Karplus, Levitt, and Warshel bags 2013 Nobel Prize for Chemistry

This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry was jointly awarded to three American Scientists of varying nationalities ─ Martin Karplus (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, and Université de Strasbourg, France; born in Austria; US and Austrian citizen) Michael Levitt (Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; born in South Africa; US, British, and Israeli citizen) and Arieh Warshel (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, born in Israel; US and Israeli citizen) for their pioneering discoveries, which laid foundation for the powerful programs that are used to understand and predict chemical processes. Computer models mirroring real life have become crucial for most advances made in chemistry today, opines Nobel Committee in its press release.

Modelling of an  Enzyme-DNA complex depicts the molecular interactions  at play.

Molecular modelling plays a vital role in our understanding of chemical processes 
in real life. Image credit: Zephyris via creative commons.