Childhood I was born on July 12, 1956 in Flushing, which is a neighborhood in the Borough of Queens, in New York City. My mother’s family was of German-English-Irish descent and lived in Queens, whereas my father’s family was of Italian descent and lived in the Bronx. I was the first born of five children,…

I was born November 23, 1957 in Jamaica, New York City, to William George and Nancy Priscilla (Horn) Kaelin. My mother’s first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage. The obstetrician who delivered me was a friend of my mother’s family. He initially thought I was stillborn and lamented that such obstetrical problems seemed to disproportionately affect his…

I was born 14 may 1954, and my childhood in Carnforth, Lancashire was idyllic. At the time I would have said it was unremarkable, as are most things when not viewed by comparison. The near-total freedom I enjoyed seemed perfectly natural. The town was an unpretentious rail­way town in North Lancashire, England. My father was…

https://www.youtube.com/embed/PgekkKn7zmU Watch the Nobel Prize award ceremony from the Blue Hall at the Stockholm City Hall in Stockholm, Sweden on 10 December 2020. This year, the award ceremony was streamed. The laureates had received their medals and diplomas in their home countries due to the covid-19 pandemic.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ieuZUQRkZBU Watch the Nobel Prize award ceremony from the Blue Hall at the Stockholm City Hall in Sweden on 10 December 2021. (pdf)

Professor Patrik Ernfors delivering the presentation speech for the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. © Nobel Prize Outreach, photo: Dan Lepp   English Presentation Speech by Professor Patrik Ernfors, Member of the , Member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, 10 December 2021 Your Majesties, your Royal Highnesses, Esteemed Nobel Prize…

Swedish Presentationstal av Professor Patrik Ernfors, ledamot av , ledamot av Medicinska Nobelkommittén, 10 december 2021 Majestäter, ers kungliga högheter, ärade Nobelpristagare, mina damer och herrar, Ett av mänsklighetens stora mysterier är hur vi kan uppleva vår omgivning genom våra sinnen. Vi kan se strålande färger, njuta av smaken av maten vi äter, lyssna på…

Calligrapher: Susan Duvnäs Book binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi AB Photo reproduction: Lovisa Engblom   © The Nobel Foundation 2021

Calligrapher: Susan Duvnäs Book binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi AB Photo reproduction: Lovisa Engblom   © The Nobel Foundation 2021

How do you feel? The molecules that sense touch Ardem Patapoutian delivered his Nobel Prize lecture How do you feel? The molecules that sense touch on Tuesday 7 December 2021. He was introduced by Professor Abdel El Manira. Pdf 3,15MBCopyright © The Nobel Foundation