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Morten Meldal modtog Nobelprisen i Kemi 2022.

• Morten Meldal er professor og leder af Center of Evolutionary Chemical Biology ved Københavns Universitet – han har desuden været viceinstitutleder for undervisning (VILU) ved Kemisk Institut.
• Han har en enestående indflydelse på metoder brugt indenfor peptid og kombinatorisk kemi. Hans specialer spænder over combinatorial chemistry, “click” chemistry, polymer chemistry, organic synthesis, automation in synthesis, artificial receptors and enzymes, nano assays, biomolecular recognition, enzyme activity, cellular assays, molecular immunology, nano scale MS and NMR, encoding.
• Han har grundlagt Society of Combinatorial Sciences, som han også er formand for.
• Han har udgivet over 300 publikationer og har 21 patenter.
• Han er desuden virksomhedsgrundlægger og CSO i virksomheden Betamab, som driver bioteknologisk og farmakologisk forskning, diagnostika- og lægemiddeludvikling.

CV

  University Education:

• 1983: PhD          Institute of Organic Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
• 1981: M.Sc.        Chemical Engineering, DTU
• 1986: Postdoc    Cambridge University​

Positions/Affiliations:

• 2019 - 2020    Vice-Institute Director of Teaching, Department of Chemistry UCPH
• 2013 - 2018    Center Director, Center of Evolutionary Chemical Biology, UCPH
• 2011 -             Professor in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1988 - 2011    Professor & Director, SPOCC Centre, Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1996 - 2007    Ajunct Professor at DTU and at University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Copenhagen.
• 1986 - 1988    PostDoc H. C. Ørsted Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1985 - 1986    Postdoc, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England (Robert C. Sheppard)
• 1983 - 1985    Postdoc Technical University of Denmark

Selected recognitions and Awards:

• 2022    The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022
• 2019    Top 3 candidate for the Nobel prize 2019
• 2011    Vincent du Vigneaud Award, American Peptide Society
• 2009    Ralph F. Hirschmann Award, American Chemical Society
• 1997    Bjerrum-Brønsted-Lang lecture in Danish Royal Society of Science and Letters
• 1996    Niels Bjerrum Gold Medal in Chemistry, Denmark
• 1996    The Leonidas Zervas Award, European Peptide Society
• 1996    NKT-Award, Danish Society of Chemistry
• 1995    Mitzutani Foundation Award, Japan
• 1990    Danish Chemistry Award, Danish Society of Chemistry
• 1988    Kirstine Meyers Award, Kirstine Meyers Foundation, Denmark

Large research awards:

• 2013    Research Award from Applied Biomimetic / HT
• 2013    Research Award from University of Copenhagen
• 2012    Research Award from Lundbeck Foundation
• 2012    Research Award from Novonordisk/HT
• 2007    Research Award from the EU-CAMP Research Program
• 1997    Research Award from the Danish National Research Foundation (renewed 2002 and 4)
• 1997    Research Award from the Danish Cancer Society and
• 1995    Research Award from the EU-INCO-DC program
• 1992    Research Award from the EU-Science Program

Start-up companies:

• 2000    Cofounder of Combio A/S
• 2002    Cofounder of Versamatrix A/S
• 2019    Cofounder of Betamab APS.

Commission of trust:

• 2010               Chairman and Organizer of the 31'st European Peptide Symposium
• 2003               Chairman and Organizer of 2’nd Symposium of Combinatorial Sciences
• 2000 -             Elected member of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
• 1999 -             Chairman and Co-founder of the Society of Combinatorial Sciences
• 1992 - 2004    Board member of the European Peptide Society

Primære forskningsområder

• Computational chemistry
• Chemical biology
• Organic chemistry
• Polymer science
• Combinatorial chemistry
• Enzymology
• Protein chemistry
• GPCR’s
• Structural chemistry
• Immunology
• Molecular recognition
• Catalysis
• Nanomaterials.