9 December 2024, Stockholm

The Future of Health

Nobel Week Dialogue

Joakim Larsson

Joakim Larsson is a professor in environmental pharmacology at the Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Gothenburg and director for the multidisciplinary Centre for Antibiotic Resistance Research (CARe) in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Michael Rosbash

Nobel Prize laureate

Michael Rosbash received the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in Drosophila that illuminated our understanding of the molecular mechanisms controlling our circadian rhythms.

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Olga Tokarczuk

Nobel Prize laureate

Olga Tokarczuk received the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature “for her narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life.”

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Drew Weissman

Nobel Prize laureate

Drew Weissman 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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Juleen Zierath

Juleen Zierath is professor of clinical integrative physiology at Karolinska lnstitutet. Her research has revealed key steps in insulin signaling pathways that are impaired in diabetic patients.

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Health and literature

Spotlight on diabetes

The discovery of insulin and subsequent breakthroughs by Nobel Prize laureates led to advancements in how we treat the chronic disease. Now, efforts are focused on tackling the unfolding diabetes “epidemic” and finding a cure that could relegate the disease to history.

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Nobel Week Dialogue Stockholm 2024