Nobel Prize laureate
Elizabeth Blackburn
Elizabeth Blackburn is Professor Emerita in Biochemistry and Biophysics. She has been a leader in the area of telomere and telomerase research and was awarded the Nobel Prize for her work in this area.
Nobel Prize Dialogue
Latin America and the Caribbean, 16 November 2021
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Emmanuelle Charpentier
Emmanuelle Charpentier received the Nobel Prize for discovering one of gene technology’s sharpest tools: the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors.
Bernard Feringa
Ben Feringa’s research interests include organic chemistry, nanotechnology and asymmetric catalysis. He received the Nobel Prize for his work on molecular machines.
May-Britt Moser
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014.
May-Britt Moser is a professor of neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. May-Britt Moser will participate online.
Nobel Prize laureate
Saul Perlmutter
Saul Perlmutter shared the physics prize for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe. He is a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and a senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Adam Smith
Adam Smith is chief scientific officer for Nobel Prize Outreach. His background is in scientific research and science publishing.
Juleen Zierath
Juleen Zierath is professor of clinical integrative physiology at Karolinska lnstitutet. Her research has revealed key steps in insulin signaling pathways that are impaired in diabetic patients.
Nobel Prize Dialogue in partnership with
Nobel International Partners
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Special thanks to
Science Academies from the Latin American and the Caribbean region, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA), Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations (Brazil), State Funding Agencies of Ceará (Funcap), Goiás (Fapeg) and Rio de Janeiro (Faperj).