2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
On Monday, 1 October 2018, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation. Find out more about the 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology here.
Newsletter 08/18
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Sir James A. Mirrlees 1936–2018
The Council and Foundation Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings mourn the loss of laureate Sir James A. Mirrlees, who died on 29 August 2018, age 82. The British economist co-received the Sverige Rikesbank Prize in Economics in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 1996 for fundamental contributions to the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information. He was Emeritus […]
New Meeting Venue Inselhalle Officially Opened
On 8 August 2018, the renewed conference center Inselhalle held its official opening ceremony. The meeting venue, which has been home to the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings since the 1980s, had undergone extensive reconstruction and modernisation measures in the past two years. In his address, the Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder noted that the new Inselhalle […]
Newsletter 07/18
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New Nobel Lab 360°: Randy Schekman
Our newest Nobel Lab 360° features 2013 Nobel Laureate Randy W. Schekman. This virtual tour through the Schekman lab at the University of California, Berkeley, shows you his office, the main lab and the cell sorter. Randy Schekman and his team introduce their current work on how human cells manufacture small membrane vesicles containing RNA […]
Newsletter 06/18
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Euroscience Open Forum 2018 in Toulouse
The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings will be in Toulouse in July for the Euroscience Open Forum 2018. We’re organising the panel “Bridging the Gap Between Experts and the People: Rethinking Science Communications” with Nobel Laureate Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, consultant Alaina G. Levine and Lindau Alumnae Minu Tizabi and Fabiola Gerpott. The discussion, led by moderator […]
Congratulations to Prof. Stefan H.E. Kaufmann
Happy Birthday to Prof. Stefan H.E. Kaufmann, who celebrates his 70th birthday today! Prof. Kaufmann is a member of the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings and, together with Prof. Klas Kärre, scientific chairperson of this year’s 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Stefan Kaufmann is founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in […]
Newsletter 05/18
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New Topic Cluster: Model Organisms
From yeast to fruit flies – our new Topic Cluster provides an overview of the most important model organisms and how they have enabled Nobel Laureates to make ground-breaking discoveries, including clippings of lectures from laureates Günter Blobel, Elizabeth Blackburn, Craig Mello, Harald zur Hausen, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi. >> Read Topic Cluster
New Series of Mini Lectures on DNA
Our latest, three-part series of Mini Lectures sheds light on DNA structure, replication, natural variations and genetic egineering and the scientists behind the discoveries. The short videos also feature clippings from lectures by Nobel Laureates James Watson, Elizabeth Blackburn and Oliver Smithies. >> View Mini Lectures