Michael W. Young receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2017. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2017
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Michael W. Young after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2017. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2017
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All thre Chemistry Laureates at the stage. From left: Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2017
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Overview from the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2017.

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Michael W. Young with relatives after the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden on 10 December 2017.

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Michael W. Young at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2017.

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Michael W. Young and his wife take to the dance floor in the Golden Hall after the banquet dinner.

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Michael W. Young showing his Nobel Prize medal during a visit to the Nobel Foundation on 13 December 2017.

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Michael W. Young takes a closer look at his Nobel Prize diploma during a visit to the Nobel Foundation on 13 December 2017.

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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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Michael W. Young arrives at the 2017 Nobel Laureates' Get together at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2017. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2017
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Michael W. Young at the laureates' get together at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2017.

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Michael W. Young at the press conference at Rockefeller University after the announcement of the Nobel Prize.

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Michael W. Young in his lab in 2012.

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