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Scientific Background Discoveries of Molecular Mechanisms Controlling the Circadian Rhythm The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms that control circadian rhythms. Circadian rhythms are driven by an internal biological clock that anticipates day/night cycles to optimize…

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Nobel Lecture

The Little Flies and their Genes: How Research Exploiting Drosophila has led to Prize-wining Advances in Genetic and Biological Knowledge, all the way to uncovering Mysteries of the Circadian Clock https://youtu.be/GevgxcVL5HY Jeffrey C. Hall delivered his Nobel Lecture on 7 December 2017 at Aula Medica, Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. He was introduced by Professor Juleen Zierath.…

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