Physiology or Medicine

Photo gallery

Robert Koch (third from right) on a German medical expedition to Egypt to study the cholera epidemic, 1884. Robert Koch working in his laboratory at Kimberley, South Africa. Photogravure of gouache painting.

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Interview

Interview with the 2000 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Paul Greengard, 13 June 2008. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org. Paul Greengard, welcome to Stockholm and to this interview with Nobelprize.org. Paul Greengard: Thank you. It’s been almost eight years since you came to receive your Nobel Prize in the year 2000…

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Can you match the portrait of the Nobel Prize laureate with their Nobel Prize awarded discovery? Drag the images from left to right to pair, and press check to see your result. Don’t recognise the laureates? Keep scrolling down for some extra help below the game. Want to try another game? Image creditsJennifer Doudna: Photo:…

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Interview

Interview with Tim Hunt at the 57th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, July 2007. Tim Hunt, welcome to this interview with Nobelprize.org. You won the 2001 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine together with Lee Hartwell and Paul Nurse. Tim Hunt: Correct. And you seem to have been blessed with the lucky chance…

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Prize presentation

Watch a video clip of the 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine, Svante Pääbo, receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma during the Nobel Prize award ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2022.

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Banquet speech

Svante Pääbo’s speech at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2022. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Dear fellow Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute and the Nobel Foundation for this great honor. I did not ever imagine I would be standing here. I grew…

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Award ceremony speech

Swedish Presentationstal av Professor Anna Wedell, ledamot av , ledamot av Medicinska Nobelkommittén, 10 december 2022. Eders Majestäter. Eders Kungliga Högheter. Ärade Nobelpristagare. Mina Damer och Herrar. Vilka är vi och var kommer vi ifrån? Dessa frågor har länge sysselsatt mänskligheten. Allt levande lämnar spår genom historien. Uråldriga ben har länge studerats, men detaljerade frågor…

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