Prize announcement

Announcement of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Yoshinori Ohsumi presented by Professor Thomas Perlmann, Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, on 3 October 2016.

Professor Maria Masucci of the Nobel Assembly described the science behind the prize.

Interview about the awarded work

“Doctor Ohsumi was interested in working with problems that other investigators stayed away from”. Following the announcement, Professor Juleen Zierath, member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, was interviewed by freelance journalist Lotta Fredholm about Yoshinori Ohsumi’s awarded work.

See a Video of the Interview

To cite this section
MLA style: Prize announcement. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2023. Sun. 1 Oct 2023. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2016/prize-announcement/>

Back to top Back To Top Takes users back to the top of the page

Watch the 2023 Nobel Prize announcements

Don't miss the Nobel Prize announcements 2-9 October!

Watch the live stream of the announcements.
Illustration

Explore prizes and laureates

Look for popular awards and laureates in different fields, and discover the history of the Nobel Prize.