Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 for their development of an effective method for generating three-dimensional images of the molecules of life. Using cryo-electron microscopy, researchers can now freeze biomolecules midmovement and portray them at atomic resolution. This technology has taken biochemistry into a new era.

The CIG is very proud of the Ombudsman of its post-doctoral fellows and would like to warmly congratulate Jacques Dubochet on his Nobel Prize.

A Facebook live with J. Dubochet is organised by the UNIL on Oct. 6, 2017 at 17:00: https://www.facebook.com/unil.ch/?hc_ref=ARS2GwDOh-62gILeLORcnXMPd4slws8w8pyLXoFnLbJvWkV3E1HLe__U2nHwBvslab0 

Further information available in the media:

Press release: https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2017/popular-chemistryprize2017.pdf?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=twitter_tweet  
Link to the FBM actu: https://news.unil.ch/display/1507111070690 
24 Heures (1): https://www.24heures.ch/vaud-regions/Dubochet-Meme-les-fourmis-sont-altruistes/story/17253536 
24 Heures (2): https://www.24heures.ch/vaud-regions/lausanne-region/dubochet-science-raison-vivre/story/24237060 
RTS: http://www.rts.ch/content/rts-ch/info/suisse/8973617-le-nobel-suisse-jacques-dubochet-j-etais-tres-mauvais-a-l-ecole.html 
La Côte: http://www.lacote.ch/articles/suisse/le-prix-nobel-de-chimie-attribue-a-jacques-dubochet-professeur-a-l-universite-de-lausanne-705949 
Le Monde: http://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2017/10/04/le-prix-nobel-de-chimie-recompense-des-travaux-sur-la-cryomicroscopie-electronique_5195982_1650684.html