Punctually at 11.30 a.m., the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm announced that the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology 2022 will go to Svante Pääbo. The Swedish geneticist receives the prize for his work on the genomes of extinct hominins, whose fragments he extracted from tens of thousands of years old bones and reassembled them.
The Nobel Laureates in Medicine are traditionally announced as the first. On the following day, October 4, the public will find out who will be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics; on October 5, the announcement of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry will follow. The announcements of the Nobel Laureates in Literature, Peace and Economics will take place on the 6th, the 7th and the 10th of October respectively.
In the stream you can see how the renowned award was given:
in 2021, David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian received the prize for the discovery of temperature and touch receptors. They have deciphered how the body perceives pain and pressure, as well as heat and cold. Among other things, pain researchers are making use of these findings: they want to develop pain-relieving active ingredients that are effective and low in side effects at the same time.
Since 1901, the Nobelshiftung has awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology to 224 outstanding researchers. They include the two German doctors Robert Koch and Paul Ehrlich. Koch, who discovered the pathogen of tuberculosis, among other things, is considered a co -founder of modern microbiology. He received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1905 for his work. Three years later, the immunologist Paul Ehrlich, who was friends with him, was honored. The founder of chemotherapy was the first to develop a medication for the targeted treatment of the syphilis infectious disease.
Between 3 and 10 October, the Nobel Committees will announce the 2022 Nobel Laureates. On our topic page "Nobel Prizes – the highest award" you will find out who has received one of the prestigious prizes. There you can also read the essentials about the laureates and their research.
The Nobel Prize is considered one of the highest awards in science. He is endowed with ten million Swedish crowns, the equivalent of 922,000 euros. The actual award ceremony will take place every year on the day of the prison of the price of the price Alfred Nobel on December 10th in Stockholm. Since the past ceremonies have been largely digital due to the corona apandemia, the Nobelshiftung also invites the Laureate from 2020 and 2021 to the festivities this year. In addition, the Swedish capital organizes numerous public events in the Nobelwoche from December 6th to 12th.
