Interview with Professor Günter Blobel by Professor Jan Lindsten, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, and Fatima Moumén, student, 12 December 1999.

Professor Blobel talks about the necessity of inspiring teachers; the importance of mentorship (1:45); his move from Germany to the USA and the Rockefeller University (2:47); new opportunities in medical research (5:25); different aspects of his discovery (7:25); the driving forces behind his work (13:44); and consequences of receiving the Nobel Prize (14:45).