They will explore ground-breaking medical advancements, disease prevention strategies, and innovative ways to enhance our lives. The dialogue will also address planetary health, and the environment’s critical impact on us all.

Speakers include Nobel Prize laureates Charles Rice, medicine 2020; Michael Rosbash, medicine 2017; and Drew Weissman, medicine 2023. The have all been interviewed by and featured in Nordic Life Science magazine.

Michael Rosbash – Nobel Prize laureate 2017

Michael Rosbash and his two co-laureates 2027 have been able to peek inside our biological clock and elucidate its inner workings. Their discoveries explain how plants, animals and humans adapt their biological rhythm so that it is synchronized with the Earth’s revolutions.

Michael Rosbash, Brandeis University Photo: Mike Lovett

Charles Rice – Nobel Prize laureate 2020

When Charles M. Rice, entered a doctoral program at the California Institute of Technology, he expected to continue his studies on sea urchins. Instead, he was placed in a virology lab, creating a whole new set of interests. And viruses soon replaced sea urchins as the focus of Rice’s research.

Charles Rice Photo John Abbott
Charles Rice. Photo: John Abbott

Drew Weissman – Nobel Prize laureate 2023

Drew Weissman won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (shared with Katalin Karikó) for his work on messenger RNA that paved the way for the COVID-19 vaccine.

Drew Weissman. Photo: Peggy Peterson