“For the greatest benefit to mankind” – Alfred Nobel
The event will be livestreamed and available at: YouTube.com/EmbassyofSweden
November 14 at 1 pm EST (10 am PST) in House of Sweden, Washington DC
Physics “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves” Kip S. Thorne (in attendance), Barry C. Barish, and Rainer Weiss (in attendance)
Chemistry “for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution” Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank (in attendance), and Richard Henderson
Physiology or Medicine “for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm” Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash (in attendance), andMichael W. Young (in attendance)
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences “for his contributions to behavioral economics” Richard H. Thaler (in attendance)
Moderator: Dr. Alan I. Leshner