Frances Arnold won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in which year?

Frances Arnold won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in which year?

• A. 2018
• B. 2019
• C. 2020
• D. 2017

Answer: (A)

Directed evolution of enzymes is a method to engineer enzymes by iterating mutation and selection to enhance or change their activity. Frances Arnold’s groundbreaking work in this area showed that enzymes could be evolved in the lab to perform useful chemical transformations with high efficiency, transforming how chemists approach synthesis. In 2018, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to her for this achievement, recognizing how directed evolution became a practical, widely used tool in chemistry and biotechnology. The other years listed refer to Nobel Prizes awarded in different years or for other discoveries, not to Arnold’s award. So, the year she won is 2018.

Directed evolution of enzymes is a method to engineer enzymes by iterating mutation and selection to enhance or change their activity. Frances Arnold’s groundbreaking work in this area showed that enzymes could be evolved in the lab to perform useful chemical transformations with high efficiency, transforming how chemists approach synthesis. In 2018, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to her for this achievement, recognizing how directed evolution became a practical, widely used tool in chemistry and biotechnology. The other years listed refer to Nobel Prizes awarded in different years or for other discoveries, not to Arnold’s award. So, the year she won is 2018.