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10 x Female Nobel Prize Laureates

Throughout the years NLS has interviewed some really cool female Nobel Prize Laureates.
1. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (2008)
When Françoise Barré-Sinoussi came to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2008, she felt like she was in another world. As a true scientist, her world consists of research, either in the lab or out in the field in developing countries, fighting the very same virus she was receiving the Prize for discovering: the HIV virus.

2. Ada Yonath (2009)
The 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists for mapping the ribosome at the atomic level. The pioneering work was performed by the Israeli crystallographer Ada Yonath, who dedicatedly and persistently continued to reveal the large and complex ribosome structure at a time when many believed it was impossible.

3. May-Britt Moser (2014)
Before arriving to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize 2014, Chris Tachibana interviewed May-Britt and Edvard Moser about their discovery, science and sharing a passion.

4. Youyou Tu (2015)
In 1969 Professor Youyou Tu was recruited to a secret medical research project, it would change hers and millions of other people’s lives forever.

5. Frances Arnold (2018)
Frances Arnold calls her leadership approach “bottom up.” She expects all to contribute and critique ideas. “I encourage every member of my team to be a brain,” she said to NLS.

6. Donna Strickland (2018)
Science has always been a driving force in Donna Strickland’s life. From the moment she discovered the world of laser physics, she’s been entranced by all the possibilities lasers represent for research, science and medicine.

7. Jennifer Doudna (2020)
Driven by the curiosity of nature’s secrets, Jennifer Doudna, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2020, has devoted her life to the mysteries of biochemistry and cracking a game-changing code.

8. Emmanuelle Charpentier (2020)
French microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier has performed research all over the world, even in the very north of Sweden – always equipped with a precise, dedicated and prepared focus on her scientific mission.

9. Carolyn Bertozzi (2022)
Carolyn Bertozzi’s fascination with organic chemistry took hold when she was an undergraduate at Harvard University. “I fell in love with organic chemistry when I took the course in college as a premed requirement. After that course, I changed my major to chemistry and the rest is history,” she said to NLS.

10. Katalin Karikó (2023)
Scientific research demands years, sometimes a lifetime’s worth, of persistence. One of the Nobel Prize winners in Physiology or Medicine 2023, Dr. Katalin Karikó, has shown more determination than most. Despite a series of setbacks, she forged ahead on messenger RNA research that contributed to a vaccine for the COVID-19 virus.

Updated: January 30, 2025, 02:07 pm
Published: October 3, 2024
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