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PNNL's Richard Smith named 2010 Scientist of the Year
Parkinson's disease, cancer and biofuels production are just a few problems that biochemist Dick Smith has helped untangle in his long career of technological innovation and scientific insight. Now, R&D Magazine has honored Smith as 2010 Scientist of the Year for his many significant contributions to science. Since the Human Genome Project developed a blueprint of all human genes in our chromosomes earlier this century, proteomics researchers, like Smith, have pushed to understand how the blueprint creates life. In the last few years, Smith has led work that trimmed analytical steps from hours to minutes. The increase in speed has enabled many samples to be processed faster in high-throughput experiments. Smith led other advances in sensitivity and accuracy that have improved the ability to find rare proteins, bringing proteomics technology to the doorstep of clinical researchers. Read more.
