Stefan W. Hell
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1 (of 29) Stefan W. Hell receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2014.
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Stefan W. Hell after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2014.
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Stefan W. Hell receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
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Nobel Laureates at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony. From left: Physics Laureates Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura; Chemistry Laureates Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner; Medicine Laureates John O'Keefe and May-Britt Moser.
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5 (of 29) Stefan W. Hell receiving his Nobel Prize. Overview from Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2014.
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6 (of 29) Sweden's Princess Madeleine and Stefan W. Hell proceed into the Blue Hall of the Stockholm City Hall for the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2014.
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Sweden's Princess Madeleine and Stefan W. Hell at the table of honour at the Nobel Banquet.
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Stefan W. Hell delivering his banquet speech after the dinner.
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9 (of 29) Stefan W. Hell delivering his banquet speech.
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Ten of the thirteen Nobel Laureates of 2014 assembled at the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm on 12 December 2014. From left: Edvard I. Moser, May-Britt Moser, Shuji Nakamura, Stefan W. Hell, Patrick Modiano, Hiroshi Amano, Kailash Satyarthi, Jean Tirole, Eric Betzig and William E. Moerner.
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Stefan W. Hell with a poster about the 2014 Chemistry Prize at the Nobel Foundation reception at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, 9 December 2014.
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12 (of 29) Stefan W. Hell delivering his Nobel Lecture.
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13 (of 29) All three Chemistry Laureates assembled at stage after the Nobel Lectures in the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, on 8 December 2014. From left: Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner.
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14 (of 29) Press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on 7 December 2014. From left: Laureate in Economic Sciences Jean Tirole, Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Eric Betzig, William E. Moerner, Stefan W. Hell, Nobel Laureates in Physics Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura.
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15 (of 29) All three Chemistry Laureates assembled at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on 7 December 2014. From left: Stefan W. Hell, William E. Moerner and Eric Betzig.
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16 (of 29) All three Chemistry Laureates signing posters at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on 7 December 2014.
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17 (of 29) Like many Nobel Laureates before him, Stefan W. Hell autographs a chair at Bistro Nobel at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2014.
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18 (of 29) All three Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, from left: Stefan W. Hell, Eric Betzig and William E. Moerner, with their autographed chair in Bistro Nobel at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2014.
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Stefan W. Hell presenting his gift to the Nobel Museum's collection: the book "The Quantum Theory of Light", during the 2014 Nobel Laureates' Get together on 6 December 2014.
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20 (of 29) Stefan W. Hell before the interview with Nobelprize.org at the Nobel Museum on 6 December 2014.
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All three Nobel Laureates in Chemistry assembled at the Nobel Museum. From left: Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner.
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Stefan W. Hell arriving at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm.
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Stefan W. Hell arriving at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, for the 2014 Nobel Laureates' Get together on 6 December 2014.
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24 (of 29) Portrait of Stefan Hell.
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25 (of 29) Stefan Hell at a press cenference after the announcement of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on 8 October 2014.
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26 (of 29) Stefan Hell in the laboratory.
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27 (of 29) Stefan Hell in the laboratory.
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28 (of 29) Two-color STED image of a glioblastoma, the most frequent malignant brain tumor in adults. Clathrin protein is green; !-tubulin protein is stained red. In contrast to the blurred classical image (left), the STED image (right) shows considerably finer structures.
© J. Bückers, D. Wildanger, L. Kastrup, R. Medda
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29 (of 29) The STED microscopy (circular inset image) provides approximately ten times sharper details of filament structures within a nerve cell compared to a conventional light microscope (outer image).
© G. Donnert, S. W. Hell
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
See them all presented here.
