Roger D. Kornberg receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2006. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2006
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Roger D. Kornberg after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2006. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2006
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Roger D. Kornberg with his wife, Yahli Lorch, and children, Guy (left) and Gil and Maya (right), after the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony.

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Nobel Laureate Roger D. Kornberg (left) with wife, Yahli Lorch, at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2006.

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Roger D. Kornberg delivering his banquet speech.

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Their Majesties Queen Silvia and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden posing with Roger D. Kornberg and his wife, Yahli Lorch, at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2006.

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Roger D. Kornberg and his wife, Yahli Lorch, with the Royal Swedish siblings: Crown Princess Victoria (left), Prince Carl Philip and Princess Madeleine, at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2006.

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All the 2006 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo during their visit to the Nobel Foundation, 12 December 2006. Left to right: John C. Mather, Edmund S. Phelps, Roger Kornberg, Dipal Chandra Barua (representing Grameen Bank), Orhan Pamuk, Andrew Z. Fire, Craig C. Mello, Muhammad Yunus, and George F. Smoot.

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Roger D. Kornberg during the Nobel Foundation reception at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, 9 December 2006. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2006
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Roger D. Kornberg delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2006. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2006
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Roger D. Kornberg showing the transcription process when delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2006. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2006
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Roger D. Kornberg, like many Nobel Laureates before him, autographs a chair at Kafé Satir at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2006.

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Roger D. Kornberg (left) at the interview in Stockholm, 6 December 2006. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2006
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Roger Kornberg spoke with reporters and well wishers from his office on Wednesday morning.

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