Madrid 2024

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Nobel Prize Conversations

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Mara Dierssen is a medical doctor and heads the Cellular and Systems Neurobiology group of the Systems and Synthetic Biology program at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona.

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Katalin Karikó

Nobel Prize laureate

Katalin Karikó was co-awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

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Nobel Prize laureate

Nobel Prize in Physics 2006.

George Smoot was co-awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics for “discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation.” George Smoot will participate on-site.

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Selected podcast interviews

  • Katalin Karikó

    Working harder and becoming more resilient seems to be the story of Nobel Prize laureate Katalin Karikó’s life. Despite facing a number of enormous challenges, she has never lost hope or focus. Learn more about her life journey.

    Katalin Karikó showing her Nobel Prize medal

  • Morten Meldal

    “I was almost crying when I had to go up and receive the prize because of that.” – This is how Morten Meldal recalled the moment he crossed the stage in Stockholm to receive his Nobel Prize. Hear more in our podcast episode with Meldal.

    Morten Meldal in the laboratory

Past events in Madrid

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