Physiology or Medicine

Interview

Interview, February 2021 Photo courtesy of University of Alberta “We’re all on a learning curve” Nobelprize.org interviewed Michael Houghton on 1 February 2021. We spoke with him about his journey into science, his advice for students and the importance of persistence. Nobel Minds 2020 Five of the 2020 Nobel Laureates met digitally on 10…

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Interview

Interview, March 2021 Photo courtesy of Rockefeller University “Try and find something that you have a passion for” Nobelprize.org met virologist and dog lover Charles Rice on 11 March 2021. We spoke about his path into science, what advice he can give to younger researchers and how he received the news about his Nobel Prize.…

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Interview

Interview, December 2020 Harvey Alter in December 2020 during an interview with nobelprize.org @ Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Anna Sjöström Douagi “I became the poet laureate of hepatitis” Nobelprize.org interviewed Harvey J. Alter on 11 December 2020. We spoke with him about receiving the Nobel Prize, his journey in science and the roles humour and…

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Prize announcement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTu6uOWLKR4 Announcement of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine by Professor Thomas Perlmann, Secretary-General for the Nobel Assembly and the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, on 5 October 2020. Interview about the awarded work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU_a2oXMnI8 “This virus has been a plague … and still is” Immediately after the announcement, Professor Thomas Perlmann…

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Press release

Swedish Pressmeddelande 2020-10-05 har idag beslutat att Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin år 2020 skall delas lika mellan Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton och Charles M. Rice för upptäckten av hepatit C-virus   SAMMANFATTNING Årets Nobelpris belönar tre forskare som tagit ett avgörande steg i kampen mot blodöverförd hepatit, ett av våra största globala hälsoproblem.…

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Press release

English Press release 2020-10-05 has today decided to award the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus SUMMARY This year’s Nobel Prize is awarded to three scientists who have made a decisive contribution to the fight against…

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