Peter C. Doherty

Interview

Interview, May 2011

Interview with 1996 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Peter C. Doherty, 16 May 2011. The interviewer is Agneta Wallin Levinovitz, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org.

Peter C. Doherty talks about what made him interested in science; his source of inspiration (4:08); the importance of role models (7:07); communicating science (9:21); his recent work (12:31); the greatest challenges for our planet (17:02); and what the Nobel Prize has meant to him (21:36).

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