It’s Nobel Prize time – Who will win?
It is once again time to honor extraordinary scientific discoveries. Will it be GLP-1 based drugs, quantum computing developments, findings about the gut microbiome, the invention of the cochlear implant, optogenetics, or new cystic fibrosis treatments that is honored this year? Or will it be something completely different?
October 6, 2025
This will be our 18th Nobel Prize coverage! We have covered the announcements, written about the discoveries and interviewed the Nobel Laureates since 2008 – and this year will be no exception!
On October 6 the 2025 Nobel week officially kicks off and there is, as always, a lot of speculations about the announcements. Some experts bet on the scientists that have received previous Lasker Awards. If this will be the case, perhaps Dirk Görlich (Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen) and Steven L. McKnight (UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas), will be honored for their discoveries that exposed the structures and functions of low-complexity domains within protein sequences, revealing new principles of intracellular transport and cellular organization. Or perhaps Michael J. Welsh (University of Iowa), Jesús (Tito) González (formerly at Vertex Pharmaceuticals), and Paul A. Negulescu (Vertex Pharmaceuticals) will nab one of the prizes for their key roles in developing a novel treatment for cystic fibrosis – a triple-drug combination that saves the lives of people with this lethal genetic disease.
Science – A glimmer of hope
Reading the news today can be quite disheartening. If it’s not a mass shooting in Sweden it’s a power-mad politician from another country thinking that he (yes, it is often a man) is worth more than other people.
Or why not Danish Lotte Bjerre Knudsen (Novo Nordisk), one of the 2024 Lasker laureates, honored for the discovery and development of GLP-1-based drugs that have revolutionized the treatment of obesity?
Or will it be quantum computing developments, findings about the gut microbiome, the invention of the cochlear implant, optogenetics, or the mapping of the human genome that will be recognized this year?
Did you miss last year’s Nobel coverage?
Don’t worry, here are for example the interviews with David Baker, laureate in Chemistry, and Victor Ambros, laureate in Medicine.
David Baker: “I’ve always been interested in big questions”
David Baker, born in Seattle in 1962, is an American professor of biochemistry and computational biology at the University of Washington, Seattle, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He has received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering research methods in protein design, and NLS asked him about his career, being a scientist, and of course, a lot about proteins.
Do you want to learn more about AI and the 2024 Nobel Prizes? You will find this Commentary interesting then.
AI and the 2024 Nobel Prizes: A Revolutionary Moment for Life Sciences
The 2024 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physics reflect the revolutionary impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on life sciences. These awards, celebrating advancements in protein design and neural networks, demonstrate how AI is transforming how we approach drug discovery, personalized medicine, and healthcare management.
NLS’s Nobel Prize archive
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Published: October 6, 2025
