Nobel Prize

Niels K. Jerne, born 23rd December 1911, London My parents, Hans Jessen Jerne and Else Marie Lindberg, and their ancestors (back to the seventeenth century and earlier) all lived on the island Fanø and in a small adjacent area of western Jutland in Denmark. My family moved to London in 1910, and then to Holland…

My father was a Jewish immigrant who settled in Argentina, and was left to his own devices at the age of 15. My mother was a teacher, herself the daughter of a poor immigrant family. For both my mother and my father, no sacrifice was too hard to make sure that their three sons (I…

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  Presentation Speech by Professor Hans Wigzell of the Translation from the Swedish text Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is typical for the human mind that little thought goes to the functions of our body when we are healthy, yet acute interest frequently develops in times of disease. The immune system…

Name: Georges Jean Franz Köhler Born: 17.4.1946 in München. German Nationality Education and research experience April 1965Abitur in Kehl, beginning of studies in Biology at the University of Freiburg.January 1971Diploma in Biology, work on repair-deficient strains of Escherichia coli and computer assisted instruction.April 1974Ph.D., University of Freiburg. Thesis work on immunological studies of the enzyme…

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Niels K. Jerne’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1984 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Nobel Prize is a precious gift, and it is wonderful to receive this gift rather late in life: one does not then have to carry for a very long time the burden that this…

NOBELFÖRSAMLINGEN KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET THE NOBEL ASSEMBLY AT THE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1984 jointly to Niels K. Jerne, Georges J.F. Köhler and César Milstein for theories concerning “the specificity in development and control of the immune system” and the discovery of “the principle for…

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Editor’s note: The first seconds of the Nobel Lecture is missing. Our apologies. Pdf 253 kB