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George Wells Beadle was born at Wahoo, Nebraska, U.S.A., October 22, 1903, the son of Chauncey Elmer Beadle, a farmer, and his wife Hattie Albro. George was educated at the Wahoo High School and might himself have become a farmer if one of his teachers at school had not directed his mind towards science and…

François Jacob was born in June 1920 in Nancy (France). He was the only son of Simon Jacob and Thérèse Franck. After attending the Lycée Carnot in Paris, he began studying medicine at the Faculty of Paris, with the intention of becoming a surgeon. These studies were interrupted by the war. In June 1940, when…

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2004 Credits and References for the 2004 Nobel Poster for Physiology or Medicine Scientific Advisers, Professors at Karolinska Institutet: Bertil Fredholm, Pharmacology Sten Grillner, Neurophysiology Göran K. Hansson, Medicine, Chair of the Nobel Committee Hans Jörnvall – Physiological Chemistry, Secretary of the Nobel Assembly Urban Lendahl, Genetics Illustrations…

Scientific Advisors: Professors at the Karolinska Institute Krister Kristensson, Neuropathology, Ralf Pettersson, Molecular Biology Bengt Winblad, Geriatrics, Nils Ringertz, Medical Cell Genetics and Secretary of the Nobel Assembly. References: Stanley B Prusiner, The Prion Diseases, Scientific American 272, 30-37 (1995) A.Aguzzi, Prion research: the next frontier. Nature 389, 795-798 (1997). K Kristensson and B. Winblad,…

Julius Wagner – his father Adolf Johann Wagner was granted the title “Ritter von Jauregg” only in 1883 – was born on March 7, 1857, in Wels, Austria. He attended the famous old Schottengymnasium in Vienna and started reading medicine at Vienna University in 1874. From 1874 to 1880 he studied with Salomon Stricker, in…

Edward Lawrie Tatum was born on December 14th, 1909, at Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. He was the eldest son of Arthur Lawrie Tatum, Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Wisconsin Medical School, and Mabel Webb Tatum. After the death of his mother, his father married the former Celia Harriman. Tatum was educated at the University…

André Michel Lwoff was born on 8 May 1902 in Ainay-le-Château (Allier). He joined the Institut Pasteur at the age of 19. He had graduated in science and had done one year of medicine. Lwoff completed his studies while working in the laboratory. In 1921, he had the good fortune to study under a very…

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  Presentation Speech by Professor Ralf F. Pettersson of the Nobel Committee at , December 10, 1997. Translation of the Swedish text. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Stanley B. Prusiner for his discovery of prions – a new biological principle…