Ardem Patapoutian

Prize presentation

Watch a video clip of the 2021 Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2021, Ardem Patapoutian, receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma from Ambassador Karin Olofsdotter during a ceremonial presentation at the Beckman Center, National Academy of Sciences in Irvine, CA, USA on 8 December 2021.

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