Frances Arnold
@francesarnold.bsky.social
Engineer/scientist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018
I love evolution, enzymes, protein engineering, AI
Linus Pauling Professor at Caltech
Frances Hamilton Arnold is an American chemical engineer and Nobel Laureate. She is the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). In 2018, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering the use of directed evolution to engineer enzymes. .. more
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Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Lab and home of Mars rovers loses 10% of its staff
The dismissal of 550 JPL workers is the fourth round of recent layoffs at the lab, prompting fears of a brain drain
www.chemistryworld.com
A new round of layoffs at Nasa’s jet propulsion lab will result in ‘an untold loss of scientific knowledge and expertise’ according to congresswoman Judy Chu.