E05 #CareerJourney "A PhD thesis and Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022" with Christian Tornøe - Principal Scientist at Novo Nordisk

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲: “A PhD thesis and The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022” The Nobel prize in Chemistry 2022, went to Morten Meldal, Barry Sharpless for Click Chemistry, and Carolyn Bertozzi for Bioorthogonal Chemistry. Christian Tornøe was a PhD student in Morten Meldals Lab, who carried out the initial work 20 years ago that contributed to the Nobel Prize. In this episode, Christian W. Tornøe, Principal Scientist at Novo Nordisk shares his perspectives on the following: The impact of his PhD thesis and describes ‘Click Chemistry’ Reasons for pursuing a career in industry. His current work at Novo Nordisk utilising ‘click chemistry’ for drug discovery Importance of communicating science and remaining curious Protocols and Anecdotes from attending the Nobel Prize ceremony Riding the wave of this success - A very inspirational take-home message. We also talk about a round table discussion - Nobel Minds with Zeinab Badwi, a must-watch, 2022 laureates in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine and Economics talk about their discoveries and achievements. 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺: We want to build a community to inspire life science professionals and leaders through talent talks and organised events. Share knowledge across the life science community through personal stories of their journey. We encourage you to take part in shaping this community by sharing your feedback, questions or ideas. This you can do through our community page. 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝘆 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹, 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻: Feel free to share your ideas and your feedback using our voicemail that you can access here: (no voicemails will be published without your explicit approval). 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀: Nehar Mortuza and Søren Spanner Bach Also, thanks to our podcast editor Shahnam Jilan Logo design inspired by Rafael Ricoy Episode recorded on 17th January 2023.