Stanley B. Prusiner
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Stanley B. Prusiner receiving his Nobel Prize from the hands of His Majesty the King.
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Stanley B. Prusiner receiving his Nobel Prize.
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Stanley B. Prusiner after receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1997.
Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström
Medicine laureate Stanley B. Prusiner, literature laureate Dario Fo and economic sciences laureates Robert C. Merton and Myron S. Scholes on stage at the award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1997.
Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström
1997 Nobel Prize laureates on the Stockholm Concert Hall stage: From left: physics laureates Steven Chu, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and William D. Phillips, chemistry laureates Paul D. Boyer, John E. Walker and Jens C. Skou, medicine laureate Stanley B. Prusiner, literature laureate Dario Fo and economic sciences laureates Robert C. Merton and Myron S. Scholes.
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All 1997 Nobel Laureates on the Stockholm Concert Hall stage. Stanley B. Prusiner is fourth from right.
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A view of the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 1997.
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Stanley B. Prusiner delivering his speech of thanks at the Nobel Prize banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, Sweden, on 10 December 1997.
Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström
Stanley B. Prusiner at a press conference during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden, December 1997.
Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström
Stanley B. Prusiner during a reception at the Swedish Academy during Nobel Week, December 1997
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1997 Nobel Prize laureates assembled at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm during Nobel Week, December 10997. From left: Jens C. Skou, Stanley B. Prusiner, Steven Chu, Robert C. Merton and Myron S. Scholes.
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All 1997 laureates assembled at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm Sweden during Nobel Week, December 1997. Back row from left: Chemistry laureate Jens C. Skou, medicine laureate Stanley B. Prusiner, literature laureate Dario Fo, economi sciences laureates Robert C. Merton and Myron S. Scholes. Front row from left: Chemistry laureate John E. Walker, physics laureate William D. Phillips, chemistry laureate Paul D. Boyer and physics laureate Claude Cohen-Tannoudji.
Photo from the Lars Åström archive
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.