Nobel Laureates at the Academy
To coincide with next week's Nobel Prize announcements, the Academy highlights a few of its Nobel Prize-winning members and speakers.
Published October 05, 2012

With 37 Nobel Laureates on its President's Council alone, and more counted among the Academy Fellows and Honorary Life Members and general membership, the Academy prides itself as much on the quality of its people as on its programming.
This coming week, to coincide with the Nobel Foundation's announcements of this year's winners in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, economics, and peace, the Academy highlights a few of its Nobel Prize-winning members and speakers, as well the Nobel Prize itself. The prize announcement schedule:
- Monday, October 8: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka, "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent"
- Tuesday, October 9: The Nobel Prize in Physics — Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland, "for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems"
- Wednesday, October 10: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry — Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka, "for studies of G-protein–coupled receptors."
- Friday, October 12: The Nobel Peace Prize — The European Union (EU), "for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe."
- Monday, October 15: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel — Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley, "for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design."
Check back throughout the week as the Academy updates this page with each new announcement, and enjoy a few resources by, about, and with the Academy's Nobel Laureates.
Image © ® The Nobel Foundation.
![]() | EventThe Thinking Ape: The Enigma of Human ConsciousnessWednesday, October 10, 2012 | 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM |
![]() | EventEnvy: The Cutthroat Side of ScienceTuesday, April 30, 2013 | 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM |
![]() | PodcastHow to Win a Nobel PrizeAcademy President's Council member Peter Doherty (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1996) shares his advice on succeeding in a career in science, and discusses the challenges facing young researchers today. |
![]() | VideoThe Most Precious Natural ResourceAcademy President's Council member Peter Agre (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2003) surveys some examples of pressing problems arising from threats to water supplies. |
![]() | VideoAdvances in Physics and CosmologyAcademy Board of Governors and President's Council member Frank Wilczek (Nobel Prize in Physics, 2004) speculates on what dark matter might be and discusses the opening of the Large Hadron Collider. |
![]() | VideoThe Dendritic CellAcademy Member Ralph Steinman (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2011) discusses the dendritic cell and its ongoing implications for research into cancer and immunology. |
![]() | VideoChromosome Ends and Rogue CellsAcademy member Elizabeth Blackburn (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2009) discusses her landmark discovery of telomerase and why it could be an important key to understanding cancer cell biology. |
![]() | eBriefingTeaching the Cutting EdgeAcademy Board of Governors and President's Council member Martin Chalfie (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2008) kicks off the Academy's Teaching the Cutting Edge series, designed to connect top scientific researchers to science teachers. |
![]() | Member NewsHarold Varmus is Named Director of the National Cancer InstituteFormer Academy President's Council member Harold Varmus (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1989) is appointed by President Obama to direct the National Cancer Institute. |
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