Nobel Prize

Scientific Background Avermectin and Artemisinin – Revolutionary Therapies against Parasitic Diseases The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded with one half jointly to Dr. William C. Campbell and Professor Satoshi Ōmura for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites and the other half to Professor Tu Youyou…

Additional background material on the Nobel Prize in Physics 1996 has decided to award the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly to Professor David M. Lee, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, Professor Douglas D. Osheroff, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, and Professor Robert C. Richardson, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, for their discovery of superfluidity…

Scientific Background The Brain’s Navigational Place and Grid Cell System The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to Dr. John M. O’Keefe, Dr. May-Britt Moser and Dr. Edvard  I. Moser for their discoveries of nerve cells in the brain that enable a sense of place and navigation. These discoveries are ground breaking…

Scientific Background Machinery Regulating Vesicle Traffic, A Major Transport System in our Cells The 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to Dr. James E. Rothman, Dr. Randy W. Schekman and Dr. Thomas C. Südhof for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells. This represents a…

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