The Nobel Assembly at
Karolinska Institutet
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. As described in Alfred Nobel’s will, the Prize is dedicated to “the person who shall have made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine”.
Press invitation
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 will be announced on Monday 2 October 2023 at 11.30 am (at the earliest). The announcement will be open only for media representatives who have been accredited in advance. Valid press credential is mandatory. If you would like to attend this year’s prize announcement on site, please e-mail nobelforum@nobelprizemedicine.org or call Ann-Mari Dumanski at 46 8 524 878 00.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022
The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Svante Pääbo for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021
The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus
