K. Barry Sharpless from Scripps Research in La Jolla, along with Carolyn R. Bertozzi from Stanford University and Morten Meldal from the University of Copenhagen, have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Wednesday. It is the second time Sharpless has won a Nobel Prize. He is a W. M. Keck professor at Scripps Research. Sharpless and Meldal set the foundation for a functional form of chemistry -- click chemistry -- in which molecular building blocks snap together quickly and efficiently. Bertozzi took click chemistry to a new dimension and started using it in living organisms. MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/tech/science/k-barry-sharpless-scripps-research-a-jolla-wins-nobel-prize/509-846e5e18-c388-4ea0-b8a1-46fc8aacc8c8