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9.6 Brilliant

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Jennifer A. Doudna

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9.5 Brilliant

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Frances H. Arnold

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9.4 Excellent

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Carolyn R. Bertozzi

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9.2 Excellent

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Roger Y. Tsien

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8.9 Great

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Richard Henderson

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8.9 Great

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Joachim Frank

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8.8 Great

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Osamu Shimomura

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8.7 Great

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Thomas A. Steitz

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8.7 Great

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Christian B. Anfinsen

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8.7 Great

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8.7 Great

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Martin Chalfie

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8.6 Great

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Aziz Sancar

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8.6 Great

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Michael Levitt

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8.5 Great

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Arieh Warshel

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8.4 Great

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Adolf Butenandt

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8.3 Great

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William H. Stein

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8.2 Great

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Stanford Moore

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20TH Century Biochemistry Proteins Nobel

8.2 Great

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Arthur Harden

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7.8 Good

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Hans von Euler-Chelpin

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7.4 Good