Physiology or Medicine

Press release

Swedish Pressmeddelande 2021-10-04 har idag beslutat att Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin år 2021 skall delas lika mellan David Julius och Ardem Patapoutian för deras upptäckter av receptorer för temperatur och beröring   Förmågan att uppfatta värme, kyla och beröring är avgörande för vår överlevnad och utgör en förutsättning för att uppleva och tolka världen…

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Press release

English Press release 2021-10-04 has today decided to award the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch   Our ability to sense heat, cold and touch is essential for survival and underpins our interaction with the world around us.…

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Learn more about how the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is decided and awarded in our interview with medicine prize awarder Juleen Zierath. Can you tell us who you are? My name is Juleen Zierath and I’m a professor of physiology at Karolinska Institutet. I’m a member of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet…

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Can you pair the portrait of the Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine with the image representing the Nobel Prize awarded discovery? Drag the images from the left to the 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.…

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Prize presentation

https://www.youtube.com/embed/SabD4fMFkW4 Watch a video clip of the 2019 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Gregg L. Semenza, receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma during the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2019.

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Prize presentation

https://www.youtube.com/embed/E–svpIbw3I Watch a video clip of the 2019 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe, receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma during the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2019.

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Prize presentation

https://www.youtube.com/embed/WOZxmAo7bG0 Watch a video clip of the 2019 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, William G. Kaelin Jr, receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma during the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2019.

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