English 8 October 2024 has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 to John J. HopfieldPrinceton University, NJ, USA Geoffrey HintonUniversity of Toronto, Canada “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks” They trained artificial neural networks using physics This year’s two Nobel Laureates in Physics have used…

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Gary Ruvkun receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2024. Gary Ruvkun delivering his speech of thanks at the Nobel Prize banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 2024. Gary Ruvkun delivering his Nobel Prize lecture at Aula Medica, Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm…

First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2024 ”A celebration of the way of doing science”  Victor Ambros speaks about the joy of basic research and the ever-expanding fascination of RNA. Recorded just after he found out about the prize, we also discover how the news was broken to the new laureate by his son, who began…

First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2024 “It’s going to be a fun ride!”  “I heard what sounded like an authentic call from the Nobel Committee!” 2024 medicine laureate Gary Ruvkun might have received a prank call or two in the past, but this one was genuine. Minutes after hearing the news, he talked about the pleasure…

Announcement of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine by Professor Thomas Perlmann, Secretary-General of the Nobel Assembly, on 7 October 2024. Interview about the awarded work “It’s a completely new physiological mechanism” Immediately after the announcement, Professor Olle Kämpe, Member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, was interviewed by freelance journalist…

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Scientific background For the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation The evolution of multicellular organisms from unicellular ancestors, where each cell-type acquired specialized functions, required increasingly sophisticated mechanisms of gene regulation. Besides transcriptional gene regulation mediated by DNA-binding factors acting on regulatory sequences, other forms of control systems emerged as organisms…