Martin Chalfie receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2008. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2008
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Martin Chalfie after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2008. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2008
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Swedish Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden is accompanied by Martin Chalfie down the stairs to the Nobel Banquet in the Blue Hall of the Stockholm City Hall on 10 December 2008. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2008 Photo: Georgios Athanasiadis

Crown Princess Victoria in conversation with Martin Chalfie at the table of honour.

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The 2008 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo during their visit to the Nobel Foundation, 12 December 2008. Back row, left to right: Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Osamu Shimomura and Martin Chalfie, Nobel Laureate in Literature Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, Economics Laureate Paul Krugman and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Harald zur Hausen. Front row, left to right: Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Roger Y. Tsien, Nobel Laureates in Physics Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier.

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Martin Chalfie signing autographs for enthusiastic pupils during a visit to the Värmdö Gymnasium School in Stockholm, 12 December 2008.

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Martin Chalfie (second from left) at the Nobel Foundation reception at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, 9 December 2008.

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Martin Chalfie signing autographs at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2008. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2008
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Martin Chalfie, Osamu Shimomura and Roger Y. Tsien after delivering their Nobel Lectures at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2008. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2008
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Martin Chalfie after delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2008. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2008
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Martin Chalfie delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2008. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2008
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Osamu Shimomura (left), Martin Chalfie (middle) and Roger Y. Tsien (right) at their interview with Nobelprize.org in Stockholm, 6 December 2008. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2008
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Martin Chalfie, like many Nobel Laureates before him, autographs a chair at Kafé Satir at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2008.

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Martin Chalfie at a press conference at Columbia University, 8 October 2008.

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Eric Kandel (left), Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2000, greets 2008 Nobel Prize laureate Martin Chalfie at Columbia University, 8 October 2008.

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Martin Chalfie, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2008.

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