Nobel Prize

“I like to see things that have never been seen before” Here, Richard Roberts is interviewed about everything from his love of discovery to his biggest influences – and reveals a determined, curiosity-driven character. The subject of ageing also came up, which is rather fitting since Roberts joined the Nobel Prize Dialogue Seoul to discuss…

Interview transcript Welcome to this interview Professor. I want to start off by asking you a little bit about your childhood and what made you want to take the way to becoming a scientist. Was there something particular in your childhood? Yuan T. Lee: I was born in Taiwan before the end…

Interview, October 2017 Richard Roberts at Nobel Week Dialogue 2017. Photo: Niklas Elmehed “I like to see things that have never been seen before” Here, Richard Roberts is interviewed about everything from his love of discovery to his biggest influences – and reveals a determined, curiosity-driven character. Interview transcript…

“I am now labelled as a Twitter monster!” Sir Fraser Stoddart was interviewed in his lab at Northwestern University by Nobel Media’s Rasmus Lundgren on 15 September 2017 to discuss his first year as a Nobel Laureate, what he is working on now, and why he has become such an avid Twitter user. [caption id=”attachment_25879″…

Interview transcript Welcome to the Nobel interview, Professor Jean-Marie Lehn. You are one of a few French Nobel Prize winners I would say. How did the prize change your life or academic work? Jean-Marie Lehn: It didn’t change my work because when you are a scientist you have your own way of…

The Call from Oslo, October 2016 Telephone interview, October 2016 Transcript of the interview Juan Manuel Santos: Hello. Adam Smith: Good morning President Santos. My name is Adam Smith representing Nobelprize.org, the official website of the Nobel Prize in Stockholm. On behalf of all here we would like to…

Interview transcript I just would like you, Professor Penzias, to start off with your great discovery. It has been described as one of the biggest discoveries the last century. It has changed the way we look at the universe. It confirmed the big bang theory. When did you and how did you…

Jean-Pierre Sauvage talks about the artefact he donated to the Nobel Museum, what brought him to science (6:07), when he got the idea that led to the discovery (7:40), chemical machines (10:36), his work in the laboratory (13:12) and about what’s important in life (17:29).

Interview, October 2019 Fraser Stoddart © Nobel Media. Photo: Rasmus Lundgren “You’ve got to break the rules” During his career, which spans more than six decades, Fraser Stoddart has broken rules and, on occasions, upset the research establishment. His journey started in 1942 outside Edinburgh, Scotland, where he spent his early school years also working…

Interview, January 2023 “Be open … and together you can do marvellous things” On 26 January 2023, Ben Feringa, Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry 2016, was joined by 14 students from all over the world and from different disciplines within science for a conversation on the topic of being a scientist. Dr. Feringa gave…