Michael W. Young
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Michael W. Young 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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Michael W. Young 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: Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young
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Overview from the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2017.
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5 (of 8) 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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Michael W. Young arrives at the 2017 Nobel Laureates' Get together at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2017.
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7 (of 8) Michael W. Young at the press conference at Rockefeller University after the announcement of the Nobel Prize.
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8 (of 8) Michael W. Young in his lab in 2012.
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Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
See them all presented here.