Contest
Water is the 2024 molecule of the year
The 54 nominees included proteins and protein complexes, RNAs, lipids, drugs and therapeutics, signaling mediators and more. ASBMB members cast their votes and determined the winner.
We asked ASBMB members to nominate their picks for the most influential molecular discoveries and innovations to be the ASBMB molecule of the year.
Nominees
- 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-1 (3βHSD1)
- 3C-like protease inhibitor
- 7, 8- dimethyl-isoalloxazine (flavin)
- AMPK
- Antibody
- Arabinose
- ATP (adenosine triphosphate)
- Bacterial flagellar motor complex
- Butyrate
- Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII)
- Capsaicin
- Cefiderocol
- Chlorophyll a
- Cholesterol
- D-fructose
- Dendrogenin A
- Difluoromethylornithine
- Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)
- Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and GLP-1 analogs
- Glutamine synthetase
- Glyco RNA
- G-coupled protein receptors (GPCR)
- Hemoglobin
- Inositol-requiring enzyme type 1 (Ire1)
- LUNA18 (Ras inhibitor)
- Malate dehydrogenase
- Melanin
- Methane
- Methyltetrazine
- Major histocompatability complex (MHC)
- MZ101/MZE001 (glycogen synthase 1 (GYS1) inhibitor)
- N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase (Arylsulfatase B; ARSB)
- NEDD8
- Nr4a1 (nuclear receptor subfamily 4 group A member 1)
- p27
- p53
- Polyhedrin
- Pyrophosphate
- Quercetin (flavonoid)
- Monoclonal antibody complement inhibitor
- Reverse transcriptase
- Ribosome
- RNA
- RNA polymerase
- S-adenosylmethionine (SAM)
- Selenoneine
- Serotonin
- Small RNAs
- Streptavidin
- TDP-43 (TAR DNA-binding protein 43)
- Vacuolar-type ATPasE (V-ATPase)
- TIDM (TLR2-interacting domain of MyD88)
- Tyrosine kinase inhibitor
- Water (H2O)