Joachim Frank receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2017.

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Joachim Frank after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2017.

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All thre Chemistry Laureates at the stage. From left: Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson.

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Overview from the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2017.

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Joachim Frank showing his Nobel Prize diploma after the Nobel Prize award ceremony.

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Joachim Frank takes to the dance floor in the Golden Hall after the banquet dinner.

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2017 laureates assembled at the Nobel Foundation during Nobel Week on 12 December 2017. Back row: chemistry laureate Jacques Dubochet, physics laureate Barry C. Barish medicine laureates Michael W. Young and Michael Rosbash, physics laureate Kip S. Thorne and chemistry laureate Joachim Frank. Front row: medicine laureate Jeffrey C. Hall, representatives of peace laureate ICAN Beatrice Fihn and Josefin Lind, Richard H. Thaler, chemistry laureate Richard Henderson and physics laureate Rainer Weiss.

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Joachim Frank photographed during Nobel Week in Stockholm in December 2017.

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Joachim Frank arrives at the 2017 Nobel Laureates' Get together at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2017.

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Like many laureates before him, Joachim Frank signed a chair at the laureates' get together at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2017.

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Portrait of Joachim Frank.

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