[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 177 (Wednesday, November 16, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S6736]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO DR. CAROLYN BERTOZZI

  Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. President, today I honor and pay tribute to American 
Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi. Dr. Bertozzi was awarded the Nobel Prize in 
Chemistry 2022 for her outstanding work and dedication to chemical 
biology research.
  Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of 
Chemistry and Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology and Radiology 
at Stanford University. She is also the Baker Family Director at 
Sarafan ChEM-H at Stanford and an investigator of the Howard Hughes 
Medical Institute. She completed her undergraduate education in 
chemistry at Harvard University before earning her Ph.D. in chemistry 
at UC Berkeley. Following postdoctoral study at UCSF, she returned to 
Berkeley as a professor in the college of chemistry and led 
groundbreaking investigations published in major scientific journals. 
She is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the 
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the German Academy of 
Sciences Leopardine. She has also received countless awards, including 
most recently the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
  The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2022 is a distinguished honor 
awarded to Drs. Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Barry Sharpless 
for the development of click chemistry and biorthogonal chemistry. 
After Meldal and Sharpless laid the foundation of click chemistry, 
Bertozzi used click chemistry to study cellular reactions. Cellular 
machinery that modifies proteins with specific carbohydrates is now 
leveraged for targeted treatment of cancer and other conditions. I 
applaud her commitment to this lifesaving invention.
  It is a privilege to commemorate Dr. Bertozzi's Nobel Prize in 
Chemistry. Her students and peers are inspired by her dedication to her 
students and research. As a physician and husband of a breast cancer 
surgeon, I admire her exemplary work on click chemistry and its 
application to cancer treatment research. I am honored to recognize her 
today.

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