Physiology or Medicine
Transcript from an interview with Katalin Karikó
Interview
Interview with the 2023 Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine Katalin Karikó on 6 December 2023 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. What brought you to science? Katalin Karikó: Honestly, I have to say my high school teacher, who said that ‘You could be a scientist’, and he said it so many times…
moreMichael Houghton – Biographical
Biographical
Born in London, England in 1951 to Leonard George and Elsie Cressy Houghton, he was raised in a working-class family along with elder brother Graham. Educated at an excellent government primary school (Lyndhurst Grove) until the age of 11, he then won a scholarship to Alleyn’s School in Dulwich, London, founded by Edward Alleyn, a…
moreCharles M. Rice – Biographical
Biographical
Iwas born on August 25, 1952 in Sacramento, California to Roberta Helen Rice and Charles Moen Rice Jr. (Fig. 1). My mother originated in Colorado Springs, Colorado, my father from Worcester, Massachusetts. I was the third Charles Moen Rice; we were all only children. I never met my paternal grandparents who were long gone by…
moreHarvey J. Alter – Biographical
Biographical
I never had no Nobel dreams Iwas born in 1935, a pivotal year in American history, although it is possible that my birth had nothing to do with these historical events. In 1935, the US was emerging from the Great Depression and the election of Franklin Roosevelt in 1932 instilled hope for a new deal.…
moreRenato Dulbecco – Photo gallery
Photo gallery
Renato Dulbecco in his lab at the Salk Institute in the early 1970s. Renato Dulbecco at his piano in his home, in La Jolla, California, 2007.
moreTranscript from an interview with Leland Hartwell
Interview
Interview with the 2001 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Leland H. Hartwell, at the 57th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, July 2007. Lee Hartwell, co-recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Tim Hunt and Paul Nurse, welcome to this interview. If I mention the word mentorship, what…
moreArdem Patapoutian – Biographical
Biographical
For the past two decades, I have studied the molecules that convey our sense of touch. I entered this field pursuing the allure of basic biology research, never anticipating the many directions these findings would take. Indeed, my life has been full of directions I never imagined. As an 18-year-old refugee from Lebanon, I had…
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