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A Nobel Prize Winner on the “Dark Matter of Biology”

A Nobel Prize Winner on the “Dark Matter of Biology”

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Kara interviews Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi, a Stanford University
scientist who, along with Morten Meldal and K. Barry
Sharpless, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry earlier this year for
developing bioorthogonal chemistry and click chemistry. Bertozzi
explains what bioorthogonal chemistry actually is before breaking
down how identifying different sugars in the body — which she calls
“the dark matter of biology’’ — could lead to breakthroughs in
treating diseases ranging from the flu to cancer. She also
weighs in on the state of funding in biology, Twitter, being
lesbian in STEM, and the never-ending feud between chemists and
biologists. Before the interview, Kara and Nayeema briefly discuss
former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's protest march (which
was called off after this episode was recorded) and Trump's dinner
with white supremacist Nick Fuentes. You can find Kara and Nayeema
on Twitter @karaswisher and @nayeema. Learn more about your
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