The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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”.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024

The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation

Nobel Laureate Revisiting Lecture – Michael W. Young

Nobel Laureate Revisiting Lecture Date: Wednesday May 7, 4pm Michael W. Young, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2017

Research Lecture at Nobel Forum

Research Lecture at Nobel Forum by Michel Goedert Date: May 8, 2025, 4 pm Cryo-EM Structures of Amyloid Filaments from the Human Brain

Inbjudan – Invitation

Inbjudan att inkomma med förslag till Nobelkonferenser samt Minisymposier i serien "Frontiers in Medicine" vid Nobel Forum 2026 Se länk till information och länk till blankett nedan. Inbjudan ansökan om Nobelkonferens eller Minisymposium 2026
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The History of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for the first time in 1901. The prize is one of five mentioned in the will of Alfred Nobel who died on December 10, 1896.

About the Nobel Prize organisation

For more information about all Nobel Laureates and the Nobel Foundation please visit nobelprize.org.

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