![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.
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George Smith, professor emeritus at the University of Missouri, talks to a crowd Wednesday Oct. 3, 2018 at Stotler Lounge in Memorial Union at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. about
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Frances H Arnold, George P Smith and Gregory P Winter win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry – Physics World
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For MU's George Smith, there's more to life than winning the Nobel Prize | Higher Education | columbiamissourian.com
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MU professor emeritus George Smith delivers Nobel lecture | Higher Education | columbiamissourian.com
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