderick MacKinnon - Rockefeller University "for structural and mechanistic studies of ion channels"



This is so cool, can you imagine being one of their students?
 
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But I can also imagine people being jealous, since these discoveries are never made alone and usually have taken the sweet blood and tears of students.
 
I don't see why you would/should be jealous. The fact that you worked with these men alone should be enough. Plus it would look awesome on your resume
 
Well, my prediction was right, just look at https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10687"

Originally posted by adrenaline
It took a long time because of a controversy about another scientist that probably should have also been a corecipient...Raymond Damadian He was shafted! Whoever thinks science isn't rife with politics is wrong.

http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20031008/06/
 
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2003 Nobel Prize in Medicine was given to a chemist
2003Nobel Prize in Chemistry was given to an M.D.


Just a bit of worthless but unusual peace of info.

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