Are you interested in learning more about the work of the Nobel Prize winners? Here is some information about the 2009 Nobel Laureates along with some of their most highly-cited articles from Web of Science.
Physiology or Medicine
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider, and Jack W. Szostak "for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase"
Advanced Information from the Nobel Prize site.
Structure and function of telomeres
Blackburn EH
NATURE Volume: 350 Issue: 6319 Pages: 569-573 Apr 18 1991
Identification of a specific telomere terminal transferase-activity in tetrahymena extracts
Greider CW, Blackburn EH
CELL Volume: 43 Issue: 2 Pages: 405-413 1985
A telomeric sequence in the RNA of Tetrahymena telomerase required for telomere repeat synthesis
Greider CW, Blackburn EH
NATURE Volume: 337 Issue: 6205 Pages: 331-337 JAN 26 1989
The molecular structure of centromeres and telomeres
Blackburn EH, Szostak JW
ANNUAL REVIEW OF BIOCHEMISTRY Volume: 53 Pages: 163-194 1984
Chemistry
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz, and Ada E. Yonath "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome"
Scientific Background from the Nobel Prize site.
The complete atomic structure of the large ribosomal subunit at 2.4 angstrom resolution
Ban N, Nissen P, Hansen J, et al.
SCIENCE Volume: 289 Issue: 5481 Pages: 905-920 AUG 11 2000
Structure of the 30S ribosomal subunit
Wimberly BT, Brodersen DE, Clemons WM, et al.
NATURE Volume: 407 Issue: 6802 Pages: 327-339 SEP 21 2000
The structural basis of ribosome activity in peptide bond synthesis
Nissen P, Hansen J, Ban N, et al.
SCIENCE Volume: 289 Issue: 5481 Pages: 920-930 AUG 11 2000
Functional insights from the structure of the 30S ribosomal subunit and its interactions with antibiotics
Carter AP, Clemons WM, Brodersen DE, et al.
NATURE Volume: 407 Issue: 6802 Pages: 340-348 SEP 21 2000
Structure of functionally activated small ribosomal subunit at 3.3 angstrom resolution
Schluenzen F, Tocilj A, Zarivach R, et al.
CELL Volume: 102 Issue: 5 Pages: 615-623 SEP 1 2000
Physics
Charles K. Kao "for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication"
Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith "for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor"
Scientific Background from the Nobel Prize site.
Charge coupled semiconductor devices
Boyle WS, Smith GE
BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL Volume: 49 Issue: 4 Pages: 587-+ 1970
In print in the Engineering Library: TK1 .B44
Dielectric-fibre surface waveguides for optical frequencies
Kao KC, Hockham GA
PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Volume: 113 Issue: 7 Pages: 1151-& 1966
In print in the Engineering Library: TK1 .I4353
Experimental verification of charge coupled device concept
Amelio GF, Tompsett MF, Smith GE
BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL Volume: 49 Issue: 4 Pages: 593-+ 1970
In print in the Engineering Library: TK1 .B44
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