Ada E. Yonath 1939–2026
The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings deeply mourn the passing of Ada Yonath at the age of 87.
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The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings mourn the passing of Nobel Laureate Ada E. Yonath.
She participated in 14 Lindau Meetings since receiving the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, including most recently in summer 2026, and was a valued member of our Foundation’s Founders’ Assembly.
Lindau Alumnus Lukas Porz participated in the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in 2015. Conversations with Nobel Laureates Steven Chu, Stefan Hell, and W.E. Moerner had a significant impact on his career – first in academia, then after transitioning into business and management with his start-up Illutherm.
When Lindau Alumnus Morten Meldal met Nobel Laureate Ilya Prigogine in Lindau 1986, it influenced his scientific thinking ever since. As Nobel Laureate, Morten Meldal returns to Lindau to an amazing mixture of social contact and science – and a philosophical approach that will shape scientific thinking across generations.
How can peace, freedom, and democratic values be defended in times of growing global uncertainty? Nobel Peace Laureates Ales Bialiatski, José Manuel Barroso, and Seung-soo Han discuss integrity, human rights, and the responsibility of international institutions in shaping a more peaceful future.
Can health truly transcend borders in an increasingly divided world? Nobel Laureates José Manuel Barroso, Katalin Karikó, and Morten Meldal discuss the future of global health, exploring scientific innovation, equitable access to healthcare, and the roles of politics, trust, and international cooperation in addressing global challenges.
From growing up in rural Hungary to receiving the Nobel Prize, Katalin Karikó reflects on a career shaped by curiosity, persistence, and setbacks. She explains how decades of mRNA research led to life-saving vaccines and offers inspiring advice to the next generation of scientists.
Discover the Nobel Poster Series 2025 highlighting scientific breakthroughs awarded with the last year’s Nobel Prize. Inspired by groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of quantum mechanics, the immune system, organometallic chemistry, and technological innovation, this powerful poster collection fuses science, creativity, and visual storytelling.
From a lot of badges in his office to the synthesis and light lab. Ben Feringa received the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Fraser Stoddart and Jean-Pierre Sauvage “for the design and synthesis of molecular machines”. Visit his Nobel Lab 360° to find out more about his ground-breaking research!
A short documentary film commemorates the 70th anniversary of the first visit of a Peace Nobel Laureate to a Lindau Meeting. Albert Schweitzer’s visit in 1954 not only marked a new epoch for the Meetings but also had a profound impact on some of the 20th-century’s leading physicists that were assembled in Lindau.