Today our editor Anneli Hidalgo will met Professor Schekman, one of the three Nobel Laureates in Medicine, at the Grand Hotel. Don’t miss the entire interview with him in our upcoming January issue.
The Paolo Macchiarini scandal at the Karolinska Institutet has prompted Urban Lendahl, secretary general of the Nobel Assembly, to resign. Lendahl, a developmental geneticist at KI, was involved in hiring Macchiarini in 2010. A statement from the Nobel Committee yesterday said that Lendahl expected to be involved in the investigation and was…
Jack W Szostak was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009. Jack W Szostak, Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol Greider received the Medicine Nobel prize 2009 for “the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase”. Unlike the other two laureates, Jack Szostak…
As always in the middle of the December, Stockholm is ready for a week of festivities, interesting lectures and a great chance to honor great scientists. And as always, Nordic Life Science, will provide you with in-depth articles about this year’s discoveries in medicine and chemistry, as well as exclusive interviews…
The lucky winners of this year’s Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine are William C Campbell, Satoshi Omura and Youyou Tu. William C Campbell and Satoshi Omura receives the Prize for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites, and Youyou Tu receives the Prize for her discoveries…