Nobel Prize Conversations  “It was curiosity. I always wanted to find out how we worked” “If somebody tells me ‘this is impossible’, I always think that it still might be possible – and try to find a way around.” Where would the world be without the scientists who look beyond the conventional wisdom and…

Nobel Prize Conversations  “Organic chemistry found me as much as I found it” Meet football fan and chemist David MacMillan in this podcast episode, conducted in April 2022. He speaks about the importance of storytelling and his strong belief that “science is supposed to be about having fun, it is not supposed to be…

Friedrich Bergius with wife at Grand hotel, Stockholm, the day before his Nobel Lecture, 21 May 1932.

Nobel Prize Conversations “I find solutions to problems by looking at places where nobody else was looking” The creative and poetic chemistry laureate Joachim Frank always aspires to solve problems by looking at places no one has looked before. “Poetry boxing” and photography are essential for his work-life balance as a scientist, hear him speak…

Nobel Prize Conversations  “Failure is an inevitable part of doing science. Most of what we do fails” Hear Robert Lefkowitz speak about failure and how to best deal with it. In this conversation, conducted in February 2021, Lefkowitz shares his experience of being a top student that all of sudden needed to deal with…

Nobel Prize Conversations ”My stability is my science” In this podcast episode, conducted in December 2020, Emmanuelle Charpentier speaks about the drive you need as a researcher and what impact awards can have on a career. Her road to the Nobel Prize was a winding journey, and she recalls how science was her stability. She…

Nobel Prize Conversations “The main goal is to make discoveries and gift them to humanity” “Your purpose as a scientist is not to achieve fame or money, that is not your purpose, those might be side effects and good for you, that could be wonderful for you but it is a side effect, it is…

Nobel Prize Conversations “Whatever honour you get, the most interesting is still what goes on in the fume hood” “My daughter was sitting on the second or third row and I could see that she was crying. And tears actually are contagious. So I was almost crying when I had to go up and receive…

Interview with Robert J. Lefkowitz on 10 December 2012 during the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, Sweden. Congratulations Professor! I think you must be the happiest laureate I have met. Robert Lefkowitz: Why not? There’s so much to be happy about. It’s just a wonderful experience. I know you have been looking forward to this. This…

Watch the Nobel Prize award ceremony from Konserthuset Stockholm (the Stockholm Concert Hall) in Sweden on 10 December 2022.