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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012

Sunday, October 14, 2012

was awarded jointly to Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka “for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors“

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012

Monday, October 8, 2012

was awarded jointly to Sir John Gurdon and Shinya Yamnaka “for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent” They also won the Lasker Award in 2009.  

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011

Monday, October 3, 2011

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011 was awarded to Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity, and Ralph M. Steinman for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity. A press release about the basic findings can be found here. […]

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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010

Thursday, October 7, 2010

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010 was awarded to Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi, Akira Suzuki “for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis”. And Ei-ichi Negishi is in the Department of Chemistry at our institute, i.e Purdue!

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2010

Monday, October 4, 2010

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2010 was awarded to Robert G. Edwards “for the development of in vitro fertilization”.

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