The Nobel Prize – Editor’s Pick
October 5, 2021
Since 2008 Nordic Life Science has dedicated one of our issues every year to the Nobel Prize.
These issues have included exclusive interviews with the Laureates, in-depth articles about the discoveries and their applications within life sciences, as well as Nordic progress in the different Nobel-awarded areas.
Throughout the years, we have had the opportunity to meet and interview many Nobel Laureates in Chemistry and Medicine, and these are some of my favorites!
A Scientist at the Grand Hotel
This was one of the first Nobel interviews I made. My impressions of Ada Yonath was that she was warm, genuine and a true scientist – and very unfamiliar with the Nobel festivities and the ongoing attention around her.
Read the interview with Ada Yonath here!
Better than Nature Herself
This cool Laureate in Chemistry was interviewed by Chris Tachibana. Read about her bold approaches to optimizing enzymes for society’s benefit.
Read the interview with Frances H. Arnold here!
A Passion for Immunotherapy
As a result of James Allison’s decades of work, immunotherapy has become one of the key treatments for some cancers. James Allison was interviewed by Ellen Delisio.
Read the interview with James Allison here!
Lighting up Science
Just as the development of immunotherapy felt very close to the patients, this Chemistry Prize felt very close to the lab. The discovery and development of GFP is used in almost every cell biology lab in the world.
Read the interview with Martin Chalfie here!
For more interviews and in-depth articles about the discoveries, explore our archive or read our online published interviews – get full access if you subscribe.
Featured photo of Frances Arnold at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm 2018. Copyright: Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
Published: October 5, 2021
