![University of Missouri professor George P. Smith laughs to the crowd during a press conference announcing he has won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in Columbia, Missouri on October 3, 2018. University of Missouri professor George P. Smith laughs to the crowd during a press conference announcing he has won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in Columbia, Missouri on October 3, 2018.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/TXM580/university-of-missouri-professor-george-p-smith-laughs-to-the-crowd-during-a-press-conference-announcing-he-has-won-the-2018-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-in-columbia-missouri-on-october-3-2018-smith-developed-phage-display-which-allows-a-virus-that-infects-bacteria-to-evolve-new-proteins-smith-is-the-first-university-of-missouri-professor-to-receive-a-nobel-prize-for-research-conducted-at-the-university-photo-by-bill-gutweilerupi-TXM580.jpg)
University of Missouri professor George P. Smith laughs to the crowd during a press conference announcing he has won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in Columbia, Missouri on October 3, 2018.
![Nobel Prize winner George Smith gives a phone interview at his home in Waretown, New Jersey October 6, 2009. A pioneer in fibre optics and two scientists who figured out how to Nobel Prize winner George Smith gives a phone interview at his home in Waretown, New Jersey October 6, 2009. A pioneer in fibre optics and two scientists who figured out how to](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D2RKR3/nobel-prize-winner-george-smith-is-photographed-at-his-home-in-waretown-new-jersey-october-6-2009-smith-of-the-united-states-and-two-others-will-share-the-nobel-prize-for-physics-for-their-work-on-charge-coupled-devices-or-ccds-used-in-digital-imaging-technology-reutersjeff-zelevansky-united-states-sci-tech-images-of-the-day-2D2RKR3.jpg)
Nobel Prize winner George Smith gives a phone interview at his home in Waretown, New Jersey October 6, 2009. A pioneer in fibre optics and two scientists who figured out how to
![University of Missouri professor George P. Smith laughs to the crowd during a press conference announcing he has won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in Columbia, Missouri on October 3, 2018. University of Missouri professor George P. Smith laughs to the crowd during a press conference announcing he has won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in Columbia, Missouri on October 3, 2018.](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/txm58j/university-of-missouri-professor-george-p-smith-with-wife-marjorie-waves-to-the-crowd-before-receiving-an-award-from-missouri-governor-mike-parson-during-haltime-of-the-missouri-football-game-at-faurot-field-in-columbia-missouri-on-november-10-2018-smith-won-the-2018-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-for-developing-phage-display-which-allows-a-virus-that-infects-bacteria-to-evolve-new-proteins-smith-is-the-first-university-of-missouri-professor-to-receive-a-nobel-prize-for-research-conducted-at-the-university-photo-by-bill-greenblattupi-txm58j.jpg)
University of Missouri professor George P. Smith laughs to the crowd during a press conference announcing he has won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in Columbia, Missouri on October 3, 2018.
![Nobel Prize winner George Smith gives a phone interview at his home in Waretown, New Jersey October 6, 2009. A pioneer in fibre optics and two scientists who figured out how to Nobel Prize winner George Smith gives a phone interview at his home in Waretown, New Jersey October 6, 2009. A pioneer in fibre optics and two scientists who figured out how to](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E7REFR/nobel-prize-winner-george-smith-gives-a-phone-interview-at-his-home-in-waretown-new-jersey-october-6-2009-a-pioneer-in-fibre-optics-and-two-scientists-who-figured-out-how-to-turn-light-into-electronic-signals-work-that-paved-the-way-for-the-internet-age-were-awarded-the-2009-nobel-prize-for-physics-on-tuesday-smith-who-is-from-the-united-states-shares-his-prize-with-willard-boyle-a-canadian-american-for-inventing-the-first-successful-imaging-technology-using-a-digital-sensor-reutersjeff-zelevansky-united-states-sci-tech-2E7REFR.jpg)