Johann Deisenhofer
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1 (of 1) The 1988 laureates assembled at the Swedish Academy, 1988. Back row from left: medicine laureate George H. Hitchings, chemistry laureate Johann Deisenhofer, medicine laureate Sir James W. Black, physics laureate Jack Steinberger, chemistry laureate Robert Huber, physics laureate Melvin Schwartz, chemistry laureate Hartmut Michel and physics laureate Leon M. Lederman. Seated are from left: laureate in economic sciences Maurice Allais, medicine laureate Gertrude B. Elion and Umm Kulthoum Mahfouz, daughter of literature laureate Naguib Mahfouz.
Photo from the Lars Åström archive
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Eleven laureates were awarded a Nobel Prize in 2023, for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. Their work and discoveries range from effective mRNA vaccines and attosecond physics to fighting against the oppression of women.
See them all presented here.
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