Nobel Prize

Fred Ramsdell in the laboratory, 2015. Fred Ramsdell and his wife Laura O’Neill on a hike in Yellowstone National Park just after finding out the news about Ramsdell being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025. Fred Ramsdell on a hike in Yellowstone National Park in October 2025.

Shimon Sakaguchi in his office on announcement day. Photo taken by his wife Noriko Sakaguchi. Professor Shimon Sakaguchi at a press conference held at University of Osaka after the announcement of his Nobel Prize, 6 October 2025.

Mary Brunkow sitting at her dining table at 4:30 in the morning on announcement day. Photo taken by her husband Ross Colquhoun. Mary Brunkow speaking at a press conference held at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) after the announcement of the Nobel Prize on 7 October 2025.

First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2025 “It hasn’t quite hit me yet” “My phone rang, and I saw a number from Sweden and thought, well that’s just spam of some sort, so I disabled the phone and went back to sleep.” Mary Brunkow clearly wasn’t expecting the call from Stockholm. This brief conversation with the…

First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2025 “I believe this will encourage immunologists and physicians to apply the Tregs to treat various immunological diseases” Shimon Sakaguchi, 2025 Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine, has always been driven by the desire to find new ways to combat disease. In this conversation with the Nobel Prize’s Adam…

Announcement of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine by professor Thomas Perlmann, Secretary-General of the Nobel Assembly, on 6 October 2025. Interview about the awarded work “A fundamental discovery about the principle that keeps our immune system in check” Rickard Sandberg, professor of molecular genetics, member of the Nobel Committee, is interviewed by…

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