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I was born on August 18, 1932 in Chabris, a “bourg”, larger than a village but smaller than a town, located in Berry south of the Loire Valley. This was – and still is – a region of agriculture with some renowned products such as welsh rabbit, goat cheeses and white asparagus. It was the…

Born in 1936, I experienced the Second World War as a child in the city of Gelsenkirchen-Buer. This area was heavily bombed, but fortunately all members of my family survived the war and post-war period. As a child I remember my own intensive interest in biology, birds, other animals and flowers and was determined at…

Interview, November 2019 Martin Chalfie addressing students at NPII Canada © Nobel Media. Photo: A. Mahmoud. When Martin Chalfie began his first research project as an undergraduate at Harvard it left him so disheartened that he abandoned his scientific career. Luckily, chance events brought him back into the lab for a summer job, and began…

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Interview transcript [Makoto Kobayashi] Hello. [Adam Smith] Hello. [MK] Hello. This is Kobayashi speaking. [AS] Ah, Professor Kobayashi… [MK] Yes. [AS] Thank you very much. This is Adam Smith from the Nobel Foundation’s web site in Stockholm. Congratulations of course on the award of the Nobel Prize. [MK] Thank…

Interview, October 2008 “… for a theorist, the most exciting period is after waking early one morning to discover a truth that you could not have imagined” Interview with Toshihide Maskawa by Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org after the announcement of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics, October 2008. [Adam Smith] In the light of…

Interview transcript [Unknown] Hallo. [Adam Smith] Hello, is it possible to speak to Professor Montagnier yet? [Unknown] Yes, I’m going to bring him to you, okay? [AS] Thank you very much indeed. [Unknown] If you can hold on. [AS] Yes, of course. [Unknown] Thank you. [AS]…

Interview transcript [Harald zur Hausen] zur Hausen. [Adam Smith] Oh hello, Professor zur Hausen. [HzH] Yes. [AS] This is Adam Smith from the web site of the Nobel Foundation … Hello. Would you mind if we recorded a very brief telephone interview with you? [HzH] No, it’s fine. [AS]…

Interview, November 2019 Françoise Barré-Sinoussi International AIDS Society and Marcus Rose In January 1983 Françoise Barré-Sinoussi discovered HIV – the virus that causes AIDS. Since then, she has worked tirelessly both to find a cure and treatments for the disease and to advocate on behalf of those living with HIV. Inthis interview she talks about…