NLS Science News

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.

Nobel Laureate Harvey J. Alter has focused his scientific career on investigating the causes of transfusion transmitted hepatitis. Doing research and working closely with small groups of patients turned out to be a perfect fit for him.

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.

Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe defined a system involved in inflammation, metabolism, cancer, and more.

Since nothing is more basic to life than oxygen, Dr. Gregg Semenza, MD, PhD, found it logical to want to unravel some of the complexities of how cells monitor and regulate oxygen levels.

William Kaelin feels he has been fortunate in his scientific career. His contributions have had a great impact, not least within cancer treatment, and for future generations he emphasizes the importance of supporting basic science.

Read Chris Tachibana’s exclusive interview with Frances H. Arnold, a Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2018, and learn more about her bold approaches to optimizing enzymes for society’s benefit.

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.

When your passion and lifelong work are the same, great things can happen. Just ask James Allison.

For Dr. Jeffrey C. Hall, PhD, winning the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was a bit of an “I told you so.”

Jacques Dubochet, who put the “cryo” in cryoEM, is a champion of science communication and ethics.

Richard Henderson is an electron microscopy innovator and promoter of cryoEM for all.

Chris Tachibana interviewed May-Britt and Edvard Moser about their discovery, science and sharing a passion in 2014.

For William E. Moerner, research is not something done in isolation; it also is a valuable teaching tool.

Stefan W. Hell, PhD, likes to get down to the fundamentals. As an undergraduate, he disliked hearing professors say, “If you do the maths, you’ll know why this is so.” He was convinced everything could be reduced to the simplest principles and spent hours, as he put it in his autobiography, “trying to distill concepts and phenomena down to their essence.”

Randy Schekman’s discoveries using yeast to determine the movement of vesicles brought his Nobel Prize dreams to life.

The curiosity to understand the surrounding world has led Martin Karplus to a lifelong love for science, food and photography. 

Michael Levitt is a pioneer in computational biology who is as passionate as ever about science and life.

How artistry brought understanding of the G-protein coupled receptors

At the age of 15 he was told that it would be a waste of time for him to become a scientist. Not long afterwards he made a finding that would rewrite textbooks and change our view on cellular development forever. 

After the announcement of the Nobel Committee that Ralph Steinman had been awarded the other half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of dendritic cells nobody could get hold of him to announce the news or get an interview. Hours later the tragic news of his death three days earlier made headlines around the world.

The doors of the Thavenius saloon at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm open and two researchers come in. Not in lab coats or scruffy jeans and T-shirts, but in suits,; one of them with a discrete pin picturing Alfred Nobel on his jacket. Bruce Beutler and Jules Hoffman have been awarded half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and have come to Stockholm to join the festivities of the Nobel week.

When Dan Shechtman saw the first signs of quasicrystals nobody believed him. He had to endure being called a quasiresearcher, was asked to leave his research group and to check up on the basic facts.